Movie Reviews

Renfield

Director Chris McKay Starring Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage & Awkwafina Rated R Score 4/6 Renfield, Dracula’s henchman and inmate at the lunatic asylum for decades, longs for a life away from the Count, his various demands, and all of the bloodshed that comes with them. As the meme goes ‘Nicholas Cage Now in stoic and…

Twisted Vines

Director Jihane Mrad Balaa Starring Brande Roderick, Brian Borello, Jon Briddell, Michael Paré & Vivica A. Fox Score 5/6 Set in a beautiful, picturesque wine country, Bed and Breakfast, the intimate, elegant wedding of the estate owner’s daughter to her beau, brings out the best and worst of the wedding guests, including the bride and…

Mulan

Director Niki Caro Starring Liu Yife, Donnie Yen & Gong Li Rated PG Score 2/6 To keep her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man and battles northern invaders in China. For the record at the time this was released, I think I was making…

King of Killers

Director Kevin Grevioux Stars Alain Moussi, Frank Grillo, Shannon Kook Rated MA Score 2/6 Garan is a part of a group of international hitmen who are contracted to take out the most dangerous killer in the world, only to find out that they’re the ones being hunted. For those of you who might be interested,…

The Furry Fortune

Director Justin Ward Starring Juju Brener, Mason Blomberg, Hana Hayes, Mason Wells, Adam Kulbersh. Score 3.5/6 When two twins discover their pet dog is shedding money, the evil neighbor kidnaps the money-making canine, and the kids must work together to save their pet, and their family. Okay, it’s been more than a little while since…

Revisit – Sky High

Directed by Mike Mitchell Staring Michael Angarano, Danielle Panabaker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kelly Preston & Kurt Russell Rating PG Score 4/6 Life for Will Stronghold, the son of legendary heroes Jet Stream and The Commander, has the tremendous expectation that he will go into the family business. He enters the high school for teenage super…

Breaking Bounds

Director Mark Harris Starring Kenneth Okolie, Dawn Halfkenny & Corey Hendrix Score 3.5/6 A young gay man from an affluent Ugandan family faces deportation after a brush with the law. If returned to his homeland, he’ll face the consequences of strict anti-homosexual persecution. As the case is taken to the courts, his Nigerian attorney also…

Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star

Director Tom O’Dell Starring Richard Roeper, AA Dowd, Dan Jolin , Bilge Ebiri, Scott Mendelson, Geoffrey Macnab Score 4/6 From “Top Gun” to the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, Tom Cruise becomes the world’s biggest movie star by risking life and limb to perform death-defying stunts. Okay, I will admit that after watching this I have a…

The Retirement Plan

Director Tim Brown Stars Nicolas Cage, Ashley Greene, Thalia Campbell Rated MA Score 3/6 When Ashley and her young daughter Sarah get caught up in a criminal enterprise that puts their lives at risk, she turns to estranged father Matt, currently living the life of a retired beach bum in the Cayman Islands. Despite its…

The Fourth Musketeer

Director Steve Lawson Stars Jonathan Hansler & Matt Ingram-Jones Rated PG Score 1/6 At the behest of his father, young d’Artagnan travels from rural Gascony to Paris, where he becomes embroiled in a devious plot between the King’s Musketeers and the Guardsmen of Cardinal Richelieu. Of the many adaptations of The Three Musketeers I’ve always…