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Mae West heads north in Klondike Annie

August 17, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

This is a much tamer West than you’d expect… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Comedy, Harold Huber, Harry Beresford, Helen Jerome Eddy, Kino Lorber, Klondike Annie, Mae West, Musical, Paramount Pictures, Phillip Reed, Romance, Universal Pictures, Victor McLaglen

Blu-ray Review :: She Done Him Wrong (1933) is done right

August 4, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Mae West shimmies and ‘She Done Him Wrong’ shimmers on Blu-ray… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Cary Grant, Comedy, David Landau, Drama, Gilbert Roland, History, Kino Lorber, Mae West, Noah Beery, Owen Moore, Paramount Pictures, She Done Him Wrong, Universal Pictures

I’m No Angel earns its wings on Blu-ray

August 1, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Kino Lorber’s new Blu-ray of the 1933 classic is heavenly… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Cary Grant, Comedy, Edward Arnold, Gertrude Michael, Gregory Ratoff, I'm No Angel, Kent Taylor, Kino Lorber, Mae West, Music, Paramount Pictures, Romance, Universal Pictures

A Quiet Place Part II :: One of the best horror sequels ever

June 4, 2021Justin Moore Leave a Comment

Jump scares serve a purpose and shock the audience to their core…. continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Cillian Murphy, Djimon Hounsou, Drama, Emily Blunt, Horror, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Paramount Pictures, Sci-Fi

The Oscar goes to… home viewers

March 24, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

The glitz and glamor of Oscar night take a back seat to a slightly unpleasant story… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Drama, Edie Adams, Eleanor Parker, Elke Sommer, Ernest Borgnine, Jill St. John, Joseph Cotten, Kino Lorber, Milton Berle, Paramount Pictures, Stephen Boyd, The Oscar, Tony Bennett

Sonic the Hedgehog will please fans of the classic video game character

February 14, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ is a quickly paced film that allows for its humor to flow throughout the film… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Action, Adventure, Ben Schwartz, Family, James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Paramount Pictures, Sonic the Hedgehog, Tika Sumpter

Terminator: Dark Fate is action-packed fun

November 2, 2019Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

It’s a little light on story but the effects and action are terrific… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Action, Adventure, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Diego Boneta, Gabriel Luna, Linda Hamilton, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Paramount Pictures, Sci-Fi, Terminator: Dark Fate

Dora and the Lost City of Gold is a surprisingly fun film

August 12, 2019Justin Moore Leave a Comment

I laughed a lot in this movie even though I went into it thinking that I wasn’t going to laugh at all… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Adriana Barraza, Adventure, Danny Trejo, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Eugenio Derbez, Eva Longoria, Family, Isabela Moner, Jeff Wahlberg, Madeleine Madden, Michael Peña, Nicholas Coombe, Paramount Pictures, Temuera Morrison

Rocketman Soars

May 30, 2019Stephen Mosher 7 Comments

Elton and Egerton explode off the screen… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Biography, Bryce Dallas Howard, Gemma Jones, Jamie Bell, LGBT, LGBT+, Music, Paramount Pictures, Richard Madden, Rocketman, Taron Egerton

Pet Sematary could use more scares

April 5, 2019Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

This remake offers a disturbing story and really messed up ending… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Amy Seimetz, Horror, Hugo Lavoie, Jason Clarke, Jeté Laurence, John Lithgow, Lucas Lavoie, Paramount Pictures, Pet Sematary, Thriller

Bumblebee is the movie all of the Transformers movies should’ve been

December 27, 2018Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Bumblebee’ proves the secret to a decent Transformers movie is not hating the audience… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Adventure, Angela Bassett, Bumblebee, Dylan O'Brien, Hailey Seinfeld, John Cena, Justin Theroux, Kenneth Choi, Paramount Pictures, Sci-Fi

Overlord is gleefully bloody

November 9, 2018Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A war and horror movie mash-up? Yes, please!… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Bokeem Woodbine, Dominic Applewhite, Erich Redman, Iain De Caestecker, Jacob Anderson, John Magaro, Joseph Quinn, Jovan Adepo, Mark McKenna, Mystery, Overlord, Paramount Pictures, Pilou Asbæk, Sci-Fi, Wyatt Ruseell

Mission: Impossible – Fallout is Ethan Hunt’s most impossible mission yet

July 29, 2018Justin Moore Leave a Comment

The franchise just gets better with age… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Adventure, Alec Baldwin, Angela Bassett, Henry Cavill, Michelle Monaghan, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Paramount Pictures, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Simon Pegg, Thriller, Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Wes Bentley

Action Point needs an excitement enema

June 6, 2018Justin Moore Leave a Comment

Johnny Knoxville still makes me laugh after all these years… continue reading

★, Movie Reviews, Movies Action Ppoint, Aidan Whytock, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Chris Pontius, Comedy, Conner McVicker, Dan Bakkedahl, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Eric Manaka, Joe Vaz, Johnny Knoxville, Johnny Pemberton, Joshua Hoover, Leon Clingman, Matt Schulze, Paramount Pictures

A Quiet Place offers silent terror

April 6, 2018Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

You won’t make a peep during this movie… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies A Quiet Place, Emily Blunt, Horror, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Paramount Pictures, Sci-Fi

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✦ IN CINEMAS ✦

    NOVOCAINE    ★★★
    MICKEY 17   ★★★
    WOLF MAN   ★✩✩
    NOSFERATU   ★★✩
    WICKED   ★★★
    JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX   ★★★
    BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE   ★★✩
    ALIEN: ROMULUS   ★★★
    DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE   ★★★
    BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE   ★★★
    FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA   ★★✩
    THE FALL GUY   ★★★
    ABIGAIL   ★★★
    DUNE: PART TWO   ★★✩
    THE BEEKEEPER   ★★✩
    ALL REVIEWS
★✩✩ Avoid    ★★✩ Matinée    ★★★ Must See

✦ HOME VIEWING ✦

    KIKI'S FOURTH INGREDIENT  ★★✩
    NOT MY FAMILY: MONIQUE SMITH STORY ★★★
    THERE'S NO WAY OUT  ★★✩
    GIVE ME BACK MY DAUGHTER ★★★
    JOSH'S THIRD SERVING  ★★★
    SHARI'S SECOND ACT  ★★✩
    WIFE STALKER  ★★★
    JENNA'S FIRST LOVE  ★★✩
    TRAPPED IN HER DORM ROOM  ★★✩
    PLAYING WITH FIRE  ★✩✩
    ROYAL-ISH  ★★✩
    TAKEN AT A BASKETBALL GAME  ★★★
    WHAT WOULD YOU KILL FOR?  ★✩✩
    THE LAST WOMAN WHO LIVED HERE  ★★✩
    I WAS OCTOMOM  ★★✩
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