Category: Movie Review

Principal Cast : Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Awkwafina, Nick Jonas, Rory McCann, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Alex Wolff, Ser’Darius Blain, Morgan Turner, Madison Iseman, Colin Hanks, Rhys Darby, Bebe Neuwirth. Synopsis: The gang is back but the game has changed. As they return to rescue one of their own, the players will have to brave parts unknown from arid deserts to snowy mountains, to escape the world’s most dangerous game. ******** Given the success of the 2017 Jumanji reboot, it was only natural a sequel would…

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Principal Cast : Kristen Stewart, Ella Balinska, Naomi Scott, Elizabeth Banks, Patrick Stewart, Djimon Hounsou, Sam Claflin, Jonathan Tucker, Nat Faxon, Chris Pang, Luis Gerardo Mendez, Noah Centineo, David Schutter, Hanna Hoekstra, Marie-Lou Sellem, Robert Clotworthy. Synopsis: When a young systems engineer blows the whistle on a dangerous technology, Charlie’s Angels are called into action, putting their lives on the line to protect us all. ******** Proto-feminist action franchise Charlie’s Angels returns with a vengeance in Elizabeth Banks’ enthusiastic but strangely inert entry rebooting the property for the modern age.…

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Principal Cast : Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Annabeth Gish, Marley Shelton, James Woods, JT Walsh, Paul Sorvino, Powers Boothe, EG Marshall, David Paymer, David Hyde Pierce, Kevin Dunn, Saul Rubinek, Fyvush Finkel, James Karen, Mary Steenbergen, Tony Goldwyn, Tom Bower, Sean Stone, Ed Harris, Brian Bedford, Madeline Kahn, Edward Herrmann, Dan Hedaya, Bridgette Wilson, Ric Young, Larry Hagman, Sam Waterston, Boris Sichkin, George Plimpton. Synopsis: A biographical story of former U.S. President Richard Nixon, from his days as a young boy, to his eventual Presidency, which ended in shame. ******** Off…

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Principal Cast : Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Aaron Eckhart, Nick Jonas, Woody Harrelson, Dennis Quaid, Darren Criss, Jake Weber, Brennan Brown, Alexander Ludwig, David Hewlett, Keenan Johnson, Mark Rolston, Tadanobu Asano, Etsushi Toyokawa, Jun Kunimura, Peter Shinkoda, Nobuya Shimamoto, Hiromoto Ida, Mandy Moore, Rachael Perrell Fosket, Christie Brooke. Synopsis: The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it. ******** I can’t for the life of me tell which is the worse film: Michael Bay’s cloyingly stupid Pearl Harbor, or Roland…

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Principal Cast : Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper, Maryann Plunkett, Enrico Colantoni, Wendy Makkena, Tammy Blanchard, Christine Lahti, Noah Harpster, Carmen Cusack, Jessica Hecht, Maddie Corman. Synopsis: Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel. ******** As somebody who grew up outside of America, it’s easy to overlook a film like A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood in many respects. It focuses on the influence and legacy of legendary children’s television host Fred Rogers, who for nearly four decades gently…

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Principal Cast : Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, Frank Oz, Riki Lindhome, Edi Patterson, K Callan, Noah Segan, Christopher Plummer, M Emmet Walsh, Marlene Forte. Synopsis: A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family. ******** When he’s not being pilloried by butthurt fanbois, director Rian Johnson is a thoughtful, considered, exceptionally talented director whose works weave a tapestry of wonder and intelligence. Whether it’s his formative feature Brick,…

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