Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Top Gun: Maverick” earned Tom Cruise credit for saving the theatrical experience last summer. Now, as blockbusters like “The Flash” and “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” are underperforming, one of our last true movie stars returns can he save Hollywood again? I hope so because “Mission: […]
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Death Fighter Here we have yet another non-essential, but enjoyable Thai made Action flick called Death Fighter. Originally made in 2012 and titled White Tiger (unlike the Gary Daniels’ classic!), its title has been changed to this and Maxim’s lowest level has been modified to keep the humor and action flowing within a small budget
The Beekeeper Picture this: One of the boiler room scumbags from “The Wolf of Wall Street” has driven Jason Bourne’s mother to bankruptcy. That’s at least somewhat the premise of “The Beekeeper,” whose central figure is a wraithlike ex-commando played by Jason Statham who doles out Old Testament vengeance on tech bros using cutting edge
Young Woman and the Sea In “Young Woman and the Sea,” Daisy Ridley fights jellyfish as well as the patriarchy with equal bravery. The actress plays Trudy Ederle, who was the first woman to swim across the English Channel in this gripping biographical drama. In 1926 nearly a century before last year’s Oscar nominated open
Transit 17 The title of the film comes from Transit 17 which tells the story of a post-apocalyptic United Kingdom, this film revolves around a violence that has always existed within the human race. Guy Bleyaert takes you through this journey as he is the director and also one of the actors along with Zara
Fly Me to the Moon With its zippy retro rom-com beginning, cynical political satire middle and weighty remorseful drama ending, “Fly Me to the Moon” never knows what it wants to be. The film is a tonal mess, and at two hours and 15 minutes, far too long for its own good. This is a
Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus Dear Friends and Peasants, This is it! Not an epic battle but battle seafood like you’ve never seen before. The battle of the sea creatures takes place today! There is no need to be distressed because ‘Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus is here to save the day. The Asylum, known
Daddio Dialogue may deceive, but faces are honest. Stories come alive through expressions. For a director to accept this reality and let faces do most of the work is an act of immense trust. “Daddio,” written and directed by Christy Hall, is a film about faces which is pretty remarkable when you consider that it’s
Sinister Squad To be honest, you know what you are going to get in any film made by Asylum which is paying tribute to any big scale Hollywood movie, After all it has become the norm for David Michael Latt and co. to churn out what have been lovingly referred to as “mock-busters” to accompany
The Goat Life It is a cold night in the desert. We see few figures in the dark, huddled. It looks to be a herd of goats. We pull back and see the Milky Way galaxy. As the image moves we realize it’s the reflection of the sky on water. As the water makes ripples
