Movies – Full Listing
Best Picture 2022? Summary of all Ten Best Picture Nominees.
Since the Academy Awards increased the number of movies nominated for Best Picture from five to ten, this is the first time FrankMovieReviews has seen all the nominees. So, here’s what FrankMovieReviews thinks of all ten Best Pictures nominees. Unfortunately, I believe The Power of the Dog will win the best picture; not my favorite…
- 2026
Munich – The Edge of War
MUNICH – THE EDGE OF WAR Munich – The Edge of War filming occurred at the end of 2020. The film is a historical drama centered around the 1938 meeting in Munich. England’s Neville Chamberlain (Jeromy Irons) and the French prime minister attempt to appease Hitler by “giving him” Czechoslovakia. However, the main story is…
Last Night in Soho
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Last Night in Soho is a psychological thriller written and directed by the Londoner Edgar Wright. This film is the ninth feature film that Edgar Wright has written and/or directed. He is best known to me for Baby Driver, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, and Shaun of the Dead. Last Night…
The Fallout
THE FALLOUT The Fallout is a high school drama with a teen vibe; however, the film has value, so it is worthwhile and entertaining for all to watch. The film deals with the lives of four teenagers and how they cope with a shooting in their high school. The first 15-minutes of the film depicts…
- 2022
- Drama
Finding You
FINDING YOU Practically, every cliché in the book is in Finding You, a coming-of-age romance film based on the book, There You’ll Find Me by Jenny B. Jones. Even though the film is predictable, utterly moral, bordering on religious, by the end, you still hope for the best for the heroine and the movie star….
Belfast
BELFAST Buddy’s idyllic childhood comes to a sudden end on August 15, 1969, when The Troubles begin on Buddy’s street. The hatred toward the Irish Nationalists (who are usually Catholic and want to be part of Ireland, not England) finally erupts into violence. Belfast is a semi-autobiographical drama seen through the eyes of 8-year old…
- 2021
- Drama
A Few Satisfying Movies
A FEW SATISFYING MOVIES Hard Love: Josh Lin (Jimmy O. Lang) tells a dating column writer (Natalie Bauer) a few lies that arouse her enough to travel across the country to Lake Placid, New York, to surprise meet her new love. Kind of a Christmas movie in a similar way that Die Hard is…
- 2026
The Tender Bar
THE TENDER BAR Girls have Edge of Seventeen, Lady Bird, All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Juno, Little Women, and many more coming-of-age movies. Boys have Stand By Me in 1986, which is relatable for me. Boys also have superb coming-of-age films such as Moonlighting and Billy Elliot, which I do not connect with. Finally,…
- 2021
- Drama
The Power of the Dog
THE POWER OF THE DOG Thought to be one of the best movies of the year, The Power of the Dog is a psychological drama set in 1925 Montana. Think of the TV series Yellowstone in the 1920s with less soap opera, less action, but more male machismo intimidation of all things good, and a…
Together
TOGETHER Together is an intelligent British comedy-drama about a couple’s changing relationship during the lockdowns of 2020 and into 2021. The movie explores the wide range of emotions the couple experience during the lockdown year. Emotions range from hateful to funny to poignant and sad. Together will satisfy your theater urge if you are starving…
The Humans
THE HUMANS The Humans is a Tony Award-winning play written by Stephan Karam in 2014. Stephan Karam also wrote the screenplay, directed, and co-produced the 2021 movie, The Humans, which is the most depressing drama I have seen in a great while. Please don’t believe the critics that get paid for their views (Rotten Tomatoes,…
- 2021
- Drama
Violet
VIOLET Violet is a character-based drama following Violet (Olivia Munn), a professional woman in the film industry trying to improve her mental health. Oliva Munn is excellent in her portrayal of Violet, the best I remember her ever being. See Trailer. An interesting stylized device shows Violet’s struggle with her psyche. Violet wants to be…
- 2021
- Drama
Hellbound
HELLBOUND Watch the first six minutes of Hellbound, a Korean horror thriller series, and you will be intrigued by the supernatural horror that is happening in a South Korean city, or you will be appalled by the “demonstration” and will miss an exciting horror thriller. The first three episodes of Hellbound show the beginning of…
Passing
PASSING Many years ago, I read Black Like Me, a nonfiction novel by John Howard Griffin published in 1961. Black Like Me is a simple book confirming in 1961 that people with dark skin experience discrimination because of their skin color. The three-star movie of the same name, starring James Whitmore, was released in 1964….
- 2021
- Drama