Movie Reviews Archive

Most people fantasise about the prospect of a big payday and many of us have occasionally found ourselves daydreaming about the prospect of striking it lucky at the roulette table or during a high-stakes game of poker. Mississippi Grind explores those ideas and accurately ...Read More

Review by Bradley Smith Terry Crews loosely brings a folk hero to life as the titular character in John Henry. In this version, John Henry is a former gang member trying to live a peaceful life with his aging father. But John may have ...Read More

Greetings again from the darkness. One of the best things about movies is that there are no rules. Most any story can be told by most any filmmaker in any way they see fit. Some people watch movies for escapism and purely for entertainment ...Read More

Greetings again from the darkness. I’ve stated it many times before, and it’s proven true again here … WWII continues to be a source for stories big and small. Stories of heroes, and stories of victims. Some of these stories are very personal, and ...Read More

Review by Joseph Tucker A rookie police officer in New Orleans has to balance her identity as a black woman with her role as a police officer when she witnesses other police officers committing murder. The short synopsis offered by IMDB of “Black and ...Read More

Review by Monique Thompson STARRING: John Cena, Keegan-Michael Key, John Leguizamo, Brianna Hildebrand, Judy Greer, Dennis Haysbert, Tyler Mane, Christian Convery, Finley Rose Slater When straight-laced fire superintendent Jake Carson and his elite team of firefighters come to the rescue of three siblings, they ...Read More

By James Lindorf Several years ago, Writer and Director Daniel Alfredson (The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest), along with his co-writer Birgitta Bongenhielm brought the idea of adapting Swedish writer Hakan Nesser’s thriller novels to producer Rick Dugdale. The pair wanted to create ...Read More