On his 16th birthday, Ian Lightfoot (Tom Holland), a socially awkward elf, gets a present from his dead father whom he never had the chance to meet. The gift is a magical staff along with instructions on how to reanimate their Dad for a full 24 hours. To do this, Ian, and his older brother…
After he and his wife are kidnapped and murdered, Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel) is awoken by a team of scientists with no memory and equipped with nanites that grant him superhuman abilities. Shortly after, he begins to remember what happened and uses his new abilities to hunt down and take revenge on the man who…
Take the bloody shot! Onto number 3 of the Daniel Craig James Bond films – Skyfall. After Bond fails his mission, the identities of undercover MI6 agents around the world are exposed. This leads to the MI6 headquarters being attacked and MI6 being compromised, so M (Judi Dench) turns to the one agent she can…
Released November 14, 2008, Quantum of Solace was directed by Marc Forster and picks up right where Casino Royale left off. . By looking for those who blackmailed Vesper, Bond finds himself teamed up with Camille (Olga Kurylenko) trying to stop Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric) and the organization Quantum from taking control of a Bolivian…
The name’s Bond. James Bond. Leading up to the new James Bond film, No Time To Die, I am going to be watching and rewatching all of the previous Daniel Craig Bond films. First off, Casino Royale. Starting off his career as 007, James Bond sets off on a mission working up the ladder of…
All my troubles seemed so far away A musician (Himesh Patel) struggles to find his big break with his manager (Lily James) being the only person who believes in him. Then, the night he decides to give up his dream, all the power in the world shuts off for 12 seconds for an unknown reason….
With the end of 2019 approaching, I thought it’d be interesting to pull together a list of my top movies of the year. Avengers: Endgame Starting in no particular order, I loved Avengers: Endgame. Although I haven’t given this one a rewatch yet, I thought it was just about the perfect ending to the…
Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Robert De Niro and directed by Todd Phillips, was released Oct. 4. It follows the story of Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), a mentally ill man who wants to become a stand-up comedian. But, despite his best effort, Gotham City, the divide between rich and poor, and the mistreatment of the…
To The Stars… Ad Astra, directed by James Gray, follows Roy McBride (Brad Pitt), an astronaut who followed in his father’s footsteps. His father, Clifford McBride (Tommy Lee Jones), was presumed missing and dead after leaving on a mission 30 years before to the edge of the solar system in search of other intelligent life….
The Boys is an Amazon Original on Prime Video about a world with superheroes. Chief among these are The Seven, a group of the most famous heroes who stand for truth, justice and the American way…on camera at least. Behind the scenes, they are just as bad as the rest of us, and the corporation…
I’ve been kind of wanting to rewatch this one for a while, so I was glad when it popped up on Hulu. I don’t think I’ve seen it since it came out in the theater in 2010, but it was actually still pretty good. “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” is about Dave (Jay Baruchel), a physics nerd…
As the year is coming to an end, I wanted to sum up my experience of making this blog so far. This is the first “blog” I’ve ever had and updated regularly, and it has been a pretty nice experience so far. I had some experience writing movie reviews in high school for newspaper, but…
Christmas is just around the corner, so I thought I’d take it upon myself to make a list of my top five Christmas Movies. Does Someone Need A Hug? First and foremost is Elf (Will Ferrell, Bob Newhart, Zooey Deschanel). I consider Elf a classic…
‘Tis the season for heist movies. I recently rewatched both “Ocean’s Eleven” and “The Italian Job.” Not sure why, I guess I’m just in the heist movie spirit. But, I thought instead of just reviewing each of them, I could compare them to each other and make a dual review. Both were good, but while…
What makes a movie a classic? I rewatch classic 80s movies with my Dad that came out when he was a teenager, and this got me wondering what movies coming out today will be considered “classics” in 30 years. Well, first we need to discuss what it is that makes a movie a good movie….
About 50 years after the Formics invaded Earth and killed millions, the brightest children are recruited by the International Fleet and trained in military tactics so they will be prepared for the next invasion. Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), shows great potential early on and is recruited by Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) and Major Anderson (Viola…
We are Venom “Venom” tells the story of Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy), a reporter sent to interview Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed), founder of the Life Foundation. While investigating the lab, Eddie discovers the symbiotes, puddles of goop that are alive and move around, that the Life Foundation recovered from space and he accidentally bonds with…
Reads & Reels is another fellow movie reviewer on WordPress who focuses on reviewing books and movies. Beginning the blog February 3, 2016, I’m impressed with the amount of content she has and how well she’s kept up with it. Reads & Reels posts just about daily with reviews and recommendations for books and movies….
Strange things are afoot at the Circle K Two high school students, Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves), aspire to create a band called the Wyld Stallions, even though they don’t even know how to play any instruments. This goal is put in jeopardy when Bill and Ted discover they are failing history class…
You know what this is? It’s a wing. And this movie’s under it. Even though “Drillbit Taylor” is getting a little dated, the story itelf is timeless, and in my eyes it is a comedy classic. Two unpopular freshmen, Wade (Nate Hartley) and Ryan (Troy Gentile) start high school with plans to become popular. This…