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Thursday, July 20, 2023

Oppenheimer Movie Review

Cillian Murphy stars in Oppenheimer

Can You Hear the Music?

Rotten Tomatoes Plot: During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. (Matt Damon) appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spend years developing and designing the atomic bomb. Their work comes to fruition on July 16, 1945, as they witness the world's first nuclear explosion, forever changing the course of history. Directed by Christopher Nolan.

Friday, June 30, 2023

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Movie Review

Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge & Harrison Ford (r) star in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

History's Greatest Moment?

Rotten Tomatoes Plot: Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA. Directed by James Mangold.

Thursday, March 23, 2023

John Wick: Chapter 4 Movie Review

Keanu Reeves stars in John Wick: Chapter 4

A Way Out

Rotten Tomatoes Plot: John Wick (Keanu Reeves) uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes. Directed by Chad Stahelski.

Friday, March 10, 2023

Scream VI Movie Review

Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jasmin Savoy Brown & Mason Gooding (r) star in Scream VI

Stalker Much?

Rotten Tomatoes Plot: Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett.

Thursday, March 2, 2023

Creed III Movie Review

Michael B. Jordan & Jonathan Majors (r) star in Creed III

Checkmate

Rotten Tomatoes Plot: After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian (Jonathan Majors), resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian - a fighter who has nothing to lose.

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre Movie Review

Jason Statham, Josh Harnett & Aubrey Plaza (r) star in Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

Flying Fowl

Rotten Tomatoes Plot: In the film, super spy Orson Fortune (Jason Statham) must track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology wielded by billionaire arms broker Greg Simmonds (Hugh Grant). Reluctantly teamed with some of the world’s best operatives (Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, Bugzy Malone), Fortune and his crew recruit Hollywood's biggest movie star Danny Francesco (Josh Hartnett) to help them on their globe-trotting undercover mission to save the world. Directed by Guy Ritchie.

Thursday, February 2, 2023

Knock at the Cabin Movie Review

Dave Bautista, Abby Quinn & Nikki Amuka-Bird (r) stars in Knock at the Cabin

Just Watch!

Rotten Tomatoes Plot: While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her parents are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

Thursday, December 1, 2022

Violent Night Movie Review

David Harbour stars in Violent Night

So Unprofessional

Rotten Tomatoes Plot: When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn't prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus (David Harbour, Black Widow, Stranger Things series) is on the grounds, and he's about to show why this Nick is no saint. Directed by Tommy Wirkola.

Friday, November 18, 2022

The Menu Movie Review

Ralph Fiennes stars in The Menu

Somebody Shoot Us!

Rotten Tomatoes PlotA couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises. Directed by Mark Mylod.

Thursday, August 11, 2022

Bodies Bodies Bodies Movie Review

Rachel Sennott stars in Bodies Bodies Bodies

To Hurricanes (and Beyond)

Rotten Tomatoes PlotWhen a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game goes awry in this fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake friends, and one party gone very, very wrong. Directed by Halina Reijn.

Thursday, August 4, 2022

Bullet Train Movie Review

Brad Pitt stars in Bullet Train


Faster (and Louder) Than a Speeding Bullet

Rotten Tomatoes Plot: In Bullet Train, Brad Pitt stars as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe - all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives - on the world's fastest train. From the director of Deadpool 2, David Leitch, the end of the line is only the beginning in a wild, non-stop thrill ride through modern-day Japan.

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Nope Movie Review

Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer & Brandon Perea (r) star in Nope

The Oprah Shot

Rotten Tomatoes Plot: Caretakers at a California horse ranch encounter a mysterious force that affects human and animal behavior. Directed by Jordan Peele.

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Where the Crawdads Sing Movie Review

Daisy Edgar-Jones stars in Where the Crawdads Sing

The Outsider

Rotten Tomatoes Plot: From the best-selling novel comes a captivating mystery. Where the Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world; but when one of them is found dead, she is immediately cast by the community as the main suspect. As the case unfolds, the verdict as to what actually happened becomes increasingly unclear, threatening to reveal the many secrets that lay within the marsh. Directed by Olivia Newman.

Thursday, July 7, 2022

Thor: Love and Thunder Movie Review

Natalie Portman & Chris Hemsworth (r) star in Thor: Love and Thunder

Better Late Than Not at All

Rotten Tomatoes Plot: "Thor: Love and Thunder" finds Thor (Chris Hemsworth) on a journey unlike anything he's ever faced - a quest for inner peace. But his retirement is interrupted by a galactic killer known as Gorr the god Butcher (Christian Bale), who seeks the extinction of the gods. To combat the threat, Thor enlists the help of King Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (Taika Waititi) and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), who - to Thor's surprise - inexplicably wields his magical hammer, Mjolnir, as the Mighty Thor. Together, they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher's vengeance and stop him before it's too late. Directed by Taika Waititi.

Thursday, June 23, 2022

Elvis Movie Review

Aaron Butler stars in Elvis


Taking Care of Business

Rotten Tomatoes Plot: The film explores the life and music of Elvis Presley (Austin Butler), seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks.) The story delves into the complex dynamic between Presley and Parker spanning over 20 years, from Presley's rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America. Central to that journey is one of the most significant and influential people in Elvis's life, Priscilla Presley (Olivia DeJonge.) Directed by Baz Luhrmann.

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Jurassic World Dominion Movie Review

Bryce Dallas Howard stars in Jurassic World Dominion

Dinosaurs in Our World

Rotten Tomatoes Plot: This summer, experience the epic conclusion to the Jurassic era as two generations unite for the first time. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are joined by Oscar®-winner Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill in Jurassic World Dominion, a bold, timely and breathtaking new adventure that spans the globe. From Jurassic World architect and director Colin Trevorrow, Dominion takes place four years after Isla Nublar has been destroyed. Dinosaurs now live (and hunt) alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures.

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Top Gun: Maverick Movie Review

Tom Cruise stars in Top Gun: Maverick

Mighty Wings

Rotten Tomatoes Plot: After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose”. Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it. Directed by Joseph Kosinski.

Sunday, May 15, 2022

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Movie Review

Benedict Cumberbatch & Rachel McAdams (r) star in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Strange, but in a Good Way

Rotten Tomatoes Plot: In Marvel Studios' "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," the MCU unlocks the Multiverse and pushes its boundaries further than ever before. Journey into the unknown with Doctor Strange, who, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary. Directed by Sam Raimi.

Saturday, May 14, 2022

Firestarter Movie Review

Zac Efron & Ryan Kiera Armstrong (r) star in Firestarter

Burnout

Rotten Tomatoes Plot: For more than a decade, parents Andy (Zac Efron; Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile; The Greatest Showman) and Vicky (Sydney Lemmon; Fear the Walking Dead, Succession) have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong; American Horror Story: Double Feature, The Tomorrow War) from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family's location, a mysterious operative (Michael Greyeyes; Wild Indian, Rutherford Falls) is deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all. Charlie has other plans. Directed by Keith Thomas.

Saturday, May 7, 2022

The Northman Movie Review

Alexander Skarsgård stars in The Northman

The Gates of Hell

Rotten Tomatoes Plot: Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father. Directed by Robert Eggers.