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Catholic visionary Maria Valtorta quoted Jesus as saying, "I am wherever there is life or a manifestation of life. Wherever a wise man meditates, a sculptor sculpts, a poet writes, ... I am there together with Him from Whom I come. ... I am there with the Most High Creator" (333).
John W. Whitehead, on "GOD AND FILM" writes, "In this chaotic age, people are increasingly seeking something outside themselves to give order and meaning to their lives. While painting once tackled these questions, modern film now addresses this search, which inevitably includes the subject of God. Of all the artistic forms throughout the ages, film may be the most suitable forum for the discussion of religion and God" (267).
If Jesus is in all works of art, and especially in film, then movies should yield that influence through comparison with the Bible. Such I have tried to do in these my reviews, updated weekly, by including an Ideology section in each of them. I don't have a particular point to make other than finding a biblical comparison most apropos to the material.
I follow standard content ratings for a Christian in line with (I Cor. 10:27-28) "If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof." The visual feast is a movie and the invite is per age group and/or caution. If you're disposed to see it and are old enough or receiving guidance, be my guest and just ignore the objectionable parts. Don't get all worked up over what's best ignored.
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
| Air Force One | 1997 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Fresh from a goodwill tour of Russia, Air Force One is hijacked by Kazakhstani terrorists. An on-board, diehard agent holds the fate of the free world in his hands. |
| Angel Has Fallen | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A framed Secret Service agent hunts for assassins while the Service is hunting him for the assassination attempt. Someone didn't like the president. |
| Anna | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | Russian Cinderella escapes her prince not-so-charming to be embraced by her wicked stepmother and two guardian angels. Not necessarily in that order. |
| The Beast | 1996 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | An island tourist community is terrorized by a threat from the briny deep. The fish are biting today. |
| Big Kill | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Two card sharps and a widower drift into Big Kill, Arizona, to find the boomtown gone bust and their welcome worn thin. Time to fish or cut bait. |
| Cold Pursuit | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A model citizen quietly avenges the death of his son on the druggies. No message is sent so a rival gang gets blamed, starting a drug war. |
| Desperate Hours | 1990 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A chastised family man comes home to find his wife and kids held hostage by an escaped psychopath. The FBI has itching trigger fingers. |
| Fair Game | 1995 | R | ☆☆☆ | A Miami Dade detective tries to protect a female, family lawyer from hostile forces of unknown origin. Cupid gets in on the act. |
| Ford v. Ferrari | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Historical reenactment of a 1960s corporate contest focusing on the men and their philosophies. Lots of fast racing. |
| High Sierra | 1941 | G-PG | ☆☆☆☆ | A pardoned con needs to pull one last job before going straight. Whatever happens, he's not going back to the joint. |
| Hobbs & Shaw | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | Two spies and a rogue assassin fight a cyborg and his army to save the world from the timed release of a biological agent. Fast acting. |
| The International | 2009 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | The heat is on a shady international bank that will stop at nothing to protect itself. A jaded investigator won't let up. People die. |
| John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | John Wick having been banned from The Table must curry scraps of favor to survive an ungodly number of bounty hunters. There is nowhere to run. |
| Miss Bala | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | A Hollywood makeup artist finds herself embroiled in a drug war when she travels to Tijuana to help her friend in a beauty pageant. |
| Murder at 1600 | 1997 | R | ☆☆☆★ | A hapless D.C. detective gets in over his head trying to solve a murder in the White House. His hobby is history. |
| Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood |
2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A fading TV star and a flying high stuntman w/his fighting pet bulldog interrupt the sixties flow with fake news and fried hippie. |
| Overlord | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A small band of Allied paratroopers landing in occupied France to prepare for D-Day find their target infested with Nazi super-soldiers. This experimental batch isn't stable. |
| The Principal | 1987 | R | ☆☆☆★ | If your dog went to school, this would be the place. Running in packs, peeing on one's territory, and fighting for dominance. White cats beware. |
| The Recruit | 2003 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Obsessed with his dad's mysterious, untimely death, a peripatetic oil company brat is ripe pickings for CIA recruitment. Naturally talented. |
| Robin Hood (2018) | 2018 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A returned crusader lord disguised with a hood robs from the rich and gives to the poor in merry old England. Against much opposition. |
| Serenity | 2005 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | Space smugglers cache a small psychic who holds important intel that threatens the regime. Dangers abound. |
| Silverado | 1985 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Four hombres who were run out of one western town join to fight corruption in and around the next town over. |
| Spy Game | 2001 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A tangled web of loyalties leaves a CIA contractor in the lurch unless his mentor can work miracles. Do or die. |
| Stuber | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A hard cop improvises with Uber to pursue the suspect he's gunning for. The driver just wants five stars before he's off to get laid. |
| U.S. Marshals | 1998 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A Deputy Marshal relentlessly pursues a federal fugitive adept at spycraft who's trying to prove his innocence on the run. Intense. |
| xXx | 2002 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | An extreme sports maven gets dragooned into the spy business where he waxes heroic. Action abounds. |
| Zombieland: Double Tap |
2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A peripatetic band of holocaust survivors sort out their personal relations in a zombie-rich environment. Keep the powder dry. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Astra | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Grown astronaut son seeks his long absent father in orbit of Neptune. Family business with repercussions affecting humanity. |
| The Beast | 1996 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | An island tourist community is terrorized by a threat from the briny deep. The fish are biting today. |
| Cold Pursuit | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A model citizen quietly avenges the death of his son on the druggies. No message is sent so a rival gang gets blamed, starting a drug war. |
| Good Boys | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆★ | Middle School brings changes to three fast friends. They grow in different directions. |
| High Sierra | 1941 | G-PG | ☆☆☆☆ | A pardoned con needs to pull one last job before going straight. Whatever happens, he's not going back to the joint. |
| Hobbs & Shaw | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | Two spies and a rogue assassin fight a cyborg and his army to save the world from the timed release of a biological agent. Fast acting. |
| Holmes and Watson | 2018 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A thumbnail sketch of the life of Sherlock Holmes showing how his reputation was improved by his association with Dr. Watson. America had an influence, too. |
| The Missing | 2003 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A frontier medicine woman loses her elder daughter to marauding renegades and must accept help from her estranged, Indian-pretender father to recover the lass. |
