This mushy drama about illegal aliens feels like it’s made by aliens. We meet two strangers with different nationalities and visa plans. One is a Korean poet named Daniel Bae (Charles Melton […]
The Sun Is Also a Star
John Wick: Chapter 3-Parabellum
Keanu Reeves shoots and scores in explosively entertaining threequel. When we last saw Keanu Reeves as John Wick, he goes on the run with his beloved dog, thus becoming the latest $14 […]
Brightburn
We can’t always assume that babies that crash-land on Earth are from Krypton. The superhero genre is given a sinister twist in “Brightburn,” by allowing us to acknowledge that not every baby […]
Pokemon Detective Pikachu
If not for the convoluted plot and thin humans, this would have been a visual wonder. Even as a kid, I still had no idea what Pokemon was even about. I thought […]
The Hustle
This predictable, idiotic, and degrading remake of a remake will steal your hard earned cash. The most embarrassing scene to me, at least, in “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” is when Michael Caine has […]
A Dog’s Journey
The voice of Olaf keeps dying and resurrecting in cliche-stricken sequel. You all remember “A Dog’s Purpose” with Josh Gad’s voice being reincarnated into one dog after another, and leading back to […]
Tolkien
Well-acted biopic loses the ring before the journey even begins. I never read any of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Ring” novels, but I was a fan of the movies directed by […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
To warm you up for “The Hustle,” here’s my review of the original. “The Hustle,” starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson, comes to theaters this Friday, and I wanted to share with […]
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile
Boy, do Efron and Bundy look alike There’s little wonder why Zac Efron would be a perfect young actor to portray serial murderer Ted Bundy. He has his eyebrows, hairstyle, height, and […]
Long Shot
Theron and Rogen both amaze you in ways you least expect Who said Julia Roberts as a hooker and Richard Gere as a playboy in “Pretty Woman” would be a failed relationship? […]
