Posts Tagged ‘reviews’
Movie Corner: Beast
★1/2 (one and a half stars) Universal Pictures 2022 Adventure/ Drama/Horror By HOWARD MCQUITTER II A pedestrian thriller about a demon lion, (CGI - computer-generated imagery), turned bad by the poachers. The lion becomes a danger to everyone who encounters it. All this takes place in South Africa where the lion strikes terror among the villagers. After his ex-wife dies, Doctor Nate Daniels (Idris Alba), an American, takes his two daughters, thirteen-year-old Norah (Leah Sava Jeffries) and eighteen-year-old Meredith (Iyana Halley), on a hunting expedition to the village where his ex-wife was raised. It is Nate's chance to see his old friend, wildlife biologist Martin Battles (Sharlto Copley). The next day, Nate and his two daughters go on a safari with Martin. They are shocked to see a village destroyed, along with bodies and injured villagers lying around. The daughters, who believe their dad had abandoned their sick mother, become upset because they feared he [...]
Movie Corner – Vengeance
Vengeance Focus Features 2022 Mystery/Comedy/ Thriller/ Drama By HOWARD MCQUITTER II ★★★★☆ Well, simply hearing about the film Vengeance without seeing the trailer can easily give the impression the film is like a bum-rush, aimless action film like Bullet Train. However, Vengeance is just the opposite of Bullet Train's reckless adventures. First, Vengeanceis the directorial debut by B.J. Novak (Knocked Up , The Smurfs , Inglourious Basterds ). He is also the screenwriter and principal actor. (Novak is the actor and the writer from The Office.) As the story goes, Ben Manalowitz (BJ. Novak) is a journalist and podcaster in New York City, when one night he gets a frantic call that his “girlfriend" is dead from an overdose. He's puzzled on what "girlfriend" that could be, so he has to scroll through his cellphone to find out who she was. He flies to West Texas to meet Ty Shaw (Boyd Holbrook), the dead woman's brother, who believes his sister Abilene [...]
Movie Corner: Elvis
Elvis Warner Bros. Pictures 2022 ★★★★★ By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Elvis died tragically at the age of 42 on August 16, 1977. But when he died, the rock star had recorded about 700 songs and sold more than one billion records worldwide, which was more than anyone in the record industry. Australian director Baz Luhrmann's (William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet , Moulin Rouge! , The Great Gatsby ) new film project is Elvis, starring Austin Butler who plays the character Elvis in exceptional fashion. Austin's performance is worthy of an Oscar nomination in a leading role. The film starts with Elvis (Chaydon Jay)as a boy in Tupelo, Mississippi, who is exposed to Black music - both profane and gospel - living in a mostly Black neighborhood. Those were the days: 1940s, the pre-Civil Rights era when de jure segregation was solidly in place. Fast forward to Elvis' teen years on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, where he mingles among the Black people going [...]
