Short & Sweet Movie Reviews

Director: Peter Farrelly Starring: Zac Efron, Russell Crowe, Jake Picking, Kyle Allen, Archie Renaux, Will Ropp, Bill Murray, Joe Adler Genre: Adventure, Drama, War Writer: Peter Farrelly, Brian Currie, Pete Jones Runtime: 126 min Rated: Rated R for language and some war violence Buy This Movie: Apple TV+ This blog is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on my blog, I may earn an affiliate commission. Synopsis : To show support for his neighborhood friends serving in Vietnam, Chickie Donohue (Zac Efron) decides to do something totally outrageous: travel to the front…

, , Director: Brad Peyton Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Mark Strong, Abraham Popoola, Lana Parrilla Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Drama, Adventure Writer: Leo Sardarian, Aron Eli Coleite Runtime: 118 min Rated: PG-13 for strong sci-fi violence, action, bloody images and strong language Buy This Movie: Netflix This blog is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on my blog, I may earn an affiliate commission. Synopsis : A brilliant counterterrorism analyst with a deep distrust of AI discovers it might be her only hope when a mission to captu…

Director: Robert Connolly Starring: Eric Bana, Anna Torv, Deborra-Lee Furness, Jacqueline McKenzie, Richard Roxburgh, Robin McLeavy, Sisi Stringer, Lucy Ansell Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller Writer: Robert Connolly Runtime: 120 min Rated: Rated R for language Buy This Movie: Amazon Prime Video , Apple TV This blog is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on my blog, I may earn an affiliate commission. Synopsis : Five women head out on a remote hiking retreat but only four return, each telling a different story. Detective Aaron Falk (Eric Bana) must find out what re…

Director: Shawn Levy Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Zoe Saldana, Catherine Keener Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy Writer: Jonathan Tropper, T. S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin Runtime: 106 min Rated: PG-13 Buy This Movie: Netflix This blog is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on my blog, I may earn an affiliate commission. Synopsis : After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future. Review: "…

Director: John Mackenzie Starring: Richard Gere, Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins, Joaquim de Almeida, Elpidia Carrillo Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller Writer: Christopher Hampton Runtime: 104 min Rated: R Buy This Movie: Blu-ray (Amazon) , DVD (Amazon) This blog is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on my blog, I may earn an affiliate commission. Synopsis : Dr. Eduardo Plarr (Richard Gere), despite the name is an Anglo working in a Latin American country. His work is a return home after several years. He begins to form and re-establish friendships and begins…

Director: Roland Joffé Starring: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Aidan Quinn, Ray McAnally, Liam Neeson, Chuck Low, Ronald Pickup, Cherie Lunghi Genre: History, Drama, Adventure Writer: Robert Bolt Runtime: 125 min Rated: PG Buy This Movie: Blu-ray (Amazon) , DVD (Amazon) , Amazon Prime Video , Apple TV This blog is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on my blog, I may earn an affiliate commission. Synopsis : The Mission is a powerful action epic about a man of the sword (Robert DeNiro) and a man of the cloth (Jeremy Irons) who unite to shield a South American Indian t…

Director: Jesse V. Johnson Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Olga Kurylenko, Alex Pettyfer Genre: Action, Thriller Writer: George Mahaffey Runtime: 97 min Rated: Not Rated Buy This Movie: Amazon Prime Video , Apple TV This blog is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on my blog, I may earn an affiliate commission. Synopsis : Aaron Eckhart stars as Ben, a former CIA European Station Chief whose world comes crumbling down after his wife Biana (Bleona), a former operative, dies in a terrible accident. After receiving cryptic intel that his wife’s death might not have …

Director: David Michôd Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, James Frecheville, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver, Sullivan Stapleton Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Writer: David Michôd Runtime: 113 min Rated: Rated R for violence, drug content and pervasive language Buy This Movie: Blu-ray (Amazon) , DVD (Amazon) , Amazon Prime Video , Apple TV This blog is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on my blog, I may earn an affiliate commission. Synopsis : When his mother dies from an overdose, Josh Cody is taken in by his grandmother and uncles, the most notori…

Director: James Hawes Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Helena Bonham Carter Genre: Drama, Biography, History Writer: Lucinda Coxon, Nick Drake Runtime: 109 min Rated: PG for thematic material, smoking and some language Buy This Movie: Blu-ray (Amazon) , DVD (Amazon) , Amazon Prime Video , Apple TV This blog is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on my blog, I may earn an affiliate commission. Synopsis : Based on the book If It's Not Impossible…: The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton by Barbara Winton, ONE LIFE tells the incredible…

Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime Writer: Paul D. Zimmerman Runtime: 109 min Rated: PG Buy This Movie: Blu-ray (Amazon) , DVD (Amazon) , Amazon Prime Video , Apple TV This blog is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on my blog, I may earn an affiliate commission. Synopsis : Oscar® Winner Robert De Niro gives a mesmerizing performance in Martin Scorsese’s timeless, darkly funny satire as Rupert Pupkin, a deranged comedian who will go to any length to gain the spotlight. T…

Director: Harold Becker Starring: Bill Pullman, Alec Badwin, Nicole Kidman, Bebe Neuwirth, Peter Gallagher, Tobin Bell, Gwyneth Paltrow, George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Crime Writer: Aaron Sorkin, Scott Frank Runtime: 107 min Rated: Rated R for sexuality, language and some violence Buy This Movie: Blu-ray (Amazon) , DVD (Amazon) , Amazon Prime Video , Apple TV This blog is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on my blog, I may earn an affiliate commission. Synopsis : Harold Becker (The Onion Field) directed this bold, riveting and deviou…

Director: David Zucker Starring: Leslie Nielsen, George Kennedy, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban, O.J. Simpson Genre: Comedy, Crime Writer: Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Pat Proft Runtime: 85 min Rated: PG-13 Buy This Movie: Blu-ray (Amazon) , DVD (Amazon) , 4K Ultra HD (Amazon) , Amazon Prime Video , Apple TV This blog is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on my blog, I may earn an affiliate commission. Synopsis : Starring Leslie Nielsen as super-cop Frank Drebin, who stumbles his way into a sinister scheme involving mind-c…

Director: Ritesh Batra Starring: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Matthias Schoenaerts, Iain Armitage, Judy Greer, Phyllis Somerville, Bruce Dern Genre: Drama, Romance Writer: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber Runtime: 103 min Rated: TV-14 Buy This Movie: Netflix This blog is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on my blog, I may earn an affiliate commission. Synopsis : Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next door to each other for years. When Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbor, the two begin sleeping in bed together…

Director: William Kaufman Starring: Clayne Crawford, Max Martini, Nicoye Banks, Juliene Joyner Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller Writer: William Kaufman Runtime: 95 min Rated: Not Rated Buy This Movie: Blu-ray (Amazon) , DVD (Amazon) , Amazon Prime Video , Apple TV This blog is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on my blog, I may earn an affiliate commission. Synopsis : After their bank heist goes wrong, a desperate criminal, his out-of-control brother, and their motley crew of ex-marines must escape New Orleans and the determined FBI agent who pursues them. R…