| Overlord | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A small band of Allied paratroopers landing in occupied France to prepare for D-Day find their target infested with Nazi super-soldiers. This experimental batch isn't stable. |
| Robin Hood (2018) | 2018 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A returned crusader lord disguised with a hood robs from the rich and gives to the poor in merry old England. Against much opposition. |
| Serenity | 2005 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | Space smugglers cache a small psychic who holds important intel that threatens the regime. Dangers abound. |
| Sullivan's Travels | 1941 | G-PG | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A successful director dons a bum's garb, adopts a loser mien, and hits the road hoping to gain insight on poverty. Be careful what you wish for. |
| xXx | 2002 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | An extreme sports maven gets dragooned into the spy business where he waxes heroic. Action abounds. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | 2019 | PG | ☆☆ | A jaded journalist pens a puff piece on a children's celeb and finds inner peace. Inspired by a true tale. |
| The Best of Enemies | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A 1971 southern school slow to integrate splits the community but forges new friendships. Follows true story. |
| Ford v. Ferrari | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Historical reenactment of a 1960s corporate contest focusing on the men and their philosophies. Lots of fast racing. |
| Green Book | 2018 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A wop factotum escorts an ace coon on a music tour of the deep south in the 1960s at the fag end of segregation. They go by the book. |
| Official Secrets | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | A low-level functionary of a British spy agency feels it her civic duty to expose a government deceit. Some would call it treason. |
| On the Basis of Sex | 2018 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | The Greatest Generation gets its toe wet in the murky waters of sex discrimination law. This little piggy went to market. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Dreamz | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A TV talent show embraces diversity but everyone is not on the same page. The finale goes off the rails. |
| The Art of Self-Defense | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A crushed milquetoast seeks self-confidence through martial arts training but gets more than he bargained for. Sartorial achievement. |
| Ball of Fire | 1941 | G-PG | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs burlesque. Pedagogue expands his horizons by slumming it. |
| Bandits | 2001 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | The sizzling Sleepover Desperados attempt one last score before retiring from bank robbing. At The Alamo Savings and Loan. |
| Blinded by the Light | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A 2nd generation Pakistani immigrant uses the music of American Bruce Springsteen to help establish his British identity. Family tensions. |
| Book Club | 2018 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Four sexagenarians of the fair sex explore a sexy book club selection. Easier read than done. |
| Brittany Runs a Marathon | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | A 28-year-old fatty female trains for the New York marathon, her goal being to finish it in style. Her life improves in the process. |
| Criminal Ways aka The Wannabes |
2003 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A washed out actor is tricked into getting four lowlifes up to speed to perform at a rich kids party they want to infiltrate to snatch some jewels. The media likes their act. |
| Destination Wedding | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Two fringe, weekend wedding guests wind up stuck with each other. They stick it out, then end up stuck on each other. Please pass the wine. |
| Duplex | 2003 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A naive couple acquires a NY duplex and a rent-controlled tenant who taxes their patience, resources and sanity. Can't kick her out. |
| Four Christmases | 2008 | PG-3 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A yuppie couple reluctantly visits their respective divorced parents on Christmas Day making four forced fiascoes. The New Year brings better tidings. |
| Gloria Bell | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Middle-aged divorcee negotiates the L.A. night scene, drifting children, lonely nights, wounded souls, and a stray cat. Not getting any younger. |
| National Lampoon's Gold Diggers |
2003 | UN– Rated | ☆☆☆☆ | Two young men go from an orphanage to min. wage employment to petty thievery to gold diggery. Their targets are more experienced than they are. |
| Good Boys | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆★ | Middle School brings changes to three fast friends. They grow in different directions. |
| Green Book | 2018 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A wop factotum escorts an ace coon on a music tour of the deep south in the 1960s at the fag end of segregation. They go by the book. |
| The Grinch | 2018 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | The mean Grinch hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the unwary Whos, but a kindhearted Who-child touches his heart. |
| Holmes and Watson | 2018 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A thumbnail sketch of the life of Sherlock Holmes showing how his reputation was improved by his association with Dr. Watson. America had an influence, too. |
| The Hustle | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | When a two bit Grifteress crowds an established con artiste on the French Riviera, they compete for the territory. May the best man win. |
| Hustlers | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | An exotic dancer embraces the dark side after she suffers a career setback. Even on good days it's a world of grays. |
| In Good Company | 2004 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | An aging ad exec with an expanding family and a contracting career, tries to adapt to the digital age. Dinosaurs get blindsided. |
| Isn't It Romantic | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Down-under architect wakes up to smell the roses when her hoity-toity client proves to be the kind of man her mom warned her about. True love is closer to home. |
| Jexi | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | A socially inept young man gets an overly helpful digital assistant in his phone upgrade. It's like the blind leading the blind. |
| Jojo Rabbit | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A ten-year-old Hitler Youth with an imaginary friend Adolph must come to terms with an all-too-real Jewess cached in his attic. |
| Knives Out | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A curmudgeon, crime novelist passes the torch to the next generation with the game afoot. A Sherlock Holmes spinoff investigates his apparent suicide. |
| Late Night | 2019 | R | ☆☆ | A comedy show slump puts its British hostess on notice. A new diversity hire has some bright ideas. |
| Little | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A bitchy black boss gets to relive the childhood that made her that way. Lessons to be learned. |
| Long Shot | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A female Secretary of State hires a yellow journalist of late to punch up her campaign speeches. Sparks fly. |
| My Blue Heaven | 1990 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | A rusticated cabal of deracinated crooks infests suburbia and does a cultural exchange. Rooting for the home team. |
| Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood |
2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A fading TV star and a flying high stuntman w/his fighting pet bulldog interrupt the sixties flow with fake news and fried hippie. |
| Parasite | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Fortune shines on a Korean family of four living in squalor but fate is a bitch. They bite off more than they can chew. |
| Poms | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | A former schoolteacher moves to an adult retirement community. As a last hurrah she starts a grandma-gonzo cheerleader club. |
