Drama Movie Reviews
Director Oliver Parker Starring Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson Rated M Score 5/6 89-year-old British World War II Royal Navy veteran, Bernard Jordan, who “broke out” of his nursing home to attend the 70th anniversary D-Day commemorations in Normandy, France in June 2014. Along the way, he is aided by strangers, makes some new friends…
Director John Henderson Starring Kenneth Cranham, Leo Bill & Derek Jacobi Rated PG Score 5/6 Based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action, go A.W.O.L. and invade occupied France on their own. God bless the lunatics, I just love that line from the movie. I’ve watched…
Director Ryûhei Kitamura Stars Ruby Rose, Jean Reno, Aksel Hennie Rated MA Score 1/6 A woman returns from combat and befriends a family in NYC. A gang of thieves plot to take the family’s valuables, and she is all that stands between them and their lives. When it comes to leading an Action movie I…
Director H.B. Halicki Stars H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia, Jerry Daugirda Rate PG Score 2/6 When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one is in the bag – thereby, the police precipitate in a desperate car chase against Pace and his Eleanor across Southern California. A total…
Director Niki Caro Starring Liu Yife, Donnie Yen & Gong Li Rated PG Score 2/6 To keep her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man and battles northern invaders in China. For the record at the time this was released, I think I was making…
Director Mark Harris Starring Kenneth Okolie, Dawn Halfkenny & Corey Hendrix Score 3.5/6 A young gay man from an affluent Ugandan family faces deportation after a brush with the law. If returned to his homeland, he’ll face the consequences of strict anti-homosexual persecution. As the case is taken to the courts, his Nigerian attorney also…
Director Nimród Antal Stars Liam Neeson, Noma Dumezweni, Lilly Aspell Rated M Score 3/6 A bank executive receives a bomb threat while driving his children to school that his car will explode if they stop and get out. For those of you who might be interested, Retribution is the third remake of Spain’s Retribution (…
Director Ron Yuan Starring Anna Akana, Mark Dacascos, Teresa Ting, Dustin Nguyen, Mike Moh, Chris Pang Rated MA Score 0/6 Ancient Japanese Ronin warriors set 300 years after 47 Ronin, in a modern-day world where Samurai clans exist in complete secrecy. For those of you playing along at home Blade of the 47 Ronin is…
Director John Badham Starring Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy & John Wood Rated PG Score 6/6 A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. First things first, when i sat down to watch WarGames, Ally Sheedy’s line about 41 being…
Director Ken Olin Starring Don Johnson, Craig Sheffer, Gabrielle Anwar Rated M Score 3.5/6 In 1932, a modernizing U.S. Army orders the Cavalry to destroy its horses but some sympathetic cavalrymen, defying orders, steal the horses in order to save them from destruction, to the dismay of the top Army-brass. The movie is not actually…