Movie Reviews

"Daddy's Home" is a comedy movie about a man trying to be a good step-father to his wife's children, but this is disrupted by the return of the kids' biological father. The laughs proceed from there, adequately directed by Sean Anders ("That's My Boy" 2012), who [..]

Leonardo DiCaprio won the Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of a man who is mauled by a huge grizzly bear and left for dead and to recover on his own in "The Revenant." Director Alejandro G. Inarritu ("Birdman" 2014) put together a riveting [..]

"Get Hard" is a comedy-crime film about a wealthy man who has been sentenced to a prison term for a crime he did not commit. So he asks for help from a local car washer, and the stupid comedy proceeds from there. Director Etan Cohen [..]

Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtney star as a couple whose wedding anniversary is disrupted by news that the perfectly preserved body of his old girl friend from "45 Years" ago is discovered in a melting glacier in Switzerland. Fun, games, and disruption proceed from there, well directed [..]

"The Wave" is a Norwegian disaster film about rock slides which cause a tidal wave threatening a tourist town in one of Norway's fjords. The screenplay by John Kare Raake and Harald Rosenlow-Eeg is really textbook disaster storyline from the 1970's American genre. [..]

"City of Gold" is a documentary film about Pulitzer Prize winning Jonathan Gold (1960-2018), food critic for the Los Angeles Times. Director-screenwriter Laura Gabbert and her camera crew follow Gold all around the city and county of Los Angeles as he visits restaurants large and small. [..]

"A War" is a Danish war film telling the story of a Danish military unit fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. It centers on company commander Claus Pederson, with war scenes interspersed with time at home showing his wife and children copping without him. Once back home, he is [..]

"Hello, My Name Is Doris" is a comedy film about about an older woman in her 60's holding down a job and who has a crush on a man at least thirty years her junior. The comedy and some drama proceeds from there. [..]

"Far from the Madding Crowd" is a Victorian romantic drama about a young woman who inherits a farm while pursued by three very different suitors. Danish director Thomas Vinterberg chose very boring subject matter in this material adapted from the 1874 novel by Thomas Hardy. [..]

"Creed" introduces the story of Adonis Johnson, son of the late heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who leaves his white collar job to pursue his dream of becoming a professional boxer like his father. Director Ryan Coogler ("Fruitvale Station" 2013) gave the film good character development, a [..]