When two girls disappear into the woods and return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, the father of one girl seeks out Chris MacNeil, who’s been forever altered by what happened to her daughter fifty years ago.
Film Review
‘REMO WILLIAMS: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS’ (1985 Review) A FAILED Attempt at a New Franchise!
I’m taking a look back at a modestly forgotten action gem from the 80s REMO WILLIAMS: THE ADVENTURE […]
‘SKI SCHOOL’ (1991 Retro Review) A (Not-So-Classic) Classic!
Rival groups in a skiing school do battle on and off the piste. One gang are rich and serious, the other group are party animals.
Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends’ protector by taking on the mafia.
Based on the unbelievable, inspiring true story of a team of underdogs – a struggling, working-class gamer, a failed former race car driver, and an idealistic motorsport exec – who risk it all to take on the most elite sport in the world.
An alien scarab chooses college graduate Jaime Reyes to be its symbiotic host, bestowing the teenager with a suit of armor that’s capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero known as Blue Beetle.
‘ACTION JACKSON’ (1988) An Explosive 80s Retrospective!
Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power-hungry auto magnate who is systematically eliminating his competition.
‘POLICE ACADEMY’ (1984 Review) The Citizen Kane of SLAPSTICK Comedies!
A group of good-hearted, but incompetent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks.
A research team encounters multiple threats while exploring the depths of the ocean, including a malevolent mining operation.
The film follows the Turtle brothers as they work to earn the love of New York City while facing down an army of mutants.
A former Marine and his old war buddy face off against the Mexican cartel behind the disappearance of his daughter.
‘THE SPECIALIST’ (1994 Review) Is It So BAD That It’s ACTUALLY GOOD?
A woman entices a bomb expert she’s involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.
There’s just one dream for the women of Ballygar to taste freedom: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes.
The 3 BEST & 3 WORST Films of JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME
Jean-Claude Van Damme was one of the biggest action stars of the 90s with a string of hits, however he also had a few flops. In this video I’m breaking down my picks for his 3 BEST and 3 WORST films!
‘THE GREAT OUTDOORS’ (1988 Review) A Summer at the Lake CLASSIC!
Camping at the lake has been a tradition for generations and few movies capture it more amusingly than 1988’s THE GREAT OUTDOORS starring John Candy and Dan Aykroyd. Let’s dive into how this movie was made and why it has at timeless appeal!
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.
The 3 BEST & 3 WORST Films of CHEVY CHASE
Chevy Chase is a comedic legend with a string of hits, but he’s also had some misses. In this video I’m breaking down my picks for his 3 BEST and his 3 WORST films!
‘MEN AT WORK’ (1990 Review) The FUNNIEST Comedy You’ve NEVER Seen!
1990’s MEN AT WORK starring Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen could be the funniest comedy you’ve never seen! I’m going to dive into why this movie is so funny, how it was created and how audiences received it at the time.
Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artifact that can change the course of history.
On the brink of losing her home, Maddie finds an intriguing job listing: helicopter parents looking for someone to bring their introverted 19-year-old son out of his shell before college. She has one summer to make him a man or die trying.
‘LAST ACTION HERO’ (1993 Review) A Movie Ahead Of Its Time!
With the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.
During the ’90s, a new faction of Transformers – the Maximals – join the Autobots as allies in the battle for Earth.
Barry Allen uses his super speed to change the past, but his attempt to save his family creates a world without super heroes, forcing him to race for his life in order to save the future.
‘MEATBALLS’ (1979 Review) A Summer Camp CLASSIC!
A review and look back at the classic 1979 comedy MEATBALLS starring Bill Murray in his first performance.
A CIA operative and his translator flee from special forces in Afghanistan after exposing a covert mission.
An assassin is sent to a reassignment center for a new identity after being compromised during a mission, but when a ruthless team of operatives suddenly storms the compound, he must team up with an elite hitwoman to make it out alive.
