The "Transformers" movie franchise keeps marching along with the seventh installment just released. "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" has a bit more human drama to add to the crashing and dashing of metallic monstrosities featured in these films. Director Steven Caple Jr. ("Creed II" 2018) did [..]
You Hurt My Feelings (2023)
Director-screenwriter Nicole Holofcener ("The Land of Steady Habits" 2018) has created an entertaining little film called "You Hurt My Feelings." It stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a wife of a therapist and features the amusing daily conversations they have together, and with their son, her sister, and their [..]
Kandahar (2023)
Gerard Butler plays a CIA operative stranded deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan who must fight his way out with his translator in the action picture "Kandahar." On the positive side, director Ric Roman Waugh, who worked with Butler on "Angel Has Fallen" (2019), has created a [..]
About My Father (2023)
Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco drew upon his own family's experiences when he created the comedy film "About My Father.'' Though the movie is mildly entertaining, material from a comedian's standup routine does not always translate into big screen hilarity. Maniscalco co-wrote the screenplay with Austen Earl; the [..]
Montana Story (2021)
"Montana Story" is a fine film about two siblings who return to their family farm after their father falls into a coma. Haley Lu Richardson and Owen Teague deliver outstanding performances as a sister and brother who work through past differences and family problems. They have [..]
Beast (2022)
"Beast" is an exciting action horror film where Idris Elba plays a man who takes his two daughters "on safari" to a South African game reserve, only to find themselves fighting for survival when they are hunted down by a ferocious man-eating lion. Although something like this [..]
Fast X (2023)
Vin Diesel has continued the story of "Fast and Furious" with the tenth film in the franchise called "Fast X." In this action-packed sequel, Jason Momoa plays a man who is out for revenge on Dominic Toretto and family for the death of his drug dealer father [..]
Big George Forman (2023)
The fascinating life of boxer, businessman, and television personality George Forman is told in the new movie "Big George Forman." It tells Forman's life story from his rise from a childhood in poverty to professional boxer to church pastor to commercial businessman. This faith-based film shows [..]
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Hail, hail, the gang's all here! The fans of "Guardians of the Galaxy" superhero team are thrilled to have everyone back for the third installment of the series that came out in 2014 and 2017. "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" tells the story of the [..]
Ant-Man (2015)
"Ant-Man" is more superhero fun and games from Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures. This twelfth installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe features Paul Rudd as Scott Lang, an average guy down on his luck who gets a second chance in life as Ant-Man. Rudd not only [..]