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The Mustang
THE MUSTANG Wild Mustangs are rounded up each year to control the almost 100,000 feral Mustang population in the western United States. A small number of these Mustangs are given to prisons for the inmates to tame, and auction off. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, French actress, producer, writer, and director, learned about this program – studied…
- 2019
- Drama
Life Itself
LIFE ITSELF If you ever feel like reading a long epic novel but don’t have the right book at hand. Watch this Amazon Studios produced – and a bit sappy drama – Life Itself. Five Chapters tell the story of Life Itself. Each chapter has different characters and a different feel. Chapter 1 is the…
Welcome to Marwen
WELCOME TO MARWEN Welcome to Marwen is the animated/live action dramatization of the 2010 documentary Marwencol. The documentary Marwencol received mostly positive reviews. Welcome to Marwen is not received as well; in fact it is one of the biggest money losers in 2018. Director: Robert Zemeckis directed Welcome to Marwen and it seemed to be…
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots A beautifully, well crafted, but historically inaccurate drama about the tense relationship between Queen Elizabeth I of England (Margo Robbie, I, Tonya) and Mary Stewart, Queen of Scotland (Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird, The Lovely Bones). Both women vie for the right to rule both England and Scotland. Both women have a…
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN The Anomaly: An anomaly is defined as a departure from the normal order, something that is peculiar, irregular or difficult to explain. Discoveries in science, for instance, are sometimes pushed forward by anomalies since anomalies can give you a fresh perspective on something. An anomaly must be what happened…
Cold War
COLD WAR Cold War’s beginning sets an interesting premise for this black & white Polish art-house drama set in the political upheaval period after WWII (1949 to 1964). The interesting part has Wiktor Warski (Tomas Kot), Irena Bielecka (Agata Kulesza), and the Manager Lech Kaczmarek (Borys Szyc) traveling through Poland. Traveling to find young adults…
Clara
CLARA Clara is a small film by a 22-year old first time director Akash Sherman, that tackles a huge subject – searching for intelligent life in the universe. The film attains it’s objective by inserting a slightly mystical romance in the middle. A Canadian romantic sci-fi film shot in and around Toronto. A data driven…
- 2018
- Science Fiction
Alpha
ALPHA I’m a sucker for films set in the Stone Age, and Alpha is a very good coming of age action/adventure movie during the last Ice Age. This film is similar to 10,000 Years BC, Quest for Fire, or The Clan of the Cave Bear all films set in the paleolithic age (500,000 years ago…
The Meg
THE MEG A prehistoric monster shark, the Megalodon (The Meg), is accidently released from the Mariana Trench while a team is researching the depth of the Trench. A plausible theory in this DC & Marvel Cinematic Universe age, I bought it, I was ready for mayhem, fear, and destruction. But what I got in this…
- 2018
- Action, Science Fiction, Horror
Kodachrome
KODACHROME Kodachrome 64, the once ubiquitous 35 mm Kodak film for color slides, is being discontinued in 2009 and the last lab in the world to develop this film is located in Parsons, Kansas. A well-know fictitious photographer Ben Ryder (Ed Harris) finds 4 rolls shot long ago. Ben needs to travel from Boston…
Skyscraper & Die Hard
SKYSCRAPER & DIE HARD While watching Skyscraper, thought I was transported back to 1988 the year the best Die Hard movie was released. The differences between these two action movies – 2018 Skyscraper and 1988 Die Hard – include: Dwayne Johnson as Will Sawyer in Skyscraper versus Bruce Willis as John McClane in Die…
- 2018
- Action
Triple Frontier
TRIPLE FRONTIER A retired USA Special Ops unit, starting to feel their age – agree to dispense with the patriotism and their “save-the-world philosophy” – and finally cash in on their abilities. This Special Ops unit plans to steal a lot of money from a South American drug lord. This “Hey Bro” action thriller is…
Close
CLOSE Include Close with the growing number of recent female protagonist movies showcasing strong women, such as Wonder Woman, Ocean’s 8, Annihilation, Tomb Raider, Red Sparrow, and Mary Queen of Scots. Close may lead the women’s list since this movie is directed and co-written by a woman, Vicky Jewson. The film stars a woman, Noomi…
MoWgli: Legend of the Jungle
MOWGLI: LEGEND OF THE JUNGLE The last review I wrote about Mowgli in a movie was in 2016 about the remake of the Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book, aptly called The Jungle Book. That 2016 remake followed the same story-line as all the previous The Jungle Book remakes. I believe I started the review by…
The Third Man
THE THIRD MAN The Third Man – a 70 year old movie – has to have more than just a good racketeering story-line to remain viable after so many years. The devastated Eastern Europe city of Vienna helps quite a bit. The European portion of WWII ended in 1945. The Allied-occupied city of Vienna, Austria…