| Raising Helen | 2004 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A pretty party girl must change her ways when she's assigned custody of her dead sister's kids. A sexy pastor comes a-courtin', as well. |
| Ready or Not | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A rich family's acceptance ritual challenges a new bride on her wedding night after she draws the death card. They give her a head start. |
| Relative Strangers | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A respectable shrink learns on the eve of his wedding that he was adopted, putting his self-therapy to the test and amusing his adoptive brother. |
| Scoop | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A consummate newspaper man imparts a hot tip to a fledgling newswoman as he's departing this mortal coil. She follows the lead. |
| Serious Moonlight | 2009 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A floundering marriage meets an opportunistic crook. The mistress wouldn't miss it. |
| Sideways | 2004 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Two middle-aged friends since college embark on a road trip in celebration of the one's upcoming marriage. Boys will be boys. |
| Stuber | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A hard cop improvises with Uber to pursue the suspect he's gunning for. The driver just wants five stars before he's off to get laid. |
| Sullivan's Travels | 1941 | G-PG | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A successful director dons a bum's garb, adopts a loser mien, and hits the road hoping to gain insight on poverty. Be careful what you wish for. |
| The Weather Man | 2005 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A popular TV weatherman struggles with his personal situation and contemplates a move up the ladder of success. Tell me about it. |
| What Men Want | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | A ballbuster uses her newly acquired psychic ability to succeed in a male-dominated field and with a new love interest. You can't hurry love. |
| Yesterday | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A has-been musician conks his head and corners the pop song market. His love life suffers. |
| Zombieland: Double Tap |
2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A peripatetic band of holocaust survivors sort out their personal relations in a zombie-rich environment. Keep the powder dry. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandits | 2001 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | The sizzling Sleepover Desperados attempt one last score before retiring from bank robbing. At The Alamo Savings and Loan. |
| Collateral | 2004 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | An L.A. cabbie working the night shift detours through the Twilight Zone and gets into a car chase with himself. Buckle up. |
| Criminal Ways aka The Wannabes |
2003 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A washed out actor is tricked into getting four lowlifes up to speed to perform at a rich kids party they want to infiltrate to snatch some jewels. The media likes their act. |
| Desperate Hours | 1990 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A chastised family man comes home to find his wife and kids held hostage by an escaped psychopath. The FBI has itching trigger fingers. |
| Fair Game | 1995 | R | ☆☆☆ | A Miami Dade detective tries to protect a female, family lawyer from hostile forces of unknown origin. Cupid gets in on the act. |
| Glass House: The Good Mother |
2006 | R | ☆☆☆ | Two orphans have trouble adapting to their new home, It may or may not be their fault. |
| Gold Diggers | 2003 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Two young men go from an orphanage to min. wage employment to petty thievery to gold diggery. Their targets are more experienced than they are. |
| Heat | 1995 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A finely tuned criminal gang is pitted against a relentless copper for high end stakes. They've all got domestic problems, too. |
| High Sierra | 1941 | G-PG | ☆☆☆☆ | A pardoned con needs to pull one last job before going straight. Whatever happens, he's not going back to the joint. |
| Holmes and Watson | 2018 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A thumbnail sketch of the life of Sherlock Holmes showing how his reputation was improved by his association with Dr. Watson. America had an influence, too. |
| Hustlers | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | An exotic dancer embraces the dark side after she suffers a career setback. Even on good days it's a world of grays. |
| The International | 2009 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | The heat is on a shady international bank that will stop at nothing to protect itself. A jaded investigator won't let up. People die. |
| John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | John Wick having been banned from The Table must curry scraps of favor to survive an ungodly number of bounty hunters. There is nowhere to run. |
| Knives Out | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A curmudgeon, crime novelist passes the torch to the next generation with the game afoot. A Sherlock Holmes spinoff investigates his apparent suicide. |
| Motherless Brooklyn | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A surviving gumshoe stalks his dead boss's final trail in 1950s NYC, looking under every rock for clues and following a colored connection. |
| The Mule | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆ | A 90-year-old drug mule has unresolved family issues that impinge on his new trade when he gets a stricter boss. Out of the frying pan ... |
| Murder at 1600 | 1997 | R | ☆☆☆★ | A hapless D.C. detective gets in over his head trying to solve a murder in the White House. His hobby is history. |
| Mute Witness | 2015 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A foreign made slasher production runs afoul of the Russian mob when a dumb crew member witnesses something unspeakable. They're not in Kansas anymore. |
| My Blue Heaven | 1990 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | A rusticated cabal of deracinated crooks infests suburbia and does a cultural exchange. Rooting for the home team. |
| Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood |
2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A fading TV star and a flying high stuntman w/his fighting pet bulldog interrupt the sixties flow with fake news and fried hippie. |
| A Perfect Murder | 1998 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A struggling artist beds the trophy wife of a Wall Street wizard. Chickens come home to roost. |
| Pride and Glory | 2008 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A burned-out NYPD officer heads the task force looking for a killer of cops. Police corruption was a factor in their deaths. |
| The Principal | 1987 | R | ☆☆☆★ | If your dog went to school, this would be the place. Running in packs, peeing on one's territory, and fighting for dominance. White cats beware. |
| Replicas | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A neurologist enlists a clone scientist to help him replicate his dead family. Clones aren't built in a day. |
| Scoop | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A consummate newspaper man imparts a hot tip to a fledgling newswoman as he's departing this mortal coil. She follows the lead. |
| The Score | 2001 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An about-to-retire jewel thief goes on one last heist with a sharp but volatile neophyte partner. It all goes downhill. |
| Serious Moonlight | 2009 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A floundering marriage meets an opportunistic crook. The mistress wouldn't miss it. |
| Silverado | 1985 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Four hombres who were run out of one western town join to fight corruption in and around the next town over. |
| Spy Game | 2001 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A tangled web of loyalties leaves a CIA contractor in the lurch unless his mentor can work miracles. Do or die. |
| Stuber | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A hard cop improvises with Uber to pursue the suspect he's gunning for. The driver just wants five stars before he's off to get laid. |
| Uncut Gems | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A NYC Jewish gem merchant/hustler acquires a rare African opal collection that is like to be his undoing. Going, going, gone! |
| U.S. Marshals | 1998 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A Deputy Marshal relentlessly pursues a federal fugitive adept at spycraft who's trying to prove his innocence on the run. Intense. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Pyramid Trilogy | 2008 | G | ☆☆☆ | An examination of the history, construction, and significance of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Well researched. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Astra | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Grown astronaut son seeks his long absent father in orbit of Neptune. Family business with repercussions affecting humanity. |
| After | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A straightlaced freshman co-ed mingles with her sophomore roommate's party crowd. Truth or dare. |
| Air Force One | 1997 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Fresh from a goodwill tour of Russia, Air Force One is hijacked by Kazakhstani terrorists. An on-board, diehard agent holds the fate of the free world in his hands. |
| Apartment Zero | 1988 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A struggling art house owner acquires a roommate to make ends meet. They have more in common than they thought. |
| The Art of Self-Defense | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A crushed milquetoast seeks self-confidence through martial arts training but gets more than he bargained for. Sartorial achievement. |
| Bandits | 2001 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | The sizzling Sleepover Desperados attempt one last score before retiring from bank robbing. At The Alamo Savings and Loan. |
| A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | 2019 | PG | ☆☆ | A jaded journalist pens a puff piece on a children's celeb and finds inner peace. Inspired by a true tale. |
| The Best of Enemies | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A 1971 southern school slow to integrate splits the community but forges new friendships. Follows true story. |
| Blinded by the Light | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A 2nd generation Pakistani immigrant uses the music of American Bruce Springsteen to help establish his British identity. Family tensions. |
| Book Club | 2018 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Four sexagenarians of the fair sex explore a sexy book club selection. Easier read than done. |
| Brittany Runs a Marathon | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | A 28-year-old fatty female trains for the New York marathon, her goal being to finish it in style. Her life improves in the process. |
| Collateral | 2004 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | An L.A. cabbie working the night shift detours through the Twilight Zone and gets into a car chase with himself. Buckle up. |
| Desperate Hours | 1990 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A chastised family man comes home to find his wife and kids held hostage by an escaped psychopath. The FBI has itching trigger fingers. |
| Destination Wedding | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Two fringe, weekend wedding guests wind up stuck with each other. They stick it out, then end up stuck on each other. Please pass the wine. |
| Escape Room | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Six unconnected strangers play Escape Room for money, only to discover the penalties are lethal, the safety features minimal, and escape chances marginal. |
| Five Feet Apart | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A sick girl with survivor's guilt mothers a terminally ill boy with an attitude. Sweet tragedy. |
| Ford v. Ferrari | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Historical reenactment of a 1960s corporate contest focusing on the men and their philosophies. Lots of fast racing. |
| Four Christmases | 2008 | PG-3 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A yuppie couple reluctantly visits their respective divorced parents on Christmas Day making four forced fiascoes. The New Year brings better tidings. |
| Glass House: The Good Mother |
2006 | R | ☆☆☆ | Two orphans have trouble adapting to their new home, It may or may not be their fault. |
| Gloria Bell | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Middle-aged divorcee negotiates the L.A. night scene, drifting children, lonely nights, wounded souls, and a stray cat. Not getting any younger. |
| The Good Liar | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Online dating meets online gambling in a risky romance. Someone's in for a rude awakening. |
| Green Book | 2018 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A wop factotum escorts an ace coon on a music tour of the deep south in the 1960s at the fag end of segregation. They go by the book. |
| Greta | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Mom is gone. Dad has moved on. Cruella is running a con. And a callow Bostonian in the Big Apple is the mark. |
| Happy Death Day 2U | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Bayfield U. coed runs afoul of a mad physics experiment. Cutting edge physics meets baby face killer. |
| Heat | 1995 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A finely tuned criminal gang is pitted against a relentless copper for high end stakes. They've all got domestic problems, too. |
| High Sierra | 1941 | G-PG | ☆☆☆☆ | A pardoned con needs to pull one last job before going straight. Whatever happens, he's not going back to the joint. |
| How Green Was My Valley |
1941 | G | ☆☆☆☆☆ | An old man returns down memory lane to the Welsh coal mining village of his past. His memories live on. |
| Hustlers | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | An exotic dancer embraces the dark side after she suffers a career setback. Even on good days it's a world of grays. |
| The Illusionist | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Two star-crossed lovers of disparate classes reunite after a forced separation of fifteen years. Mystical magic confronts royal reality. |
| In Good Company | 2004 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | An aging ad exec with an expanding family and a contracting career, tries to adapt to the digital age. Dinosaurs get blindsided. |
| The International | 2009 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | The heat is on a shady international bank that will stop at nothing to protect itself. A jaded investigator won't let up. People die. |
| The Intruder | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A married black couple tries to live the American dream in the country but without owning any guns. Bambi is safe, but are they? |
| Jojo Rabbit | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A ten-year-old Hitler Youth with an imaginary friend Adolph must come to terms with an all-too-real Jewess cached in his attic. |
| Knives Out | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A curmudgeon, crime novelist passes the torch to the next generation with the game afoot. A Sherlock Holmes spinoff investigates his apparent suicide. |
| Late Night | 2019 | R | ☆☆ | A comedy show slump puts its British hostess on notice. A new diversity hire has some bright ideas. |
| Legends of the Fall | 1994 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An Indian wars vet heads to Montana to begin again. His piece of the American pie gets picked clean by the vicissitudes of life. |
| The Little Foxes | 1941 | TV-PG | ☆☆☆☆ | In the new South of 1900, the Hubbard clan wheels and deals for shares of a plum industry. It's not to provide jobs. |
| Midsommar | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A couple after going together four years needs to fish or cut bait. Summer festival provides just the impetus. Tough decision. |
| Miss Bala | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | A Hollywood makeup artist finds herself embroiled in a drug war when she travels to Tijuana to help her friend in a beauty pageant. |
| Motherless Brooklyn | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A surviving gumshoe stalks his dead boss's final trail in 1950s NYC, looking under every rock for clues and following a colored connection. |
| The Mule | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆ | A 90-year-old drug mule has unresolved family issues that impinge on his new trade when he gets a stricter boss. Out of the frying pan ... |
| Murder at 1600 | 1997 | R | ☆☆☆★ | A hapless D.C. detective gets in over his head trying to solve a murder in the White House. His hobby is history. |
