Movie Reviews

"Infidel" is a political action-thriller about an American blogger who is arrested in Egypt by a terrorist group and imprisoned in Iran on false spy charges. His wife travels to Iran to rescue him with the help of some of the locals. Iranian-American director-screenwriter [..]

The Best Picture of 2020 is....."Nomadland." This story follows a 60-year-old woman who becomes a modern-day nomad, traveling the American West in her van. Director-screenwriter Chloe Zhao ("The Rider" 2017) put together a fascinating film which is not simply a travel picture, but is also a movie about [..]

"Of Mice and Men" is a faithful retelling of John Steinbeck's 1937 novel about two itinerant farm workers struggling to survive in California in the 1930's. They hope to own their own ranch someday, but their dreams are undermined by one of the men's intellectual disability. Director Lewis [..]

"Gilda" is a musical black-and-white film noir telling the story of a small time gambler who get a job as an assistant to a casino owner, only to find out that his boss's wife is his ex-girl friend. The sparks fly from there, directed by Charles Vidor ("The [..]

"I Still Believe" is the true story of contemporary Christian music singer Jeremy Camp and his wife Melissa, who passed away from cancer four months after they were married in 2020. Directors Andrew Erwin and Jon Erwin ("I Can Only Imagine" 2018) did an excellent job in creating [..]

"The Truman Show" is the story of a 30-year-old man whose entire life has been on television without his realizing it. He starts getting suspicious that something is amiss when a light fixture from a movie set falls from the sky. Director Peter Weir ("The Year of Living [..]

"Wild Bill" is a western movie about the last day of legendary lawman Wild Bill Hickok (1837-1876). Director-screenwriter Arthur Hill ("Alien 3" 1992) created a film with on-again, off-again flurries of activity throughout the 98 minute running time. There was also beautiful scenery to [..]

Sean Astin plays a California teen digging a pit in his backyard for a swimming pool when he unearths a frozen caveman (played by Brendan Fraser) in "Encino Man." Director Les Mayfield put together an excellent fantasy comedy in his feature film debut, which was also [..]

"Goodfellas" is a biographical gangster movie about the rise and fall of a Mafia leader from the 1950's through the 1980's. Director Martin Scorsese ("Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" 1974) put together quite a masterpiece of a motion picture with great production values, riveting performances, an exciting storyline, [..]

"Reversal of Fortune" is a riveting legal drama telling the true story of socialite Claus von Bulow's conviction of attempted murder of his wife who has fallen into a coma. He convinces Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz to help him on his appeal of the conviction. [..]