Arnie Carvalho

Watchmen (2019)

Squid Games

Reviewed Dec 19, 2023

Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own. Genres: Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Superhero, TV Mini-Series

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

It’s A Wonderful Lift

Reviewed Dec 15, 2023

10-year-old Finn is terrified to learn his family is relocating from sunny California to Maine in the scariest house he has ever seen! Convinced that his new house is haunted, Finn sets up a series of elaborate traps to catch the “ghost” in action. Left home alone with his sister while their parents are stranded across town, Finn’s traps catch a new target – a group of thieves who have targeted Finn’s house. Genres: Christmas/Holiday, Comedy, Family, TV Movie

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Christmas with the Cranks

Reviewed Dec 12, 2023

Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller, Zombie

Home Alone 4: Taking Back The House

You’re A Mean One, Mr. French

Reviewed Dec 8, 2023

Kevin McCallister's parents have split up. Now living with his mom, he decides to spend Christmas with his dad at the mansion of his father's rich girlfriend, Natalie. Meanwhile robber Marv Merchants, one of the villains from the first two movies, partners up with a new criminal named Vera to hit Natalie's mansion. Genres: Christmas/Holiday, Comedy, Family, TV Movie

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Here Comes The Hot Steppers

Reviewed Dec 5, 2023

Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller, Zombie

Home Alone 3

Sleigh Ride With A Vengeance

Reviewed Dec 1, 2023

9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top-secret microchip. Now Alex must fend off the spies as they try to break into his house to get it back. Genres: Christmas/Holiday, Comedy, Family, Theatrical Release

The Maze Runner

Thinking Outside The Box 

Reviewed Nov 28, 2023

A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to uncover clues that may lead to escape and the truth behind their confinement. Genres: Action, Mystery, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

The Fault In Our Tsars 

Reviewed Nov 24, 2023

64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release

Thanksgiving

The Town That Dreaded Markdowns

Reviewed Nov 21, 2023

After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan. Genres: Christmas/Holiday, Horror, Mystery, Theatrical Release

The Killer

Assassin’s Screed

Reviewed Nov 17, 2023

After a fateful miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal. Genres: Crime, Direct to Video/Streaming, Thriller

The Marvels

Charlie’s Bangles

Reviewed Nov 14, 2023

When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, Carol's powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol's estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up and learn to work in concert to save the universe. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release

The Usual Suspects

The Greatest Flick The Devil Ever Pulled?

Reviewed Nov 10, 2023

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess. Genres: Crime, Drama, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Secret Invasion

It’s Not Easy Being Green 

Reviewed Nov 7, 2023

Nick Fury and Talos discover a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years. Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Superhero, TV Mini-Series

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Mimicry on 34th Street

Reviewed Nov 3, 2023

Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve. Genres: Adventure, Christmas/Holiday, Comedy, Family, Theatrical Release

Five Nights at Freddy’s

Choke-E-Cheese and the Riflefire Explosion

Reviewed Oct 31, 2023

Recently fired and desperate for work, a troubled young man named Mike agrees to take a position as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant: Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. But he soon discovers that nothing at Freddy's is what it seems. Genres: Horror, Theatrical Release, Thriller, Video Game Movies

Home Alone

Have You Checked The Children?

Reviewed Oct 27, 2023

Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other. Genres: Christmas/Holiday, Comedy, Family, Theatrical Release

Killers of the Flower Moon

The Coyote of Wall Street

Reviewed Oct 24, 2023

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery. Genres: Crime, Drama, History, Theatrical Release

The Exorcist: Believer

Trickle Down Regan-omics 

Reviewed Oct 20, 2023

Since his wife's death, Victor has raised his daughter Angela alone. After she and her friend return from a three-day disappearance with missing memories, they begin displaying frightening behavior reminiscent of the MacNeil possession fifty years prior. Genres: Horror, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Desperation

Can God be Love if He lets such awful things air on netwo...

Reviewed Oct 17, 2023

When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fight for their lives. Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie

Bird Box Barcelona

Blind Faith

Reviewed Oct 13, 2023

After a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, Sebastian must navigate his own survival journey through the desolate streets of Barcelona. As he forms uneasy alliances with other survivors and they try to escape the city, an unexpected and even more sinister threat grows. Genres: Direct to Video/Streaming, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

Sometimes dead is better than straight-to-streaming 

Reviewed Oct 10, 2023

In 1969, young Jud Crandall has dreams of leaving his hometown behind, but soon discovers sinister secrets buried within and is forced to confront a dark family history that forever binds him to Ludlow. Genres: Direct to Video/Streaming, Horror, Zombie

Angel Heart

The Maltese Chicken

Reviewed Oct 6, 2023

A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo. Genres: Horror, Mystery, Theatrical Release

Saw X

See saw with a seesaw

Reviewed Oct 3, 2023

Between the events of 'Saw' and 'Saw II', a sick and desperate John Kramer travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer, only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer returns to his work, turning the tables on the con artists in his signature visceral way through devious, deranged, and ingenious traps. Genres: Horror, Mystery, Theatrical Release

Expend4bles

Get Switched Or Die Tryin’ 

Reviewed Sep 29, 2023

Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on and the skills to use them, The Expendables are the world’s last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table. But new team members with new styles and tactics are going to give “new blood” a whole new meaning. Genres: Action, Adventure, Theatrical Release, Thriller