| North Country | 2005 | R | ☆☆☆ | A Minnesota mama takes a man's job to feed her kids and sues the company over working conditions. A precedent is set. |
| Official Secrets | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | A low-level functionary of a British spy agency feels it her civic duty to expose a government deceit. Some would call it treason. |
| On the Basis of Sex | 2018 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | The Greatest Generation gets its toe wet in the murky waters of sex discrimination law. This little piggy went to market. |
| Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood |
2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A fading TV star and a flying high stuntman w/his fighting pet bulldog interrupt the sixties flow with fake news and fried hippie. |
| Parasite | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Fortune shines on a Korean family of four living in squalor but fate is a bitch. They bite off more than they can chew. |
| A Perfect Murder | 1998 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A struggling artist beds the trophy wife of a Wall Street wizard. Chickens come home to roost. |
| Poms | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | A former schoolteacher moves to an adult retirement community. As a last hurrah she starts a grandma-gonzo cheerleader club. |
| Pride and Glory | 2008 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A burned-out NYPD officer heads the task force looking for a killer of cops. Police corruption was a factor in their deaths. |
| The Principal | 1987 | R | ☆☆☆★ | If your dog went to school, this would be the place. Running in packs, peeing on one's territory, and fighting for dominance. White cats beware. |
| Pursued | 2004 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A psychotic, corporate headhunter won't let up pursuing a solid executive loyal to his company. Something's got to give. |
| Raising Helen | 2004 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A pretty party girl must change her ways when she's assigned custody of her dead sister's kids. A sexy pastor comes a-courtin', as well. |
| Richard Jewell | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | A hero rent-a-cop becomes the FBI's prime suspect for a bombing, and a media target as well, disrupting his quiet life big time. |
| The Score | 2001 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | An about-to-retire jewel thief goes on one last heist with a sharp but volatile neophyte partner. It all goes downhill. |
| Serenity | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An island recluse fishes for the beast that haunts his dreams, communes via esp with his distant son, and sandbags his ex who is all too tangible. A black cat dogs his steps. |
| Sideways | 2004 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Two middle-aged friends since college embark on a road trip in celebration of the one's upcoming marriage. Boys will be boys. |
| Sullivan's Travels | 1941 | G-PG | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A successful director dons a bum's garb, adopts a loser mien, and hits the road hoping to gain insight on poverty. Be careful what you wish for. |
| Thr3e | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | The killer's riddles have expiration times, his copycat's are more manageable, and the harried seminary student faces deadlines. |
| Uncut Gems | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A NYC Jewish gem merchant/hustler acquires a rare African opal collection that is like to be his undoing. Going, going, gone! |
| Unplanned | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | A Texas gal learns about life through her experiences, in particular a stint with Planned Parenthood that turns into an eye opener. Not a good way to keep her friends. |
| The Weather Man | 2005 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A popular TV weatherman struggles with his personal situation and contemplates a move up the ladder of success. Tell me about it. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Grinch | 2018 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | The mean Grinch hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the unwary Whos, but a kindhearted Who-child touches his heart. |
| The Illusionist | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Two star-crossed lovers of disparate classes reunite after a forced separation of fifteen years. Mystical magic confronts royal reality. |
| Isn't It Romantic | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Down-under architect wakes up to smell the roses when her hoity-toity client proves to be the kind of man her mom warned her about. True love is closer to home. |
| Little | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A bitchy black boss gets to relive the childhood that made her that way. Lessons to be learned. |
| Serenity | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An island recluse fishes for the beast that haunts his dreams, communes via esp with his distant son, and sandbags his ex who is all too tangible. A black cat dogs his steps. |
| What Men Want | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | A ballbuster uses her newly acquired psychic ability to succeed in a male-dominated field and with a new love interest. You can't hurry love. |
| Yesterday | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A has-been musician conks his head and corners the pop song market. His love life suffers. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment Zero | 1988 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A struggling art house owner acquires a roommate to make ends meet. They have more in common than they thought. |
| High Sierra | 1941 | G-PG | ☆☆☆☆ | A pardoned con needs to pull one last job before going straight. Whatever happens, he's not going back in the joint. |
| Midsommar | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A couple after going together four years needs to fish or cut bait. Summer festival provides just the impetus. Tough decision. |
| Motherless Brooklyn | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A surviving gumshoe stalks his dead boss's final trail in 1950s NYC, looking under every rock for clues and following a colored connection. |
| Serenity | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An island recluse fishes for the beast that haunts his dreams, communes via esp with his distant son, and sandbags his ex who is all too tangible. A black cat dogs his steps. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Best of Enemies | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A 1971 southern school slow to integrate splits the community but forges new friendships. Follows true story. |
| Ford v. Ferrari | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Historical reenactment of a 1960s corporate contest focusing on the men and their philosophies. Lots of fast racing. |
| The Illusionist | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Two star-crossed lovers of disparate classes reunite after a forced separation of fifteen years. Mystical magic confronts royal reality. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Beast | 1996 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | An island tourist community is terrorized by a threat from the briny deep. The fish are biting today. |
| Brightburn | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A star child grows up to be a star jerk with unrestrained superpowers. Call the FBI. |
| Countdown | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | Revellers install perilous app they shouldn'ta. A priest consults his holy books. A nurse pits modern meds against an ancient curse. |
| Glass House: The Good Mother |
2006 | R | ☆☆☆ | Two orphans have trouble adapting to their new home, It may or may not be their fault. |
| Greta | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Mom is gone. Dad has moved on. Cruella is running a con. And a callow Bostonian in the Big Apple is the mark. |
| Happy Death Day 2U | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Bayfield U. coed runs afoul of a mad physics experiment. Cutting edge physics meets baby face killer. |
| The Intruder | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A married black couple tries to live the American dream in the country but without owning any guns. Bambi is safe, but are they? |
