Movie Reviews

Lockout – Revisited

Directors James Mather & Stephen St. Leger Staring Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace and Peter Stormare Rated MA Score 3/6 A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president’s daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates. For those of…

Asterix the Gaul

Director Ray Goossens Starring Roger Carel & Jacques Morel Rated G Score 6/6 Gaul invaded! Asterix must save the Druid Getafix from the Romans. I’m sure there are more then a few of you out there who have read an Asterix comic book. Now it has been more then a few years since I have…

The Battle at Lake Changjin

Directors Kaige Chen, Dante Lam & Hark Tsui Starring Jing Wu, Jackson Yee & Duan Yihong Rated MA Score 5/6 1950, the People’s Volunteer Army (PVA) entered North Korea for a decisive battle in history. Under extreme freezing conditions, the troops on the Eastern Front, with fearless spirit and iron will fought the US army…

No Time to Die

Director Cary Joji Fukunaga Stars Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas & Rami Malek Rated M Score 4/6 James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.…

Red Notice

Director Rawson Marshall Thurber Starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds & Gal Gadot Rated M Score 3/6 When an Interpol-issued Red Notice the highest-level warrant to hunt and capture the world’s most wanted goes out, the FBI’s top profiler John Hartley is on the case. His global pursuit finds him smack dab in the middle of…

Tokyo Tribe

Director Sion Sono Starring Ryôhei Suzuki, Young Dais & Nana Seino Rated MA Score 6/6 In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro crosses the line to conquer all of Tokyo. The war begins. Alright, I forgot I had…

Head On

Director Ana Kokkinos Starring Alex Dimitriades, Paul Capsis, Elena Mandalis & Julian Garner Rated R Score 6/6 Released on Blu-Ray on November 3 A 19-year-old Greek Australian youth struggles with his sexual identity and has one clumsy heterosexual and several homosexual encounters. I was not aware of the existence of this movie until recently, though…

Prisoners of the Ghostland

Director Sion Sono Starring Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, Nick Cassavetes & Bill Moseley Rated MA Score 6/6 Streaming on major platforms from November 3 DVD and Blu-Ray available from November 17 A notorious criminal must break an evil curse in order to rescue an abducted girl who has mysteriously disappeared. It has been a while…

Halloween Kills

Director David Gordon Green Starring Judy Greer, Nick Castle, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kyle Richards, Anthony Michael Hall, Andi Matichak Rated MA Score 3/6 (A forgettable entry into the Halloween Franchise) Minutes after Laurie Strode, her daughter Karen and granddaughter Allyson left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie’s basement, Laurie is rushed to…

Free Guy

Director Shawn Levy Starring Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer & Taika Waititi Rated M Score 6/6 A bank teller discovers that he’s actually an NPC inside a brutal, open world video game. As fun and light-hearted movie Free Guy I was a little bummed that I didn’t get a chance to watch this one on the…