When Sebastian tells his old-school Italian immigrant father Salvo that he is going to propose to his all-American girlfriend, Salvo insists on crashing a weekend with her tony parents.
‘MARKED FOR DEATH’ (1990) Possibly Seagal’s BEST Movie?
A retired DEA agent is out to hunt down and take out a Jamaican drug posse that has targeted he and his family for murder.
‘WHITE MEN CAN’T JUMP’ (Review) A Strong Comedy But Weak Remake!
In this video I’ll be reviewing the new White Men Can’t Jump remake staring Sinqua Walls and Jack Harlow.
A young and fiercely independent woman is forced to flee her home in the Mexican desert following the brutal murder of her mother.
‘COLLATERAL DAMAGE’ (2002) An AVERAGE Schwarzenegger Adventure!
After his family is killed by a terrorist act, a firefighter goes in search of the one responsible.
In 1917 young Ip Man first came to Hong Kong to study, but his peaceful campus life was unexpectedly broken. A shocking hostage situation occurred on the day when the school held an English speech contest.
Ria believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting her friends’ help, she attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
‘FIRST BLOOD’ (1982) An Action Retrospective!
A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
‘LIAR LIAR’ (1997) A Timeless Comedy!
A pathological liar-lawyer finds his career turned upside down when he inexplicably cannot physically lie for 24 whole hours.
Top-10 JAKE GYLLENHAAL Movies
Let’s take a look back at the filmography of Jake Gyllenhaal to cover my picks for his top-10 movies!
Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie, but then makes the shocking discovery that she’s a secret agent. Before they can decide on a second date, Cole and Sadie are swept away on an international adventure to save the world.
A sculptor preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends, in Kelly Reichardt’s vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art and craft.
‘GUY RITCHIE’S THE COVENANT’ (Review) An Emotionally Gripping Journey of Respect!
Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). After an ambush, Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save Kinley’s life. When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he must repay his debt by returning to the war zone to retrieve them before the Taliban hunts them down first.
‘RENFIELD’ (Review) A Surprisingly Unfunny Horror Comedy!
Renfield, Dracula’s henchman and inmate at the lunatic asylum for decades, longs for a life away from the Count, his various demands, and all of the bloodshed that comes with them.
‘MAFIA MAMMA’ (Review) A Lukewarm Comedy!
An insecure American woman (Toni Collette) unexpectedly inherits her grandfather’s mafia empire in Italy. Guided by the firm’s trusted consigliere (Monica Bellucci), she hilariously defies everyone’s expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family business.
‘PAINT’ (Review) An Emotionally BLAND Dramedy!
Carl Nargle, Vermont’s #1 public television painter, is convinced he has it all: a signature perm, custom van, and fans hanging on his every stroke – until a younger, better artist steals everything (and everyone) Carl loves.
‘AIR’ (Review) An Origin Story That Takes FLIGHT! #SXSW2023
The story of shoe salesman Sonny Vaccaro, and how he led Nike in its pursuit of the greatest athlete in the history of basketball, Michael Jordan.
‘THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE’ (Review) A Nostalgic Adventure!
While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers Mario and brother Luigi are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi.
‘TETRIS’ (Review) A FASCINATING Origin Story! #SXSW2023
Based on the true story of American video game salesman Henk Rogers and his discovery of TETRIS in 1988. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption behind the Iron Curtain.
John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
An undocumented Filipina immigrant lands a job as a care-worker for a terminal old man, securing a better life for her and her daughter. But a dark discovery threatens to destroy everything she’s strived for and holds dear.
Flamin’ Hot is the story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn Flamin’ Hot Cheetos into a snack that disrupted the food industry and became a global phenomenon.
Follows a teenage graffiti artist who ran away from home and holds up an unwary MTA worker in a robbery gone right that would change their lives forever.
Super spy Orson Fortune must track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology wielded by a billionaire arms broker.