Movie Reviews

Deep Blue Sea 3

Director John Pogue Starring Tania Raymonde, Nathaniel Buzolic, Emerson Brooks Rated MA Score 0.5/6 Studying the effects of climate change off the coast of Mozambique, a marine biologist and her team confront three genetically enhanced bull sharks. Now, a new bloodbath is waiting to happen in the name of science. Will humans never learn? Okay…

Smokey and the Bandit

Director Hal Needham Starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed Rated M Score 5/6 The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor trailer full of beer over state lines, in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff. Alright, I have come across Smokey and the Bandit in passing on TV several times but never really…

Project Power

Directors Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman Starring Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback Rated MA Score 4/6 When a pill that gives its users unpredictable superpowers for five minutes hits the streets of New Orleans, a teenage dealer and a local cop must team with an ex-soldier to take down the group responsible for its…

Invasion Planet Earth

Director Simon Cox Starring Simon Haycock, Lucy Drive, Julie Hoult, Danny Steele, Sophie Anderson Rated M Score 5/6 After the death of his young daughter, Thomas Dunn is a man who has lost his faith. On the day he finds out his wife is pregnant again, aliens invade the Earth. As much as we might…

Bill and Ted Face the Music

Director Dean Parisot Starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Kristen Schaal Rated PG Score 4.5/6 Once told they’d save the universe during a time-traveling adventure, 2 would-be rockers from San Dimas, California find themselves as middle-aged dads still trying to crank out a hit song and fulfill their destiny. Nostalia driven film making is a difficult…

The Interview

Director Craig Monahan Starring Hugo Weaving, Tony Martin, Aaron Jeffery Rated M Score 6/6 A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted. It should be noted that yes, I have watched this one before, but I never actually sat down to review…

The Eight Hundred

Director Hu Guan Starring OU Hao, JIANG Wu, ZHANG Yi, WANG Qianyuan, DU Chun, LI Chen, TANG Yixin Rated MA Score 6/6 In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army. Okay, I kind of stumbled across this one…

The Swallows of Kabul

Director Zabou Breitman & Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec Starring Simon Abkarian, Zita Hanrot, Swann Arlaud Rated M Score 5/6 Summer 1998, Kabul in ruins is occupied by the Taliban. In love despite the daily violence and misery, Mohsen and Zunaira want to believe in the future. But a senseless act by Mohsen will upset their lives forever.…

Peninsula

Director Yeon Sang-ho Starring Dong-Won Gang, Jung-hyun Lee, Re Lee Rated MA Score 4/6 Peninsula takes place four years after the zombie outbreak in Train to Busan. The Korean peninsula is devastated and Jung Seok, a former soldier who has managed to escape overseas, is given a mission to go back and unexpectedly meets survivors.…

Undercover Grandpa

Director Erik Canuel Starring Dylan Everett, James Caan, Greta Onieogou Rated M Score 3/6 When the girl he likes goes missing, Jake enlists the help of his grandpa and Grandpa’s former special ops buddies. I suppose this is something that I normally wouldn’t watch, honestly it was one of those spur-of the moment Netflix decisions.…