Category: Movie Reviews
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The Legend of Tarzan (2016) Movie Review
Does The Legend of Tarzan hold up? Let’s find out: So we start off with King Leopold II of Belgium claiming the Congo Basin. King Leopold soon gets into debt (sounds like the start of a commercial that would be on TV at three in the morning); so, he sends Léon Rom (Christoph Waltz) to get diamonds. Chief Mbonga (Djimon…
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Borrowed Hearts (1997) Movie Review
Borrowed Hearts time, baby! So we start off with the sexiest turkey/Thanksgiving thing this side of the turkey baster in Seed of Chucky. We then meet playboy businessman Sam Field (Eric McCormack). We then meet Kathleen Russell (Roma Downey). Kathleen is an employee of Sam’s and Kathleen’s daughter (Zoey Russell (Sarah Rosen Fruitman)) is acting up at school because…
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Suicide Squad (2016) Movie Review
Suicide Squad time, baby! So we start off with Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) forming Task Force X. In other words, a team of criminals with bombs around their necks to get them to cooperate and, if the criminals do cooperate, they get less jail time. Archeologist June Moone (Cara Delevingne) is a vessel for the Enchantress. Waller uses the…
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Beauty and the Beast (2017) Movie Review
Beauty and the Beast 2017 time, baby! So we start off with Prince Adam (Dan Stevens), and… I’m not crazy about Stevens as the Beast; but, I do like Stevens as jerky Prince Adam. Anyway, an enchantress offers Prince Adam a rose in exchange for shelter… you know the drill. Prince Adam refuses, enchantress reveals her…
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Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) Movie Review
Does Oz the Great and Powerful hold up? Let’s find out: So we start off by meeting womanizing magician/con man Oscar Diggs (James Franco), and… I said in my review of Spider-Man 3 that I thought that James Franco was high for the majority of the filming of that movie and I have the same opinion for this movie.…
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Joker (2019) Movie Review
Does Joker hold up? Let’s find out: So we start off by meeting clown/start-up comedian Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix). Arthur resides with Penny (Frances Conroy)/his mom and the two have a Crimson Peak dynamic. Arthur is prone to laughing fits. Randall (Glenn Fleshler) gives Arthur a gun so that he can protect himself. Arthur is interested in mom Sophie Dumond (Zazie Beetz). Arthur’s…
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Movie Review
Does Star Wars: The Force Awakens hold up? Let’s find out: So we start off with the First Order going after the New Republic. The Resistance resists The First Order and General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) is in charge of the Resistance. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) is missing in action. Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) gets a Luke map; however, Kylo…
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Wonder Woman (2017) Movie Review
Does Wonder Woman hold up? Let’s find out: So we start off with Bruce Wayne giving Diana Prince/Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) a photo of Diana and four guys during World War I and Diana reminisces. Queen Hippolyta (Connie Nielsen) is Diana (Lilly Aspell and Emily Carey)’s mom. Hippolyta and Diana live on Themyscira. We find out that Ares tried to get…