"I Think We're Alone Now" is the story of two survivors of a worldwide pandemic which has wiped out Earth's population. This absorbing drama was well conceived and constructed by director Reed Morano ("Meadowland" 2015) from an excellent screenplay by Mike Makowsky. Morano [..]

"Iron Mask" is a fantasy adventure film about a British cartographer on a mission to map the Russian Far East and China, with numerous adventures, or misadventures, along the way. Russian director Oleg Stepchenko created a terrible movie with a confusing storyline, bad acting, and just plain awful [..]

"The Mauritanian" is a riveting legal drama about a Mauritanian Muslim man held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center for fourteen years without a charge filed against him. Director Kevin MacDonald ("The Last King of Scotland" 2006) organized the film with outstanding production values, sterling performances, and a [..]

"Jojo Rabbit" is a comedy-drama film that tells the story of a ten-year-old boy in Nazi Germany in World War II who is active in the Hitler Youth program. When he finds out that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in the attic, he has [..]

"Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square" is a holiday musical film about a wealthy woman who announces that she will be evicting the residents of a town by selling the land to a developer. This throws the town into an uproar, in a story reminiscent of [..]

Director Sam Raimi ("The Quick and the Dead" 1995) has outdone himself with the ambitious project "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness." This 28th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has Dr. Stephen Strange being chased across several universes, with Raimi keeping the storyline well [..]

Director-screenwriter Damien Chazelle ("La La Land" 10`6) has attempted to capture the wildness and hedonism of Pre-Code Hollywood (1927-1934) in "Babylon." He succeeded on that score, with the positive side instilling the picture with good production values (cinematography and musical scoring) and worthy performances from the actors, [..]

"Father of the Bride" is a romantic comedy about a young woman who announces her marital engagement to her family without knowing that her parents are planning to divorce. The comedic mayhem proceeds from there, well directed by Gaz Alazraki from a good script by Matt [..]

Liam Neeson plays a government agent who uncovers a plot which could destroy America in "Blacklight." Director Mark Williams ("Honest Thief" 2020) put together an action film with poor production values, a thin storyline, and bad writing by screenwriters Nick May and Mark Williams. [..]

"Armageddon Time" is a drama film telling the story of a Jewish-American boy growing up in 1980's New York City. This well-written and superbly directed coming-of-age drama was drawn from the personal experiences of director-screenwriter James Gray ("Ad Astra" 2019). It was filmed in [..]