Director Kenneth Branagh ("Thor" 2011) has a fresh new version of Agatha Christie's 1934 novel "Murder on the Orient Express." Modern production values, a lively screenplay by Michael Green, and a "fussy" Hercule Poirot played by Branagh make this third movie version a very watchable and entertaining [..]
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017)
"Boo 2! A Madea Halloween" has bad writing, terrible acting, and sloppy direction. But somehow this tenth film in Tyler Perry's "Madea" comedy series, that started in 2005 with "Diary of a Mad Black Woman," is somehow entertaining with lots of laughs and was a hit in [..]
Wind River (2017)
"Wind River" is an interesting crime drama about a murder investigation on an Indian reservation in Wyoming. Director-screenwriter Taylor Sheridan ("Hell or High Water" 2016) has given the audience a film with an engrossing story and good character development, the one flaw being the excessive violence. [..]
Kill Switch (2017)
"Kill Switch" is a Dutch science fiction movie about a power company that builds a massive tower able to tap into unlimited energy. Unfortunately, it is discovered that the tower endangers people in a parallel universe. Don't you hate when that happens? Director [..]
Let There Be Light (2017)
Kevin Sorbo ("Hercules" on TV, 1995-1999) plays an atheist who goes through a near death experience in a car crash and converts to Christianity in "Let There Be Light." Besides turning in a heartfelt and believable performance in the lead role, Sorbo also made his directorial debut. [..]
All the Money in the World (2017)
The kidnapping of John Paul Getty III in 1973 is the subject of "All the Money in the World" from producer-director Ridley Scott ("Alien" 1979). This project ran into big problems when, one month before its scheduled release in November, 2107, Scott fired star Kevin Spacey due [..]
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)
Director-screenwriter Peter Landesman ("Parkland" 2013) and producer Ridley Scott ("Alien" 1979) made a poor attempt to depict the drama behind FBI official Mark Felt's leaking of information about the Watergate scandal to reporter Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the 1970's. The bland and uninteresting screenplay by [..]
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)
The fascinating life of movie star Hedy Lamarr is the subject of the documentary film "Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story." Producer-director-screenwriter Alexandra Dean put together this comprehensive look at Lamarr's life including her birth and childhood in Vienna to Jewish parents; her motion picture career, including clashes [..]
Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017)
"Steve McQueen: American Icon" is an interesting documentary film about the life of popular movie star Steve McQueen. Producer and creator Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, crafted the two hour movie to cover McQueen's entire life story with an emphasis on his [..]
Dunkirk (2017)
"Dunkirk" is without a doubt one of the finest World War II films ever made. Producer-director-screenwriter Christopher Nolan ("The Dark Knight" trilogy of 2005, 2008, 2012) tells the true story of the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers from Dunkirk Beach in northern France during [..]