The film "The Boys in the Boat" is a great film for the rowing industry, but it falls flat in terms of characters and plot. When main character Joe Rantz (Callum Turner) can’t afford his tuition bill,...

I’ll start by saying that I am completely aware that this film is not fully accurate. However, this film stands as one of the most entertainingly crafted and sharply made real-life biopics in the last...

Released in 2013, "American Hustle" tells the true story of Melvin Weinberg, an American con-artist who transitioned into a federal government informant. Irving Rosenfield (Christian Bale), based on...

All I can say is that my bed felt a lot warmer after watching this film.   The 2015 film “The Revenant” is directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter...

I watched about a quarter of "The Lighthouse" in 2020 but turned it off due to boredom. I revisited it in 2023 with maturity and more patience. The movie still did not hold up. Two lighthouse keepers,...

Love in any capacity is always a hard thing to manage. The 2015 romance film "Carol" exhibits the conflicts between forbidden love and managing children. Depicted from Patricia Highsmith’s novel...

Saoirse Ronan depicts the highs and lows of adolescence. Ronan plays Christina 'Lady Bird' McPherson in the 2017 film "Lady Bird." "Lady Bird" demonstrates the struggle that we have all dealt with:...

First, let me explain.   I know that “Mean Girls” is clearly not supposed to be intended for me to watch. However, that is no excuse for being absolutely uninspired and most heinously unoriginal....

"300" gives viewers a very minimal storyline with a lot of action.  "300" takes place in 480 B.C. in the midst of a war between Persia, led by King Xerxes-- played by Rodrigo Santoro, and Greece, which...

Based on a true story, "Critical Thinking" is about a group of inner-city high schoolers trying to win first place in a chess competition. The movie came off trying to be too inspirational and over...

No film has portrayed the feeling of public isolation and warped realism better than the 1978 classic “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” directed by Philip Kaufman.   The film is a remake of the...