Movie Review Archives

Underdog

Pound puppy

Reviewed Aug 2, 2022

A lab accident gives a beagle named Shoeshine some serious superpowers -- a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend. Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2

Blood, Actually

Reviewed Jul 29, 2022

After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi. Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Underworld: Blood Wars

Game of Throats

Reviewed Jul 26, 2022

Vampire death dealer Selene fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. With her only allies, David and his father Thomas, she must stop the eternal war between Lycans and Vampires, even if it means she has to make the ultimate sacrifice. Genres: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1

Two Men and a Baby

Reviewed Jul 22, 2022

Bella Swan and Edward Cullen's honeymoon phase is abruptly disrupted by betrayals and unforeseen tragedies that endanger their world. Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

Underworld: Awakening

Breaking bones, not Breaking Dawn

Reviewed Jul 19, 2022

Having escaped years of imprisonment, vampire warrioress Selene finds herself in a changed world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species. Now Selene must battle the humans and a frightening new breed of super Lycans to ensure the death dealers' survival. Genres: Action, Fantasy, Horror

Adventures in Babysitting

Slip us the cash and we’ll slip you the podcast

Reviewed Jul 15, 2022

When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a quiet night in, however, turns into a series of ridiculous exploits, starting when they leave the house to pick up Chris' friend Brenda. Soon, Brad's buddy Daryl is involved, and the group must contend with car thieves, blues musicians and much more. Genres: Comedy

Thor: Love and Thunder

Double Rainbow

Reviewed Jul 12, 2022

After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now wields Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor. Together they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late. Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

 Some Like It Cold

Reviewed Jul 8, 2022

Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob, knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life. Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Moon Knight

Egypt’s first superhero… or a Chicago gangsta stuck i...

Reviewed Jul 5, 2022

When Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life, he discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt. Genres: Action & Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Must Love Dogs

Reviewed Jul 1, 2022

Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with Jacob Black, a werewolf. But before she knows it, she's thrust into a centuries-old conflict, and her desire to be with Edward at any cost leads her to take greater and greater risks. Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Lightyear

Audiences Not Included

Reviewed Jun 28, 2022

Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox. Genres: Adventure, Animation, Family, Science Fiction

Brown Arrow

Twilight

Scent of a Woman

Reviewed Jun 24, 2022

When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Despite Edward's repeated cautions, Bella can't stay away from him, a fatal move that endangers her own life. Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Fellowship of the Wild Things 

Reviewed Jun 21, 2022

A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja, courageous Lucian leads the Lycans in battle against brutal Vampire king Viktor. Determined to break the king's enslavement of his people, Lucian faces off against the Death Dealer army in a bid for Lycan independence. Genres: Action, Fantasy, Thriller

Jurassic World Dominion

 At last the spotlight on everyone’s favorite dinosaur...

Reviewed Jun 17, 2022

Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures. Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

Underworld: Evolution

On The Origin of Feces

Reviewed Jun 14, 2022

As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of their respective bloodlines. Genres: Action, Fantasy, Thriller

Love, Simon

Am I Blue?  

Reviewed Jun 10, 2022

Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Underworld

What’s in a name?  That which we call Twilight would s...

Reviewed Jun 7, 2022

Vampires and werewolves have waged a nocturnal war against each other for centuries. But all bets are off when a female vampire warrior named Selene, who's famous for her strength and werewolf-hunting prowess, becomes smitten with a peace-loving male werewolf, Michael, who wants to end the war. Genres: Action, Fantasy, Thriller

Top Gun: Maverick

Spoiler Alert: Mav did not wind up flying a cargo plane f...

Reviewed Jun 3, 2022

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen. Genres: Action, Drama

The Two Jakes

You may think you know what you’re dealing with, but be...

Reviewed May 31, 2022

Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown. Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Chinatown

Forget it, Jake. It’s Podcasting.

Reviewed May 24, 2022

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together. Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Wait Til They Get A Load Of Me!

Reviewed May 20, 2022

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward. Genres: Drama

Firestarter

Smokin’ In The Girls’ Room

Reviewed May 17, 2022

For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family's location, a mysterious operative is deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all. Charlie has other plans. Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

The Imitation Game

Reviewed May 10, 2022

Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary. Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Under the Skin

 Space Oddity.

Reviewed May 6, 2022

A seductive stranger prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell. Genres: Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller