Author Van Roberts

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''TERMINATOR: DARK FATE" The people who made “Terminator: Dark Fate” (*** OUT OF ****) must have liked “Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens.”  Elements of the...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''BLACK AND BLUE" A rookie New Orleans cop exposes corruption within the force in “Traffik” director Deon Taylor’s white-knuckled cop versus cop thriller “Black and Blue” (*** OUT OF...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''GEMINI MAN" If you missed the trailers for Will Smith’s futuristic nail-biter “Gemini Man” (** OUT OF ****), then the surprise about an hour into this globe-trotting, stunt-laden saga...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''THE JOKER" Joaquin Phoenix gives an unforgettable performance as the most popular of Batman’s adversaries in “Hangover” writer & director Todd Phillips’ “The...

MOVIE REVIEW OF " ANGLE HAS FALLEN" The third time isn’t as charming for “Shot Caller” director Ric Roman Waugh’s “Angel Has Fallen” (**1/2 OUT OF ****), the second...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''VAULT" “Almost Mercy” writer & director Tom DeNucci and co-scenarist B. Dalton take on more than they can task in “Vault,” (** OUT OF ****), an ambitious but humdrum portrayal...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''ABDUCTION" Hollywood makes three kinds of sci-fi flicks.  First, epics that occur in space.  Second, stories that transpire on Earth.  Third, yarns that utilize both...

MOVIE REVIEW OF "DEAD TRIGGER" Somethings in life are inevitable.  Death, taxes, and . . . Dolph Lundgren movies. All you need know about Dolph’s latest movie is it stars Dolph. If that isn’t...

MOVIE REVIEW OF A BUTT-KICKING FEMINIST ACTION THRILLER "DAUGHTER OF THE WOLF" Imagine "The Grey" (2011) crossed with "Furie"(2019), and you've got the basics of Gina Carano's latest...

MOVIE REVIEW OF THE "FURIE" The runaway success of “Taken” (2008) transformed actor Liam Neeson into an action hero in his late 50s and pumped refreshing vitality into thrillers about human...