| Ma | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆★ | A new kid in town connects with the popular crowd who hang out with a matriarchal figure from their parents' past. History surfaces. |
| Midsommar | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A couple after going together four years needs to fish or cut bait. Summer festival provides just the impetus. Tough decision. |
| Overlord | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A small band of Allied paratroopers landing in occupied France to prepare for D-Day find their target infested with Nazi super-soldiers. This experimental batch isn't stable. |
| Ready or Not | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A rich family's acceptance ritual challenges a new bride on her wedding night after she draws the death card. They give her a head start. |
| Thr3e | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | The killer's riddles have expiration times, his copycat's are more manageable, and the harried seminary student faces deadlines. |
| Us | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A family vacation turns apocalyptic when a childhood nightmare catches up with mom. She has a history. |
| Zombieland: Double Tap |
2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A peripatetic band of holocaust survivors sort out their personal relations in a zombie-rich environment. Keep the powder dry. |
| Music / | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
| American Dreamz | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A TV talent show embraces diversity but everyone is not on the same page. The finale goes off the rails. |
| Blinded by the Light | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A 2nd generation Pakistani immigrant uses the music of American Bruce Springsteen to help establish his British identity. Family tensions. |
| Criminal Ways aka The Wannabes |
2003 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A washed out actor is tricked into getting four lowlifes up to speed to perform at a rich kids party they want to infiltrate to snatch some jewels. The media likes their act. |
| Green Book | 2018 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A wop factotum escorts an ace coon on a music tour of the deep south in the 1960s at the fag end of segregation. They go by the book. |
| The Grinch | 2018 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | The mean Grinch hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the unwary Whos, but a kindhearted Who-child touches his heart. |
| Isn't It Romantic | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Down-under architect wakes up to smell the roses when her hoity-toity client proves to be the kind of man her mom warned her about. True love is closer to home. |
| Yesterday | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A has-been musician conks his head and corners the pop song market. His love life suffers. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Astra | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Grown astronaut son seeks his long absent father in orbit of Neptune. Family business with repercussions affecting humanity. |
| Criminal Ways aka The Wannabes |
2003 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A washed out actor is tricked into getting four lowlifes up to speed to perform at a rich kids party they want to infiltrate to snatch some jewels. The media likes their act. |
| Escape Room | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Six unconnected strangers play Escape Room for money, only to discover the penalties are lethal, the safety features minimal, and escape chances marginal. |
| Glass House: The Good Mother |
2006 | R | ☆☆☆ | Two orphans have trouble adapting to their new home, It may or may not be their fault. |
| Greta | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Mom is gone. Dad has moved on. Cruella is running a con. And a callow Bostonian in the Big Apple is the mark. |
| Happy Death Day 2U | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Bayfield U. coed runs afoul of a mad physics experiment. Cutting edge physics meets baby face killer. |
| Holmes and Watson | 2018 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A thumbnail sketch of the life of Sherlock Holmes showing how his reputation was improved by his association with Dr. Watson. America had an influence, too. |
| The Illusionist | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Two star-crossed lovers of disparate classes reunite after a forced separation of fifteen years. Mystical magic confronts royal reality. |
| The International | 2009 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | The heat is on a shady international bank that will stop at nothing to protect itself. A jaded investigator won't let up. People die. |
| The Intruder | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A married black couple tries to live the American dream in the country but without owning any guns. Bambi is safe, but are they? |
| Knives Out | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A curmudgeon, crime novelist passes the torch to the next generation with the game afoot. A Sherlock Holmes spinoff investigates his apparent suicide. |
| Midsommar | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A couple after going together four years needs to fish or cut bait. Summer festival provides just the impetus. Tough decision. |
| The Mule | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆ | A 90-year-old drug mule has unresolved family issues that impinge on his new trade when he gets a stricter boss. Out of the frying pan ... |
| Murder at 1600 | 1997 | R | ☆☆☆★ | A hapless D.C. detective gets in over his head trying to solve a murder in the White House. His hobby is history. |
| Overlord | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A small band of Allied paratroopers landing in occupied France to prepare for D-Day find their target infested with Nazi super-soldiers. This experimental batch isn't stable. |
| Ready or Not | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A rich family's acceptance ritual challenges a new bride on her wedding night after she draws the death card. They give her a head start. |
| Replicas | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A neurologist enlists a clone scientist to help him replicate his dead family. Clones aren't built in a day. |
| Scoop | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A consummate newspaper man imparts a hot tip to a fledgling newswoman as he's departing this mortal coil. She follows the lead. |
| Thr3e | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | The killer's riddles have expiration times, his copycat's are more manageable, and the harried seminary student faces deadlines. |
| Uncut Gems | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A NYC Jewish gem merchant/hustler acquires a rare African opal collection that is like to be his undoing. Going, going, gone! |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| After | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A straightlaced freshman co-ed mingles with her sophomore roommate's party crowd. Truth or dare. |
| Ball of Fire | 1941 | G-PG | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs burlesque. Pedagogue expands his horizons by slumming it. |
| Bandits | 2001 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | The sizzling Sleepover Desperados attempt one last score before retiring from bank robbing. At The Alamo Savings and Loan. |
| The Book Club | 2018 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Four sexagenarians of the fair sex explore a sexy book club selection. Easier read than done. |
| Destination Wedding | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Two fringe, weekend wedding guests wind up stuck with each other. They stick it out, then end up stuck on each other. Please pass the wine. |
| Fair Game | 1995 | R | ☆☆☆ | A Miami Dade detective tries to protect a female, family lawyer from hostile forces of unknown origin. Cupid gets in on the act. |
| Five Feet Apart | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A sick girl with survivor's guilt mothers a terminally ill boy with an attitude. Sweet tragedy. |
| Four Christmases | 2008 | PG-3 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A yuppie couple reluctantly visits their respective divorced parents on Christmas Day making four forced fiascoes. The New Year brings better tidings. |
