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Johnny Eager: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. With Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold, Van Heflin. The step-daughter of a district attorney falls in love with a gangster on parole who her father originally imprisoned. They’re definitely dynamite in this story of a bad boy going to the races and getting even worse with an innocent young woman by his side. Glenda Farrell isn’t the main squeeze, much to my chagrin, but it was great to see her in the limited time she had on screen. The story of course is great with some really goofy but enjoyable twists and turns...
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!: Directed by David Zucker. With Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban, George Kennedy. Incompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II. I watched all three of these in preparation for a date with my wife at the movies to see the most recent entry, it was in the theaters! We ended up falling asleep and missing the new one, but this first one was great and I had forgotten just how great it was. Buy On Amazon!
Ballerina: Directed by Len Wiseman. With Ana de Armas, Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Anjelica Huston. An assassin trained in the traditions of the Ruska Roma organization sets out to seek revenge after her father’s death. While the style of the movie fits pretty well into the existing John Wick films, I think they leaned a little too hard on John Wick themself to tell this story. I was still pretty happy with the end result! Buy On Amazon!
Disney Speedstorm: With Scott Adsit, Carlos Alazraqui, Micah Aliling, Tim Allen. The ultimate hero-based battle-racing game, set on circuits inspired by Disney and Pixar worlds. An amazing game that is absolutely ruined by the extremely high level of obscene microtransactions in it. It’s staggering that such a thing was ever released into the world, and horrifying that it was released by Disney. They use their IP to great effect here, but it’s the dangerous kind of effect that I know that I need to stay away from or there could be terrible consequences. Buy On Amazon!
When the aliens evolve, so does the threat against humanity in this thrilling sequel to Scorpio that finds Alex Archer in an epic battle of survival against the odds and the alien invaders. Alex Archer is a soldier now, the only civilian survivor from Scorpio to join the NAC Defense Corps. With their training complete, Alex and her friend Private Isa Cressey find themselves on emergency combat deployment with their new unit. The destination is the Alpha Corvi system, where an allied warship has vanished. Alex can guess why. Her fears prove true-Alpha Corvi is under new ownership. Alex must...
Need to corral a group of giant monsters that fell through an interdimensional gateway? Need to get your brand-new planetary computer system working — but the instructions are written in an alien language? Contact the Starfleet Corps of Engineers team on the U.S.S. da Vinci. Led by Captain David Gold and former Starship Enterprise engineer Commander Sonya Gomez, the crew live by their motto: Have tech, will travel. Overseen by Starfleet legend Captain Montgomery Scott, the S.C.E. crew must solve the mystery of an outpost attacked by a strange new weapon and improvise a way to defeat a foe who...
Further adventures of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers – the topflight assemblage of engineers and technical specialists made up of extraordinary humans and exotic aliens that can build, program and figure out everything from alien replicators to doomsday machines. SCE 5:Interphase, Part Two of Two: a vital rescue mission depends on one young untested officer! SCE 6:Cold Fusion: Following the catastropic conclusion of Avatar, Lieutenant Nog – the chief operations officer of Deep Space 9 – joins forces with the crew of the U.S.S. da Vinci; SCE 7:Invincible, Book One: The first in a gripping, all-new two-part adventure! SCE 8:Invincible,...
Civil War: Directed by Alex Garland. With Nick Offerman, Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Jefferson White. In a dystopian future, four journalists travel across the United States during a nation-wide conflict. While trying to survive, they aim to reach the White House to interview the president before he is overthrown. Now that I own this on disk I can rewatch that final scene as often as I want. Buy On Amazon!
Moon Knight: Created by Jeremy Slater. With Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, May Calamawy, Michael Benjamin Hernandez. Steven Grant discovers he’s been granted the powers of an Egyptian moon god. But he soon finds out that these newfound powers can be both a blessing and a curse to his troubled life. I received this as a Christmas gift and have now successfully rewatched this, but this time instead of streaming it, I watched it on my overpriced 4k disk player! The story is much more palatable when consumed in just a single day, with all the hints of the giant twist...
Heat Lightning: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. With Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot. Two killers stop at Olga’s gas station alongside a California highway. A funny yet mature glimpse into the lives of multiple intersecting groups of people in a tiny rest stop in the middle of nowhere, set against the backdrop of a distant storm. It’s a great story with some fun interactions among people that aren’t all exactly as they present themselves. This was on my radar because of the amazing Glenda Farrell, who plays a rich sister that flaunts her riches and body a little...
