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Freaks: You’re One of Us
Freaks: You’re One of Us Freaks: You’re One of Us is a German superhero movie released by Netflix on September 2, 2020. It seems like Freaks is Germany’s first step at creating a German superhero universe. At this point, Freaks: You’re One of Us is slightly entertaining, and a quick Netflix watch but do not…
Mulan
MULAN Mulan is a name known in China since the fourth century. Around that time the nomadic Rourans were fighting the Emperor of the Northern Wei dynasty, in power from 386-534. The Ballad of Mulan (Ode to Mulan) came about during this time. The Ballad of Mulan is a relatively easy to read six stanza…
American Folk
AMERICAN FOLK With September 11, 2001, as the backdrop, American Folk is a quiet Indie road-trip film that uses genuine folk musicians and subdued bluegrass/folk music to tell a beautifully filmed and entertaining story. If you have any place in your heart for bluegrass music, American Folk will entertain. For me, bluegrass music and a…
- 2018
- Drama, 9/11
Radioactive
RADIOACTIVE Radioactive is a biopic drama about Madame Skłodowska Curie. The film begins in 1895 when she meets her future husband, Pierre Curie, and ends in 1934. Radioactive takes a broad sweep at almost every significant event in Madame Curie’s adult life. It shows some of the science where she discovers two new elements (radium…
The Last Days of American Crime
THE LAST DAYS OF AMERICAN CRIME They miss every opportunity to make The Last Days of American Crime, this action thriller movie on Netflix, even the least bit interesting or intriguing. There are a couple of good (nonsensical) explosions. Well, at least one explosion when a mobile home blows up for no apparent reason. There…
The Lost Husband
THE LOST HUSBAND One doesn’t usually see Leslie Bibb in a leading role. I do remember her in small roles in Tag or Trick r Treat, and also in some TV roles such as The League. Most recently, one sees her accompanying her partner Sam Rockwell when he is receiving another movie or TV award. …
The Rental
THE RENTAL My daughter just rented a large beautiful house on the water so their wedding party can spend a couple of nights. Jocelyn, Claire, and the entire wedding party, under no circumstance should you watch The Rental, a horror, thriller film set in a similar location. Charlie (Dan Stevens, The Call of the Wild)…
The Old Guard
THE OLD GUARD The Old Guard is a more mature superhero action movie based upon an age 18+ comic book of the same name. It is not from the Marvel or DC Universe; The Old Guard is a Skydance production distributed by Netflix. Andromache of Scythia “Andy” (Charlize Theron), Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts), Joe (Marwan Kenzari),…
Greyhound
GREYHOUND Greyhound is a tactical war drama known as a dad’s movie. Why? To fully appreciate the impact of the Greyhound engaging U-Boats in the North Atlantic, you must be either elderly (there are less than 300,000 WWII veterans alive out of the sixteen million who served in the US), or have known someone who…
My Spy
MY SPY My Spy is the eleventh comedy directed by Peter Segal, the only type of movie he directs. Starting in 1994, Mr. Segal directed buddy comedies (Anger Management 2003), sports comedies (The Longest Yard 2005), sci-fi comedies (Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 2000), adventure comedies (Tommy Boy 1995), and several romantic comedies (50 First…
Blow the Man Down
BLOW THE MAN DOWN Blow the Man Down perfectly sets the Maine seaport small-town tone in this quirky drama of surviving in a town run for the last 30 years by now elderly women. Mary Margaret Connolly dies, leaving her two daughters, Mary Beth (Morgan Saylor) and Priscilla Connolly (Sophie Lowe), to fend for themselves. …
The Night Clerk
THE NIGHT CLERK The Night Clerk ending will surprise you – or make you feel stupid as it did me – but it is a long slow plod to get to that ending. The Night Clerk is a crime thriller drama, released on Netflix, that almost borders on creepy, but remains just dull and only…
Da 5 Bloods
DA 5 BLOODS Da 5 Bloods is the superb Spike Lee follow-up to BlackkKlansman, the best film I’ve seen this year. Spike could have waited until theaters open to have an even more financially successful film. But he knew the Spring of 2020 is the right time to release this film. Da 5 Bloods is…
Mother’s Little Helpers
MOTHER’S LITTLE HELPERS Mother’s Little Helpers is a dark-comedy Indie film. The film begins when the four estranged children Sadie Pride (Kestrin Pantera, who wrote and directed the film), Julia Pride (Breeda Wool, the oldest), Jude Pride (Sam Littlefield under house arrest), and Lucy Pride (Milana Vayntrub, the youngest) reluctantly return home to care for…