| Gloria Bell | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Middle-aged divorcee negotiates the L.A. night scene, drifting children, lonely nights, wounded souls, and a stray cat. Not getting any younger. |
| The Illusionist | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Two star-crossed lovers of disparate classes reunite after a forced separation of fifteen years. Mystical magic confronts royal reality. |
| In Good Company | 2004 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | An aging ad exec with an expanding family and a contracting career, tries to adapt to the digital age. Dinosaurs get blindsided. |
| Isn't It Romantic | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Down-under architect wakes up to smell the roses when her hoity-toity client proves to be the kind of man her mom warned her about. True love is closer to home. |
| Legends of the Fall | 1994 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An Indian wars vet heads to Montana to begin again. His piece of the American pie gets picked clean by the vicissitudes of life. |
| Little | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A bitchy black boss gets to relive the childhood that made her that way. Lessons to be learned. |
| The Little Foxes | 1941 | TV-PG | ☆☆☆☆ | In the new South of 1900, the Hubbard clan wheels and deals for shares of a plum industry. It's not to provide jobs. |
| Long Shot | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A female Secretary of State hires a yellow journalist of late to punch up her campaign speeches. Sparks fly. |
| Official Secrets | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | A low-level functionary of a British spy agency feels it her civic duty to expose a government deceit. Some would call it treason. |
| Raising Helen | 2004 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A pretty party girl must change her ways when she's assigned custody of her dead sister's kids. A sexy pastor comes a-courtin', as well. |
| Serious Moonlight | 2009 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A floundering marriage meets an opportunistic crook. The mistress wouldn't miss it. |
| Sideways | 2004 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Two middle-aged friends since college embark on a road trip in celebration of the one's upcoming marriage. Boys will be boys. |
| Sullivan's Travels | 1941 | G-PG | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A successful director dons a bum's garb, adopts a loser mien, and hits the road hoping to gain insight on poverty. Be careful what you wish for. |
| What Men Want | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | A ballbuster uses her newly acquired psychic ability to succeed in a male-dominated field and with a new love interest. You can't hurry love. |
| Yesterday | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A has-been musician conks his head and corners the pop song market. His love life suffers. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Astra | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Grown astronaut son seeks his long absent father in orbit of Neptune. Family business with repercussions affecting humanity. |
| The Beast | 1996 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | An island tourist community is terrorized by a threat from the briny deep. The fish are biting today. |
| Brightburn | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A star child grows up to be a star jerk with unrestrained superpowers. Call the FBI. |
| Escape Room | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Six unconnected strangers play Escape Room for money, only to discover the penalties are lethal, the safety features minimal, and escape chances marginal. |
| Happy Death Day 2U | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Bayfield U. coed runs afoul of a mad physics experiment. Cutting edge physics meets baby face killer. |
| Jexi | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | A socially inept young man gets an overly helpful digital assistant in his phone upgrade. It's like the blind leading the blind. |
| Overlord | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A small band of Allied paratroopers landing in occupied France to prepare for D-Day find their target infested with Nazi super-soldiers. This experimental batch isn't stable. |
| Pursued | 2004 | R | ☆☆☆ | A psychotic, corporate headhunter won't let up pursuing a solid executive loyal to his company. Something's got to give. |
| Replicas | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A neurologist enlists a clone scientist to help him replicate his dead family. Clones aren't built in a day. |
| Serenity | 2005 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | Space smugglers cache a small psychic who holds important intel that threatens the regime. Dangers abound. |
| Serenity | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An island recluse fishes for the beast that haunts his dreams, communes via esp with his distant son, and sandbags his ex who is all too tangible. A black cat dogs his steps. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Art of Self-Defense | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A crushed milquetoast seeks self-confidence through martial arts training but gets more than he bargained for. Sartorial achievement. |
| Poms | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | A former schoolteacher moves to an adult retirement community. As a last hurrah she starts a grandma-gonzo cheerleader club. |
| xXx | 2002 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | An extreme sports maven gets dragooned into the spy business where he waxes heroic. Action abounds. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Astra | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Grown astronaut son seeks his long absent father in orbit of Neptune. Family business with repercussions affecting humanity. |
| Air Force One | 1997 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Fresh from a goodwill tour of Russia, Air Force One is hijacked by Kazakhstani terrorists. An on-board, diehard agent holds the fate of the free world in his hands. |
| Angel Has Fallen | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A framed Secret Service agent hunts for assassins while the Service is hunting him for the assassination attempt. Someone didn't like the president. |
| Anna | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | Russian Cinderella escapes her prince not-so-charming to be embraced by her wicked stepmother and two guardian angels. Not necessarily in that order. |
| Apartment Zero | 1988 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A struggling art house owner acquires a roommate to make ends meet. They have more in common than they thought. |
| The Art of Self-Defense | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A crushed milquetoast seeks self-confidence through martial arts training but gets more than he bargained for. Sartorial achievement. |
| The Beast | 1996 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | An island tourist community is terrorized by a threat from the briny deep. The fish are biting today. |
| Cold Pursuit | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A model citizen quietly avenges the death of his son on the druggies. No message is sent so a rival gang gets blamed, starting a drug war. |
| Collateral | 2004 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | An L.A. cabbie working the night shift detours through the Twilight Zone and gets into a car chase with himself. Buckle up. |
| Desperate Hours | 1990 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A chastised family man comes home to find his wife and kids held hostage by an escaped psychopath. The FBI has itching trigger fingers. |
| Escape Room | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Six unconnected strangers play Escape Room for money, only to discover the penalties are lethal, the safety features minimal, and escape chances marginal. |
| Fair Game | 1995 | R | ☆☆☆ | A Miami Dade detective tries to protect a female, family lawyer from hostile forces of unknown origin. Cupid gets in on the act. |
| The Good Liar | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Online dating meets online gambling in a risky romance. Someone's in for a rude awakening. |
| Greta | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Mom is gone. Dad has moved on. Cruella is running a con. And a callow Bostonian in the Big Apple is the mark. |
