Tulsa—simple, easy-to-follow, wholesome, Christian-oriented movie—presents a likable production and provides a clean family watch by means of Scott Pryor and Livi Birch (who has 'big shoes to fill' in her role of helping a man find his way to a higher ground).
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Storyline
A young, foster child transfers to a home where she claims the man is her biological father.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Directors Scott Pryor and Gloria Stella for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Produceers Scott and Laura Pryor for making the film possible. Cast includes Scott Pryor, Livi Birch. Dee Dee Schneider, Nichole-Marie Sisinni, Cameron Arnett, and Cedric Greenway.
Buy a
ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes. This
is an intriguing story with an unexpected conclusion.
Enemy Lines—not high quality—lacks good character development, high par acting, and runs within the okay range rather than the outstanding range.
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Storyline
A team of Allied soldiers attempt to take a scientist out of Germany during WWII.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Anders Banke for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Tom George, Nadzeya Huselnikava, Aleksandr Kushaev, and Andy Thompson for making the film possible. Cast includes Ed Westwick, John Hannah, Tom Wisdom, Corey Johnson, Gary Grant, Daniel Jillings, Scott Haining, and Pawet Delag.
Buy a
ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe. The story is interesting to some extent. But the movie lacks quality and memorability.
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run—odd story, not as good as the first film—works more for
children than adults. The actors are well chosen: Keanu Reeves, Danny Trejo, and Snoop Dogg.
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Plankton kidnaps Gary the Snail and gives him to King Poseidon. Plankton wishes to remove SpongeBob from the Krusty Crab so that Plankton can get the Krabby Patty Secret Formula.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Tim Hill for directing effort. Thank you to Producer Ryan Harris for making the film possible. Cast includes Tom Kenney, Akwafina, Matt Berry, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Snoop Dogg, Bill Fagerbakke, Tiffany Haddish, Carolyn Lawrence, Mr. Lawrence, Keanu Reeves, Danny Trejo, and Reggie Watts.
Buy a
ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe. It's an okay watch that children will like better than adults.
The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee—comical—earns a watch. Typical Paul Hogan fare that provides his unique flavor that audiences grew to love in his entertainment. This movie is by no means perfect but it is a satisfying watch especially for audiences who wish there would have been more output from this actor from 'down under.'
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Storyline
Paul Hogan tries to live a normal life, but his movie life gets in the way.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Dean Murphy for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Dean Murphy and Nigel Odell for making the film possible. Cast includes Paul Hogan, Chevy Chase, and John Cleese.
Buy a
ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes. This
is a good Paul Hogan movie and worth a watch.
Battle of Little Bighorn—rehash of the
battle—does not provide anything new other than drawings made of the battle and a few small things not generally known. Initial presumption is to stick by History Channel rather than Smithsonian documentaries. There is a huge quality difference between the two companies. The reenactment scenes do not rely on sufficient detail and the acting is suitable but fails excellence. This short film did not find the full range and depth of its story and did not allow enough time to tell its story. A mini-series or longer film would allow the time necessary to present the story.
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Storyline
The Battle of the Little Bighorn gets another investigation.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director and Executive Producer Molly Hermann for directing effort. Thank you to Assistant Producer Rob Lyall for making the film possible. Cast includes Steve Alexander, Kirk Chapman, Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas, Bill Rini, Neill Skeggs, and Gary Stewart.
Buy a ticket?
Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe.
For audiences not familiar with this battle, the documentary provides a shallow overview. Otherwise, reading a book about the battle may be more informative.
The Gentlemen—odd, complicated story—is a movie that even with a plotline read is difficult to follow. It drags its audience through a crime-driven, murder-solution, unwholesome and low thinking, drug-oriented life-style. It may work in films where one can learn what not to be. But in this film, one comes away thinking 'why do we care?' The movie begs the question, 'Why was this film financed and given the green light?'
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A USA man wants to unload his marijuana business, located in England, which activates a chain of unwanted con men who want a 'piece of dirty pie'.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Guy Ritchie for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, and Bill Block for making the film possible. Cast includes Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan, Colin Farrell, and Hugh Grant.
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ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe.
It is what it is. It works outside the general mafia-styled movie and does not entertain. It plays too deeply into the gross realities of its world and drags it audience through the mud with it. Its complicated plotline does not allow its audience to comfortably and easily understand its storyline but superficially talks about the worst parts of this world with exceptionally graphic violence. It allows no room for audience comfort. A misnomer to title this movie "The Gentle-Men."
Monster Hunter—Milla Jovovich—needs better camerawork. The script is shallow and nothing is new or particularly creative. It works at the suitable to okay range and audiences may feel they lost their money on this one.
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A female military officer, while on patrol with her crew, is sent to another world.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director and Producer Paul W.S. Anderson for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Howard Chen, Edward Cheng, Hiro Matsuoka for making the film possible. Cast includes Milla Jovovich, Tony Jaa, Ron Perlman, Tip T.I. Harris, Diego Boneta, Meagan Good, Josh Helman, Jin Au-Yeung, Hirona Yamazaki, and Jannik Schümann.
Buy a
ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe. The movie may gain cult status and over time develop a solid fan base. Milla Jovovich plays a strong role in the film and Tony
Jaa has been well-chosen for his role.
