Movie Reviews

Irish Film Festival – Steps of Freedom

Director Ruán Magan Rated G Score 5/6 Steps of Freedom explores the extraordinary story of how Irish dance evolved and how it became a global phenomenon. Relying on historical records, scholars, practitioners and musicians to trace the history and development of Irish dance. Perhaps, just perhaps I should have at least watched a trailer for…

Stone

Director Sandy Harbutt Starring Ken Shorter, Helen Morse, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Sandy Harbutt, Vincent Gil Rated R Score 4/6 Police officer Stone goes undercover with the Gravediggers outlaw motorcycle gang, to find out who is murdering their members, one by one. Apparently during the filming of Stone Australian stuntman Peter Armstrong set a then-world record for…

Convoy

Director Sam Peckinpah Stars Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw & Ernest Borgnine Rated M Score 5/6 Truckers form a mile-long “convoy” in support of a trucker’s vendetta with an abusive sheriff – Based on the country song of the same title by C.W. McCall. For those of you playing along at home, the song the movie…

Vanquish

Director George Gallo Stars Morgan Freeman, Ruby Rose & Patrick Muldoon Rated MA Score 3/6 A mother, Victoria, is trying to put her dark past as a Russian drug courier behind her, but retired cop Damon forces Victoria to do his bidding by holding her daughter hostage. If you don’t remember seeing any trailers for…

Dr. Who and the Daleks

Director Gordon Flemyng Stars Peter Cushing, Roy Castle & Jennie Linden Rated PG Score 4/6 An eccentric inventor and his companions travel in his TARDIS to the Planet Skaro and battle the evil menace of the Daleks. For those of you who might be interested Peter Cushign portrayed Dr. Who in two movies Dr. Who…

Uncharted

Director Ruben Fleischer Stars Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg & Antonio Banderas Rated M Score 3/6 Street-smart Nathan Drake is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor “Sully” Sullivan to recover a fortune amassed by Ferdinand Magellan, and lost 500 years ago by the House of Moncada. Has there ever been a decent movie adaption of a…

She’s Not Your Type

Director Matt Vella Starring Adrianne Armida, Shane Millward, Zoe Panaretos, Efkan Cetin Score 6/6 Love is blind. Sweet, innocent, Barry is on a double date to introduce his mates to his new girlfriend, Alex. But there’s one problem – she’s a mentally unstable, drug-dealing, violent, con-artist scumbag – and he’s blind to all of it!…

Eraser: Reborn

Director John Pogue Starring Dominic Sherwood, Jacky Lai & McKinley Belcher III Rated MA Score 0/6 U.S. Marshal Mason Pollard specializes in “erasing” people – faking the deaths of high-risk witnesses. With the technological advances of the last 25 years, the game has upgraded, and it’s just another day at the office when he’s assigned…

Bullet Train

Director David Leitch Starring Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson Rated MA Score 5/6 Five assassins aboard a fast moving bullet train find out their missions have something in common. For those of you who might be interested, Bullet Train is based on the 2010 novel Maria Beetle by Kōtarō Isaka. On a side note…

Young Guns – Young Guns 2

Young Guns Director Christopher Cain Starring Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland & Lou Diamond Phillips Rated M Score 4.5/6 Young Guns 2 Director Geoff Murphy Starring Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland & Lou Diamond Phillips Rated M Score 4/6 Young Guns A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder…