Movie Reviews

DOSED

Director Tyler Chandler Rated M Score 5.5/6 After years of prescription medications failed her a suicidal woman, Adrianne, turns to underground healers to try and overcome her depression, anxiety, and opioid addiction with illegal psychedelic medicine like magic mushrooms and iboga. Compared to the other documentaries I have reviewed Dosed certainly is an out of…

The Rock

Director Michael Bay Starring Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris Rated R Score 4.5/6 A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco. I was a little surprised when I had a…

Breaker Morant

Directed by Bruce Beresford Staring Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown & John Waters Rating PG Score 6/6 Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers. With the anniversary 118th of the executions of Lieutenants Peter Handcock and Harry “Breaker”…

Mulan – 1998

Directors Tony Bancroft & Barry Cook Starring Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong Rated G Score 5/6 To save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China’s greatest heroines in the process. Last month I watched a live action version of Mulan, so…

Midway

Director Roland Emmerich Starring Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans, Ed Skrein, Aaron Eckhart, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore Rated M Score 5/6 Midway centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the…

Dolittle

Director Stephen Gaghan Starring Robert Downey Jr., Antonio Banderas & Michael Sheen Rated PG Score 4.5/6 After his wife’s death, Dr. Dolittle decided to hide from the world with his beloved animals. But he has to take a journey to a mysterious island to find a healing tree, which is the only medicine that can…

Bad Boys For Life

Director Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah Starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Rated MA Score 5/6 Marcus and Mike have to confront new issues (career changes and midlife crises), as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of…

The Gentleman

Director Guy Ritchie Starring Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery Rated MA Score 5/6 American expat Mickey Pearson who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain…

Mulan: Rise of a Warrior

Director Jingle Ma Starring Wei Zhao, Kun Chen, Jaycee Chan Rated M Score 5/6 The epic story of the Chinese girl-warrior, Mulan, who fights to defend her father. With Disney’s live action remake of its 1998 animated classic scheduled to be released in March, it looks like I have an excuse to go watch it.…