First Cow—John Magaro, Orien Lee, Toby Jones and Ewen Bremner—runs on an unusual experimental format of no plan, just an ongoing process bathed deeply in the wash water of no direction. As can be expected, it runs slow and uses that abrupt conclusion that frosts its experimental formatting. The film will appeal to the highly artistic audience but will fail general audiences.
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In the early 19th century, a man makes friends with a man of Chinese ancestry. They start a cooking business with milk illegally obtained from a cow they do not own.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Kelly Reichardt for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Eli Bush, Chris Carroll, Louise Lovegrove, and Scott Rudin for making the film possible. Cast includes Alia Shawkat, John Magaro, Dylan Smith, Ryan Findley, Clayton Nemrow, Manuel Rodridguez, Orion Lee, Patrick D. Green, Evie, Ewen Bremner, and Toby Jones.
Buy a
ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
No. This movie has been produced for a very select audience and will not be appreciated by general audiences.
The Secret: Dare to Dream—quiet message movie—starts well and connects to its audience. The writing is not powerful nor is it impactful. The acting is suitable/good and relies softly on Josh Lucas and Katie Holmes. The movie is supposed to show how to effectively use a secret as revealed in the Rhonda Byrnes' book The Secret and the documentary movie of the same name. This film, The Secret: Dare to Dream, does intimate the ideas from the documentary, but fails to be impactful, meaningful, or even life changing to those who watch this film, as the documentary might be to those who understand at a very deep level that there is something elemental that works for you when you seek it. It's about knowing what you want and moving toward that.The Secret: Dare to Dream works as a clean and honest love story.
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Storyline
An engineer helps a widow and her children who are barely skimming by financially.
Additional
Thanks
Thank
you to Director Andy Tennant for directing effort. Thank you to Executive
Producers Skye Byrnes, Frank Fertitta, Lorenzo Fertitta, Elissa Friedman, Paul
Harrington, and Christopher H. Warner, for making the film possible. Cast includes
Katie Holmes, Josh Lucas, Celia Weston, Jerry O’Connell, Sarah Hoffmeister,
Aidan Pierce Brennan, Chloe Lee, Katrina Begin,
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe. It is a suitable watch as a clean love story, but does not deliver the full gold standard of the original documentary.
The Croods: A New Age—good movie—gets better as it moves into meeting
the Betterman family and picks up pace when everyone discovers the reason
behind not eating bananas. The film is a great child/adult share movie from DreamWorks.
Thank you to all involved in production.
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Storyline
The Croods look for a new home where life will
be more comfortable.
Additional
Thanks
Thank you to
Director Joel Crawford for directing efforts. Thank you to Producer Mark Swift
for making the film possible. Cast includes Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan
Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Clark Duke, Leslie Mann, Peter Dinklage, Kelly Marie Tran, Kailey Crawford, Chris Sanders, James Ryan, Gabriel Jack, and Melissa Disney,
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes. The film improves as it moves along and ends on a lovable high note. Even better than the first Croods movie,
it earns its watch as a child/adult share movie and its place in the family
home video library. Listen for the voice of Nicolas Cage reprising his role as
Grug. Great work for all involved.
Tenet—intellectually appealing, mind-bending, backed with fabulous writing,
not for the mindset that the world is covered in beautiful daisies—has great
acting, presentation, and infinitely terrific portrayal potential for many
media formats. Read a plotline before watching to get the most from this movie.
Casting offsets John David Washington and Robert Pattinson and adds the interesting
Kenneth Branagh and Elizabeth Debicki to sweeten the touch of its quality.
Watch for Michael Caine’s welcome cameo performance. Superb watch.
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A man is recruited by a highly
technological secret organization that allows backward time travel.
Additional
Thanks
Thank you to Director Christopher
Nolan for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Christopher Nolan and Emma
Thomas for making the film possible. Cast
includes:Juhan UlfsakIvo, Uukkivi, Andrew Howard, John David Washington, Rich Ceraulo, Jonathan Camp, Wes Chatham, Robert Pattinson, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes. This story requires intense audience
involvement and is difficult to follow unless one has done a pre-watching plotline
read. Quality drips from this movie. WOW! What a film! Worth more than a single
watch.
Cats and Dogs 3: Paws Unite!—low grade script—does not pack the entertainment
value of the second film in the series, Cats and Dogs 2: Revenge of Kitty
Galore. The storyline needs major buffing to work at the higher level. Young
children may like the concept of animal cooperation, but the adult who is looking
for a better movie for their children, choose Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021) over Cats and Dogs:
Unite!.
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Storyline
Cats and dogs have declared a truce
that keeps them from fighting and allows them to cooperate, but someone is
intent on disrupting that truce.
Additional
Thanks
Thank you to Director and Executive Sean McNamara
for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Scott Bindley and Charles Cooper, for
making the film possible. Cast includes: Melissa Rauch, Max Greenfield, George Lopez, Callum Seagram Airlie, Sarah Giles, Lauren K. Robek, John Murphy, Paul Dobson, Garry Chalk, and Michael Daingerfield,
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
No. This movie can be skipped and replaced with Clifford
the Big Red Dog (2021). The Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite! portrayal and storyline need much improvement.
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