Movie review: ‘Let It Ride’

Gambling movies can be anything: classics (“The Hustler” or “The Cincinnati Kid” – click here for my review), serious (“Rounders” … More

Movie review: ‘Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows’

Hollywood sequels nearly always fail at most, if not all, levels (“The Godfather: Part II” one of the few and … More

Today I’m looking at “The Big Fix.” No, it’s not the 2012 documentary about the oil spill in the Gulf … More

Of course, I’m a big fan of filmmaker John Carpenter. After all, he’s responsible for “Halloween” (click here for my … More

Today marks the first time that I’ve reviewed an entire trilogy of films … and the reviews follow the films’ … More

I happened to re-watch one of my favorite comedies of all time the other day and I have to say … More

Doing my recent review of the Cold War-era espionage thriller “The Fourth Protocol” (click here for my review) taken from … More

Spy movies have a tough time balancing action with plot. A saturation of plot and you experience a movie made … More

With college basketball’s “March Madness” in progress and the baseball season’s opening day being March 25, 2026 (one night game; … More

Well, it’s March Madness time of year even though we’re in April. We’re at the Final Four in both men’s … More

Just as Brad Pitt commands as well as almost demands your attention on screen, Leonardo DiCaprio is just as powerful … More

I’ve done a roundup of seven bad sequels (click here to read it) and have casually mentioned in reviews about … More

When “10” hit the big screen in 1979 it was an immediate hit and it sparked several sensations – the … More

I recently watched “All the President’s Men” again for the umpteenth and it is as obvious today as then why … More

There was a time when horror films didn’t have to rely on sickeningly gross special effects to scare audiences. Most … More

I’ve written before how an endearing character can elevate a motion picture by himself or herself. From my perspective, the … More

A 1960s TV show received the movie treatment a few summers back and it was “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” I … More

It’s too bad that politics or a controversial issue can cloud someone’s judgment about a movie, especially when some people … More

Well, there are few givens in Hollywood. The first and nearly universal given is that a sequel will not be … More

Just as “National Lampoon’s Animal House” ushered in a new wave of youth-oriented comedy in the late 1970s, so would … More

I’m not one of those people who go in for the whole serious, ride-in-packs and wearing Spandex bicycle thing, but … More

OK, so I’ve done the war movie roundup (click here to read it) and I’ve even pointed up to everyone … More

I haven’t done individual reviews of such comedy classics as “National Lampoon’s Animal House” or “Caddyshack.” I have taken a … More

You might want to think of “Midnight Run” with Robert De Niro as a police “Planes, Trains & Automobiles” – … More