"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" is a coming-of-age story about the ups and downs in the life of an eleven-year-old girl. Producer-director-screenwriter Kelly Fremon Craig did a good job of putting together an entertaining and insightful movie, adapted from the 1970 novel of the same [..]

Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin play two old friends who reconnect at the funeral of a mutual friend, where one of them vows to take revenge on the widower for the damage he did to her years earlier. Producer-director-screenwriter Paul Weitz ("Fatherhood" 2021) put together this very [..]

This second of four Apocalypse films is probably the best of the lot. "Revelation" takes place three months after the end of the first film, when the Rapture of the Church takes place ("Apocalypse" 1998), and the story has terrorism expert Thorold Stone (Jeff Fahey) on the [..]

"Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" is an exciting action heist film that contains elements of the board game of the same name. Directors-screenwriters Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley have created a great film that not only has action, adventure, and board game fun, but also [..]

"Detective Knight: Independence" is the story of an LAPD detective's attempt to stop a vigilante EMT worker from causing havoc around Los Angeles on the July 4 holiday weekend in the ambulance that he has commandeered. Director-screenwriter Edward John Drake ("Breach" 2020) has created an exciting movie [..]

"About My Father" is a culture-clash comedy film about a young man's relationship with his Italian immigrant father, and how they get along with his fiance's parents from a WASP heritage with ancestry going back to Plymouth Rock. Director Laura Terruso and screenwriters Sebastian Maniscalco and Austen [..]

"Mafia Mamma" is the story of an American housewife and mother who gets a call from Italy informing her that her grandfather has passed away. When she travels to Rome to attend the funeral, she finds out he was a Mafia don of the Balbano crime family [..]

"Left Behind: The Movie" is a faith-based apocalyptic thriller film whose story is centered around four people who are left behind after the Rapture of the Church. Director Vic Sarin gets credit for good pacing of the story and excellent production values, such as special effects, [..]

Leonardo DiCaprio plays a young man traveling in Thailand who stumbles upon an island paradise populated by European and American young people, and some local marijuana, farmers in "The Beach." As his stay in the idyllic setting progresses, serious problems come to the surface that threaten his [..]

Producer-director Robert Redford put together a real dud of a movie called "The Legend of Bagger Vance." The story of a "magical helper" for a professional golfer who had been going through difficulties seems just plain silly. The storyline from the mediocre screenplay by Jeremy Leven, [..]