Movie Reviews

Shirley MacLaine celebrates sixty years in the motion picture industry by appearing in the made-for-television movie "Wild Oats." At age 82, MacLaine shown only slight signs of aging as she plays a woman who flees America for the Canary Islands after cashing an insurance check for [..]

"Patriot's Day" is an action-drama film recounting the events leading up to and including the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Organized and focused directing by Peter Berg ("Deepwater Horizon" 2016) make the film easy to follow. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Matt Cook and [..]

"Arrival" is a science fiction movie about twelve alien spacecraft which suddenly appear at random locations around the world. Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner play a linguist and a physicist, respectively, who are asked by the American government to join the team investigating the situation. [..]

Jason Statham comes out of hiding in Brazil after faking his own death in the first film and gets into even more trouble in "Mechanic: Resurrection." German director Dennis Gansel and screenwriters Philip Shelby and Tony Mosher make this quite a thrill-ride of a motion [..]

Several staff members try to prevent layoffs at their company during the Holiday Season by throwing an extravagant "Office Christmas Party." Directors Will Speck and Josh Gordon with their screenwriters do have a funny film with loads of laughs although a bit short on originality. [..]

Will Smith plays a man who deals with his daughter's death by writing letters to Love, Time, and Death in "Collateral Beauty." He is surprised when the trio answer in person, at different times, of course. Director David Frankel ("The Devil Wears Prada" [..]

"The Great Wall" is a fantasy film telling the story of a European mercenary in China in the Middle Ages who helps the local soldiers defend the Wall and the Chinese homeland against vicious monsters. Veteran Chinese director Zhang Yimou put together a film with a [..]

"Allied" is a World War II romantic drama film about a Canadian intelligence officer who marries a member of the French resistance. One year into their marriage, his superiors tell him that she might be a German spy. Director Robert Zemeckis ("Forrest Gump" 1994) and [..]

"Passengers" is a science fiction film featuring great chemistry between stars Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt as passengers aboard a space ship for a 120 year journey . A morality play comes into view when Pratt's character, who himself is accidentally awakened out of hibernation 90 years early, [..]

"The Founder" is the fascinating true story of how struggling salesman Ray Kroc took over the McDonald's fast food chain from its original founders, the McDonald's brothers. Director John Lee Hancock ("Saving Mr. Banks" 2013) did an excellent job at giving this motion picture some good [..]