Movie Reviews

"Samson" is a Biblical drama film about the judge of Israel who fights the Philistine army, has romantic troubles with Delilah, and get involved in numerous sticky situations. Director Bruce Macdonald transformed this story of Samson in the Old Testament book of Judges into an action-adventure [..]

"Unbroken: Path to Redemption" is the continuing story of Olympic athlete and World War II veteran Louis Zamperini which began in the 2014 movie "Unbroken." Director Harold Cronk ("God's Not Dead" 2014) delved into his post-war experiences including problems with post-traumatic stress disorder, troubles in his [..]

"Jarhead" is war drama following a young man through Marine Corps basic training at Camp Pendleton, sniper training, and desert warfare in the Gulf War. Director Sam Mendes ("American Beauty" 1999) put together an engrossing military drama giving an overview of life in the Marines, [..]

"First Man" is the life story of astronaut Neil Armstrong from his personal experiences to his career in space to being the first man on the moon. Director Damien Chazelle ("La La Land" 2016) put together what amounts to an average drama with some segments of slow moving [..]

The story of a major league baseball player who was later employed as a spy in Europe during World War II is the subject of "The Catcher Was a Spy." Moe Berg was a ballplayer from 1923 to 1939 (with the Dodgers, White Sox, Red Sox, Indians, [..]

"A Star Is Born" is a musical movie about an established country music star who falls in love with a young singer. All goes well until his alcoholism gets in the way, with the drama proceeding from there. First time director Bradley Cooper did an excellent job [..]

Lucasfilm has come out with a film about the backstory of Han Solo called "Solo: A Star Wars Story." The long anticipated project features Alden Ehrenreich playing a young Han Solo, quite a challenge considering the iconic hero was well established as a young man by [..]

"Mission: Impossible - Fallout" has Ethan Hunt and his IMF team racing to recover three plutonium cores before a terrorist network called the Apostles uses them for nuclear attacks. Director-screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie ("Jack Reacher" 2012) put together another exciting episode with loads of action sequences making the [..]

"Venom" is the story of a disgraced reporter and his "merger" with an alien symbiote named Venom, as they battle evil corporations and another symbiote named Riot who is out to destroy the Earth. Director Ruben Fleischer ("Gangster Squad" 2013) presided over a disaster area of [..]

Jason Momoa stars as "Aquaman," who sets out to lead the underwater kingdom of Atlantis and stop his evil brother from uniting the seven underwater kingdoms to destroy the surface world. Director James Wan ("Furious 7" 2015) did not really offer anything new in yet another [..]