“THE KING’S MAN” MOVIE REVIEW Linda Johnson January 26, 2022 Entertainment, Features "THE KING'S MAN" MOVIE REVIEW The third time is the charm for British writer & director Matthew Vaughn on his “Kingsman” franchise. In 2014, Vaughn adapted Mark Millar’s 2012 graphic novel...
”THE SURVIVALIST” MOVIE REVIEW Van Roberts January 17, 2022 Entertainment, Features ''THE SURVIVALIST" MOVIE REVIEW As COVID-19 rages, infecting, and exterminating millions, filmmakers were bound to appropriate it as the basis for a movie. Adam Mason’s “Songbird” (2020)...
MOVIE REVIEW OF “ARMY OF ONE” Linda Johnson January 3, 2022 Entertainment, Features MOVIE REVIEW OF "ARMY OF ONE" Sometimes, nothing hits the spot like a disposable, low-budget, B-movie that trots out all the usual tropes. “Bloodlines” director Stephen Durham’s rural crime thriller...
“GHOSTBUSTERS AFTERLIFE” MOVIE REVIEW Van Roberts December 10, 2021 Entertainment, Features "GHOSTBUSTERS AFTERLIFE" MOVIE REVIEW Not only does the “Ghostbusters” sequel reboot “Ghostbusters Afterlife” (*** out of ****) recapture the whimsical hilarity of the original movies,...
“HELL HATH NO FURY” MOVIE REVIEW Van Roberts December 3, 2021 Entertainment, Features "HELL HATH NO FURY" MOVIE REVIEW Imagine two vintage World War II movies--the European Resistance thriller “5 Branded Women” (1960) and the Clint Eastwood opus “Kelly’s Heroes” (1970), where...
MOVIE REVIEW OF ”APACHE JUNCTION” Van Roberts November 29, 2021 Entertainment, Features, Reviews MOVIE REVIEW OF ''APACHE JUNCTION" Villainous varmints with smoking six-shooters proliferate in “Badlands” writer & director Justin Lee’s lame horse opera “Apache Junction” (*1/2...
MOVIE REVIEW OF ”ZONE 414″ Van Roberts November 15, 2021 Entertainment, Features MOVIE REVIEW OF ''ZONE 414" The suspenseful dystopian thriller “Zone 414” (*** OUT OF ****) appropriates tropes from both Fritz Lang’s silent, science fiction, robot classic “Metropolis” (1927) and...
“TWIST” MOVIE REVIEW Van Roberts November 9, 2021 Entertainment, Features 1 Comment "TWIST" MOVIE REVIEW A perennial favorite with film producers, Charles Dickens’ second classic novel “Oliver Twist,” published back in 1838, serves as the source material for director Martin Owen’s...
“NAKED SINGULARITY” MOVIE REVIEW Van Roberts November 4, 2021 Entertainment, Features "NAKED SINGULARITY" MOVIE REVIEW An idealistic public defense attorney grapples with the shortcomings of the criminal justice system in freshman helmer Chase Palmer’s quirky but charming...
MOVIE REVIEW OF”LAST MAN DOWN” Van Roberts October 29, 2021 Entertainment, Features MOVIE REVIEW OF"LAST MAN DOWN" Swedish film director Fansu Njie must have been weaned on a steady diet of larger-than-life, 1980s, macho thrillers with Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude...