Movie Reviews

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Director Ron Howard Starring Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke Rated M Score 4/6 During an adventure into a dark criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future copilot Chewbacca and encounters Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebellion. Considering that it seems that LucasArts lost the keys to the money printing press and Marvel found…

Batman and Harley Quinn

Director Sam Liu Starring Kevin Conroy, Melissa Rauch, Paget Brewster & Loren Lester Rated M Score 5/6 Batman and Nightwing are forced to team with the Joker’s sometimes-girlfriend Harley Quinn to stop a global threat brought about by Poison Ivy and Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man. This has been sitting in my pile of movies…

Batman Ninja

Director Junpei Mizusaki Starring Roger Craig Smith, Tony Hale & Tara Strong Rated M Score 5/6 Batman, along with a number of his allies and adversaries, finds himself transplanted from modern Gotham City to feudal Japan. DC would have a far more impressive extended universe on its hands and it would not be behind the…

Happy

Creators Grant Morrison, Brian Taylor Starring Christopher Meloni, Ritchie Coster, Lili Mirojnick, Patton Oswalt Rated MA Score 6/6 An injured hitman befriends his kidnapped daughter’s imaginary friend – a perky blue flying unicorn. With the excess of comic book related movie and television content it is soooo satisfying to know that there is content out…

Avengers: Infinity Wars

Director Anthony Russo & Joe Russo Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Benedict Cumberbatch & Chris Evans Rated M Score 5/6 The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.…

Deep Blue Sea 2

Director Darin Scott Starring Danielle Savre, Rob Mayes, Michael Beach Rated MA Score 0/6 A brilliant billionaire named Carl Durant is experimenting on bull sharks, which soon rebel to cause havoc for a group of scientists. Why oh why was this ‘film’ ever made? If somebody would care to explain it to me, I really…

Border Politics

Director Judy Rymer Staring Julian Burnside Score 6/6 Review by Tantelize Websdale Border Politics follows human rights barrister Julian Burnside as he traverses the globe examining the harsh treatment of refugees metered out by most Western democracies. Seventy years after the world constructed international conventions to ensure the horrors of World War II wouldn’t be…

Border Politics

Director Judy Rymer Staring Julian Burnside Score 5/6 Border Politics follows human rights barrister Julian Burnside as he traverses the globe examining the harsh treatment of refugees metered out by most Western democracies. Seventy years after the world constructed international conventions to ensure the horrors of World War II wouldn’t be repeated, Burnside finds it…

Psycho

Director Alfred Hitchcock Starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles Rated MA Score 6/6 A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer’s client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. In the past I have talked about my cinematic education and…

Space Truckers

Director Stuart Gordon Starring Stephen Dorff, Dennis Hopper, Debi Mazar & Charles Dance Rated M Score 3/6 John Canyon, one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Bad times have forced him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without asking questions. During the flight, the cargo turns out to be a multitude of virtually unstoppable…