Author Van Roberts

ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENICE // Never mess with a man's dog Bruce Willis hasn’t made a good movie since “A Good Day to Die Hard” (2013), and the fifth entry in his popular “Die Hard” film franchise...

Hicok // You know the myth now meet the legend Anybody who knows anything about Old West heroes knows that the legendary ‘Will Bill’ Hickok bit the dust in Deadwood, South Dakota, in 1876, when a...

Dunkirk //A Fair War Movie Traditional armchair generals should know Christopher Nolan's World War II epic "Dunkirk" has little to do with the battle of Dunkirk. You won't see German Panzer Corps careening...

Transformers // The Last Knight “Armageddon” director Michael Bay’s extravagant, but preposterous, sci-fi, fantasy yarn “Transformers: The Last Knight” constitutes the fifth entry in the Hasbro...

Mummy // It Takes a Monster To Defeat One The latest incarnation of Universal Studios’ classic horror chiller “The Mummy” doesn’t deliver the same caliber of silly, scatterbrained shenanigans of the...

Wonder Woman // Rise Of The Warrior The Adam West & Burt Ward “Batman” (1966) movie qualified as the first costume-clad crime fighter epic of the modern era.  Although women have figured...

Snatched // Help me put the fun in Non-Refundable “Snatched” will make a great Mother’s Day gift movie.  Comedienne Amy Schumer’s sophomore saga boasts only half as many laughs as her big screen...

Instant Death // Revenge is an Understatement Sometimes, a guilty pleasure can be a lot of fun.  Watching the straight-to-video, Lou Ferrigno, action DVD “Instant Death” revived memories of Charles...

UNFORGETTABLE// Psycho-Barbie, Homicide Saga Gals, looking for a ladies’ night out movie? Look no further than “Unforgettable”, a melodramatic but entertaining psycho-Barbie, homicide saga. Rosario...

LOGAN// His Time Has Come Twentieth Century Fox has brought the curtain down on its original “X-Men” franchise with the “Wolverine” spin-off “Logan”, co-starring Hugh Jackson and Patrick...