Movie Reviews

Smokey and the Bandit 2

Director Hal Needham Starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason & Jerry Reed Rated M Score 4/6 The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail. Well it looks like I am going to have round out the trilogy…

Crackerjack

Director Paul Moloney Staring Mick Molloy, Bill Hunter, John Clarke, Judith Lucy & Samuel Johnson Rated M Score 3/6 When dwindling membership and increasing overheads makes a local bowling club and prime candidate for a takeover, it’s all hands-on deck to save the club. I have vague memories of watching Crackerjack when it was originally…

Mr. Accident

Director Yahoo Serious Starring Yahoo Serious, Helen Dallimore, David Field Rated PG Score 5/6 A very clumsy man and his UFO-obsessed girlfriend discover a plan made by his boss to market eggs laced with nicotine. I have now watched all three Yahoo Serious movies. Is that a good thing? Well … I suppose it is…

Reckless Kelly

Director Yahoo Serious Staring Yahoo Serious, Melora Hardin, Alexei Sayle Rated PG Score 4/6 A modern-day Ned Kelly robs banks in Australia and gives all the money to the poor people. Ned is forced to go to Hollywood in order to make enough money to save his family’s land. Okay, I have been meaning to…

Mortal Kombat – Revisit

Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson Staring Christopher Lambert, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagwa, Robin Shou, Linden Ashby & Bridgette Wilson Rating M Score 2/6 Three unknowing martial artists are summoned to a mysterious island to compete in a tournament whose outcome will decide the fate of the world. For those of you who might be hanging out for…

Sweet River

Director Justin McMillan Starring Lisa Kay, Eddie Baroo, Martin Sacks Rated MA Score 6/6 In hopes of solving her son’s mysterious murder, grief-stricken Hanna visits the place of his death and explores a community full of sinister secrets. Okay before we get to far into things Sweet River might not be the best movie to…

A Frenchman – Russian Film Festival

Director Andrey Smirnov Starring Anton Rival, Evguenya Obraztsova, Evgeniy Tkachuk Score 5/6 In 1957 French student Pierre Durand comes to Moscow to do an internship at Moscow State University. Here he meets ballerina Kira Galkina and photographer Valera Uspenskiy. With them he discovers the cultural side of Moscow – not just the traditional one, but…

Arracht – Irish Film Festival

Director Tom Sullivan Starring Dónall Ó Héalai, Saise Ní Chuinn, Dara Devaney Rated MA Score 6/6 Set in Connemara in 1845 on the eve of the Famine. Colman Sharkey, a fisherman, father and husband takes in a stranger at the local priest’s behest. Apparently Arracht is writer/director Tom Sullivan’s first feature and the movies is…

Operation Christmas Drop

Director Martin Wood Starring Kat Graham and Alexander Ludwig Rated PG Score 3/6 Congressional aide Erica forgoes family Christmas to travel at her boss’s behest. At a beachside Air Force base, she clashes with Capt. Andrew Jantz, who knows her assignment is finding reasons to defund the facility. I suppose its that time of year…