| Happy Death Day 2U | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Bayfield U. coed runs afoul of a mad physics experiment. Cutting edge physics meets baby face killer. |
| Heat | 1995 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A finely tuned criminal gang is pitted against a relentless copper for high end stakes. They've all got domestic problems, too. |
| High Sierra | 1941 | G-PG | ☆☆☆☆ | A pardoned con needs to pull one last job before going straight. Whatever happens, he's not going back in the joint. |
| The Illusionist | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Two star-crossed lovers of disparate classes reunite after a forced separation of fifteen years. Mystical magic confronts royal reality. |
| The International | 2009 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | The heat is on a shady international bank that will stop at nothing to protect itself. A jaded investigator won't let up. People die. |
| John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | John Wick having been banned from The Table must curry scraps of favor to survive an ungodly number of bounty hunters. There is nowhere to run. |
| Knives Out | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A curmudgeon, crime novelist passes the torch to the next generation with the game afoot. A Sherlock Holmes spinoff investigates his apparent suicide. |
| Miss Bala | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | A Hollywood makeup artist finds herself embroiled in a drug war when she travels to Tijuana to help her friend in a beauty pageant. |
| The Missing | 2003 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A frontier medicine woman loses her elder daughter to marauding renegades and must accept help from her estranged, Indian-pretender father to recover the lass. |
| The Mule | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆ | A 90-year-old drug mule has unresolved family issues that impinge on his new trade when he gets a stricter boss. Out of the frying pan ... |
| Murder at 1600 | 1997 | R | ☆☆☆★ | A hapless D.C. detective gets in over his head trying to solve a murder in the White House. His hobby is history. |
| Mute Witness | 2015 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A foreign made slasher production runs afoul of the Russian mob when a dumb crew member witnesses something unspeakable. They're not in Kansas anymore. |
| Official Secrets | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | A low-level functionary of a British spy agency feels it her civic duty to expose a government deceit. Some would call it treason. |
| Parasite | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Fortune shines on a Korean family of four living in squalor but fate is a bitch. They bite off more than they can chew. |
| A Perfect Murder | 1998 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A struggling artist beds the trophy wife of a Wall Street wizard. Chickens come home to roost. |
| Pride and Glory | 2008 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A burned-out NYPD officer heads the task force looking for a killer of cops. Police corruption was a factor in their deaths. |
| The Principal | 1987 | R | ☆☆☆★ | If your dog went to school, this would be the place. Running in packs, peeing on one's territory, and fighting for dominance. White cats beware. |
| Pursued | 2004 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A psychotic, corporate headhunter won't let up pursuing a solid executive loyal to his company. Something's got to give. |
| The Recruit | 2003 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Obsessed with his dad's mysterious, untimely death, a peripatetic oil company brat is ripe pickings for CIA recruitment. Naturally talented. |
| Replicas | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A neurologist enlists a clone scientist to help him replicate his dead family. Clones aren't built in a day. |
| River Runs Red | 2018 | NR | ☆☆ | Appalachian blood feud crosses the blue line as the plot staggers into the Twilight Zone. Experimental cinema at its cheesiest. |
| Robin Hood (2018) | 2018 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A returned crusader lord disguised with a hood robs from the rich and gives to the poor in merry old England. Against much opposition. |
| The Score | 2001 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An about-to-retire jewel thief goes on one last heist with a sharp but volatile neophyte partner. It all goes downhill. |
| Serenity | 2005 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | Space smugglers cache a small psychic who holds important intel that threatens the regime. Dangers abound. |
| Serenity | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An island recluse fishes for the beast that haunts his dreams, communes via esp with his distant son, and sandbags his ex who is all too tangible. A black cat dogs his steps. |
| Spy Game | 2001 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A tangled web of loyalties leaves a CIA contractor in the lurch unless his mentor can work miracles. Do or die. |
| Stuber | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A hard cop improvises with Uber to pursue the suspect he's gunning for. The driver just wants five stars before he's off to get laid. |
| Thr3e | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | The killer's riddles have expiration times, his copycat's are more manageable, and the harried seminary student faces deadlines. |
| Uncut Gems | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A NYC Jewish gem merchant/hustler acquires a rare African opal collection that is like to be his undoing. Going, going, gone! |
| U.S. Marshals | 1998 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A Deputy Marshal relentlessly pursues a federal fugitive adept at spycraft who's trying to prove his innocence on the run. Intense. |
| xXx | 2002 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | An extreme sports maven gets dragooned into the spy business where he waxes heroic. Action abounds. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jojo Rabbit | 2019 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A ten-year-old Hitler Youth with an imaginary friend Adolph must come to terms with an all-too-real Jewess cached in his attic. |
| Legends of the Fall | 1994 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An Indian wars vet heads to Montana to begin again. His piece of the American pie gets picked clean by the vicissitudes of life. |
| Official Secrets | 2019 | R | ☆☆☆ | A low-level functionary of a British spy agency feels it her civic duty to expose a government deceit. Some would call it treason. |
| Overlord | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A small band of Allied paratroopers landing in occupied France to prepare for D-Day find their target infested with Nazi super-soldiers. This experimental batch isn't stable. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Kill | 2018 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Two card sharps and a widower drift into Big Kill, Arizona, to find the boomtown gone bust and their welcome worn thin. Time to fish or cut bait. |
| Legends of the Fall | 1994 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An Indian wars vet heads to Montana to begin again. His piece of the American pie gets picked clean by the vicissitudes of life. |
| The Missing | 2003 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A frontier medicine woman loses her elder daughter to marauding renegades and must accept help from her estranged, Indian-pretender father to recover the lass. |
| Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood |
2019 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A fading TV star and a flying high stuntman w/his fighting pet bulldog interrupt the sixties flow with fake news and fried hippie. |
| Silverado | 1985 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Four hombres who were run out of one western town join to fight corruption in and around the next town over. |
Valtorta, Maria. The Gospel as Revealed to Me. Vol. 2. Translated from Italian by Nicandro Picozzi, M.A., D.D. Revised by Patrick McLaughlin, M.A. This 2nd English Edition has now replaced the First English Edition, The Poem of the Man-God. WEB.
Whitehead, John W. Grasping for the Wind: the search for meaning in the 20th century. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 2001. Print.
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