Movie Reviews

Brad Pitt stars as a retired Special Forces veteran who must hike for 58 miles through the Alaska wilderness with his dog after their airplane crashes in the middle of nowhere. David Ayer ("The Beekeeper" 2024) put together a riveting drama with tight direction, good production [..]

"Don't Say Good Luck" is a coming-of-age drama about a high school student who lands the lead role in her high school's play while dealing with her mother's cancer diagnosis. Director Julia Hart ("I'm Your Woman" 2020) put together a run-of-the-mill teenage drama filled with cliches [..]

"Angel and the Badman" is a Western movie about an outlaw who steals gold from a gang and is shot during his escape. He stumbles upon a farm and is taken in by a devoutly Christian family and is cared for by their daughter. Director Julio [..]

John Wayne plays a wounded gunman who collapses on a farm and is nursed back to health by a gentle Quaker woman in "Angel and the Badman." The Duke's character must decide between a violent past and a more peaceful future. Director-screenwriter [..]

Ben Affleck turns in a stellar and layered performance as an autistic certified public accountant with a side job as a hitman in "The Accountant." Director Gavin O'Connor ("Warrior" 2011) and screenwriter Bill Dubuque keep the action-adventure storyline moving in this unique and off-beat thriller which [..]

When a greedy industrialist terrorizes a small town and murders a man, his widow hires a U. S. Marshall and six diverse gunmen to get revenge in "The Magnificent Seven." Director Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day" 2001) assembled an outstanding western melodrama which is based on the [..]

"Sully" is an aviation drama about the 2009 "miracle on the Hudson" where Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger glided a disabled airliner onto New York's Hudson River, saving everyone of the 155 people on board. The film also covers the grueling NTSB investigation. Director Clint Eastwood ("High Plaines Drifter" [..]

"Hillsong: Let Hope Arise" is a documentary on Hillsong United, a contemporary Christian music worship band from Australia. Director Michael John Warren ("Shrek the Musical" 2013)did a good job of balancing live concert footage at the Los Angeles Forum, behind the scenes interviews, and visits to [..]

"Fastball" is a documentary film exploring the history and physics of baseball's fastball pitch featuring interviews with major league baseball players and scientists. Director-writer Jonathan Hock did a good job with this absorbing examination of what is probably MLB's most coveted pitch. [..]

"Hell or High Water" is modern-day western-crime drama about two brothers who plot a bank robbery to save their family farm, but cannot stop at hitting one bank. The fun proceeds from there, as they are pursued by a pair of persistent Texas Rangers. [..]