"Godzilla: King of the Monsters" is the latest entry into the Godzilla movie sweepstakes, the 35th to be exact, and, since 1954, the longest running movie franchise in history. This one has outstanding special effects and loads of action but short on story and character development. [..]

"Rocketman" is a biopic about the life and career of singer Elton John. Actor Taron Egerton turned in a good performance as the pop star, with helpful direction by Dexter Fletcher ("Wild Bill" 2011) and written by Lee Hall. Other actors include [..]

Director-screenwriter Todd Phillips ("Starsky and Hutch" 2004) has given us a fascinating look at the back story of one of Batman's most famous nemeses, "Joker." Phillips and co-screenwriter Scott Silver ("The Mod Squad" 1999) went into the history and psychological backround of Arthur Fleck, a failed comedian [..]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced a noticeably lighter and family-friendly version of "The Addams Family." This computer-animated motion picture was more than capably directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan, and well written by Matt Lieberman. The story has the Addams family dealing with a real estate developer who [..]

"The Addams Family 2" is a mediocre but still entertaining sequel to MGM's 2019 hit "The Addams Family." Directors Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan were held over from the first film, and did an acceptable job here. Screenwriters Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit, Ben Queen, and Susanna [..]

Zachary Levi delivers an entertaining performance as a teenager who is suddenly transformed into a superhero named "Shazam!" Levi brings his light and breezy and non-pretentious personality to this role; he played a similar part as Chuck Bartowski on NBC's "Chuck" from 2007 to 2012. [..]

"Run the Race" is an inspiring faith-based movie telling the story of two teenage brothers actively involved in high school athletics who must also cope with their mother's death and their father's subsequent desertion of the family. They are living with their grandmother. [..]

Walt Disney Pictures hired director Tim Burton ("Pee-wee's Big Adventure" 1985) to create a modern day, live action movie version of the animated classic "Dumbo." The results are positive, as this version has good production values, a passable screenplay by Ehren Kruger, impressive special effects, and the [..]

"Tolkien" is a dry and dull film about the early life of author J. R. R. Tolkien that only the most die hard fans of his work would appreciate. Finnish director Dome Karukoski was in charge of this project, most likely one of the few major motion [..]

If you want to waste ninety minutes of your time, go see "Child's Play." A silly storyline and extremely violent images rule the day in this remake of the 1988 movie of the same name that introduced the evil Chucky the doll to modern culture. [..]