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Godzilla Minus One (2023)
The latest Godzilla movie to come out of Japan is nothing less than a stunning achievement. "Godzilla Minus One" from producer-director-screenwriter Takashi Yamazaki is an exciting thrill ride with outstanding special effects, a human storyline, and outstanding production values. It goes back to 1945 to tell [..]
Christmas Angel (2011)
"Christmas Angel" is a British Christmas movie about a 15-year-old out on a shopping trip with his mother when she is tragically hit by a car and slips into a coma at the hospital. The woman visits her son in a dream and asks him to find [..]
Elf (2003)
"Elf" is a Christmas comedy film that tells the story of a man who has been raised at the North Pole by Santa Clause and his elves, due to the fact that, as a baby, he crawls into Santa's sack and is unwittingly taken back to the North [..]
Napoleon (2023)
"Napoleon" is an epic historical drama from producer-director Ridley Scott ("Alien" 1979), whose subject is the life of famous French leader Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). Scott and screenwriter David Scarpa have created a biography that is heavy on battle scenes and on Bonaparte's sex life and light on [..]
Zoot Suit (1981)
"Zoot Suit" is a drama-musical film based on the Broadway play of the same name, telling the story of events surrounding the real-life Sleepy Lagoon Trial of 1942, when a group of Mexican-Americans were charged with murder, resulting in the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles. Director-screenwriter [..]
Keeping Mum (2005)
"Keeping Mum" is a poorly written and badly directed black comedy from UK director-screenwriter Niall Johnson ("The Big Swap" 1998). It is the story of a small town English vicar who is oblivious to the problems of his wife and teenage son and daughter. Enter a [..]
The Marvels (2023)
Brie Larson returns as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel in "The Marvels," the 33rd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This time she teams up with two of her friends Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) and Kamala Kahn (Iman Vellani) go on more adventures, too complex to divulge in this [..]
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
"The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes" is an outstanding prequel to "The Hunger Games" of 2012, and its sequels of 2013, 2014, and 2015. Director Francis Lawrence ("I Am Legend" 2007) has created the right amount of drama in the story of Coriolanus Snow [..]
Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023)
Over two hundred collective years of movie-making has paid off for the four stars of the romantic comedy "Book Club: The Next Chapter." Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candace Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen deliver corny jokes under a predicable plot in a professional manner under the guidance of [..]
Triangle of Sadness (2022)
"Triangle of Sadness" is a black comedy film about an affluent couple on a luxury cruise that hits a heavy storm and becomes stranded on a desert island, with the people struggling for survival. Swedish director-screenwriter Ruben Ostlund, in his English-language directorial debut, has constructed a film [..]