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Enola Holmes 2: Directed by Harry Bradbeer. With Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, David Thewlis, Louis Partridge. Now a detective-for-hire, Enola Holmes takes on her first official case to find a missing girl as the sparks of a dangerous conspiracy ignite a mystery that requires the help of friends – and Sherlock himself – to unravel. As good as the first one in some ways and much better in many others, Millie Bobby Brown is firmly capable of being the lead in any film in my humble opinion. The mystery of this story is much less royal, but the much...
The Disorderly Orderly: Directed by Frank Tashlin. With Jerry Lewis, Glenda Farrell, Susan Oliver, Everett Sloane. Medical student Jerome Littlefield works as an orderly at a private clinic where he creates havoc due to his ineptitude. Not a good film, not by any stretch of the imagination, but I did get to see an older Glenda Farell doing her thing. My only other experience with her acting was from about 25 years before this film, so her performance here is much more muted and subtle than I was expecting. Guess you can only keep that classic Farrell energy up for...
The Replacement Killers: Directed by Antoine Fuqua. With Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker, Kenneth Tsang. A troubled hitman seeks aid from a forger to help him get papers to China. However, the drug lord has hired replacements to finish the job, and kill the hitman. Unbelievably full of cool things, circa 1998: leather trench coats, small caliber guns, slow motion, euro techno, and a hit man on the run for refusing to kill a cop with a family. It’s a little more convoluted than that, but as far as “assassin on the run” movies go, this is a good...
Alien from L.A.: Directed by Albert Pyun. With Kathy Ireland, William R. Moses, Richard Haines, Don Michael Paul. A young woman with a childish voice travels to Africa looking for her missing archaeologist father, and stumbles into a strange subterranean civilization. An absolutely fantastical adventure of a pitifully ugly and awkward young woman who falls down a bottomless pit to the center of the earth to save her father, who has also fallen down that same stupid pit. Playing this disgusting looking girl with big glasses, terrible hair, and revolting eyebrows is Kathy Ireland, and actress that would go on...
The Night Before: Directed by Jonathan Levine. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie, Jillian Bell. On Christmas Eve, three lifelong friends spend the night in New York City looking for the Holy Grail of Christmas parties. Such a fun film, filled with drugs and a ton of really inappropriate but totally hilarious situations, all wrapped up with a great Christmas message. This isn’t my first time watching the film, but I got it for free because Sony really likes me. Also, I bought enough movies to get it as a rewards, but I’d like to think they’re huge fans...
An indepth look deep inside the world’s biggest animal rescue. Find out what REALLY happened on the Gulf and how you can help save America’s pets today. Orphans of Katrina is a vivid journey, a historical account, and a celebration of the volunteer rescuers–and the animals we share our world with. I got this back in 2017 for free from Amazon and the contents of it are about as professional as the cover image is, which isn’t necessarily a knock against the book, but it’s obvious that this was an author that put it together themselves or with a low...
Stargirl: Created by Geoff Johns, Greg Berlanti. With Brec Bassinger, Trae Romano, Amy Smart, Luke Wilson. Teenager Courtney Whitmore joins the Justice Society of America. Based on the character from DC Comics. Yet another satisfying season, it’s a shame this is it for the show, but I’m happy they went out on top. I’ll miss seeing Brec grow as a superhero, but I’m sure she has a great career ahead of her. Buy On Amazon!
Killzone: With Kal Weber, Taylor Lawrence, Tom Clarke Hill, Sean Pertwee. The Helghans have rebuilt their planet after the first Helghan War and have attacked the ISA on the colony planet Vekta, who are heavily outnumbered. Captain Jan Templar and his squad are sent to find the ISA operative. I have extremely vague memories of playing this game back when I owned a PS2 20 years ago, but I know that I never finished it, because that entire stack of games was stolen during a house party when I was in college, along with Time Splitters and Aqua Aqua. I...
Home Sweet Home Alone: Directed by Dan Mazer. With Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney, Archie Yates, Aisling Bea. A married couple tries to steal back a valuable heirloom from a troublesome kid. This is the 5th or 6th film in the franchise and while I think they’ve beaten the dead horse into a fine dust, this isn’t a bad film, and now I’m wondering what it would look like if Disney just had a new version of the movie out every couple years with an completely different cast, difference creative team, and different set of circumstances. This time around there’s no...
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk: Directed by Bill Bixby. With Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno, Marta DuBois, Nancy Everhard. When Banner is held as a witness to a violent crime linked to the Kingpin, the fugitive is helped by lawyer Matt Murdock who is also the superhero, Daredevil. This is the movie that I actually meant to buy, as it features Stan “The Man” Lee as one of the random jury members during a dream sequence trial of the Incredible Hulk. That’s right: the name of the movie is based on something that doesn’t even ‘really’ happen in the film!...
