Godzilla Minus One review
This guy is big, scaly, has razor sharp teeth, atomic breath and is almost 70 years old. His name? Godzilla and his new movie Godzilla Minus One is creating some major buzz. The word of mouth is rampaging across the world. Made by the original Godzilla movie studio Toho in Japan, Godzilla Minus One starts towards the end of World War II with a kamikaze pilot who’s ashamed he couldn’t perform his duty. To make things worse, he has a near-death encounter with Godzilla and is one of just a couple survivors of the attack. Yet, to make matters even worse than that, he returns to Tokyo to find his parents have been killed and his country is destroyed. If he, and Japan think they’re getting any rest, think again because the Godzilla attacks begin and he’s not coming to help humankind. Is Godzilla Minus One worth all the buzz it’s getting? Check out my spoiler-free review here to find out. Godzilla Minus One stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Munetaka Aoki, Yuki Yamada, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Michael Arias, Yuya Endo, Kisuke Iida.
Silent Night review
After seeing this movie, when you sing Silent Night, you might start thinking of automatic weapons and gang members. Silent Night is directed by John Woo and stars Joel Kinnaman as a Dad who’s young son has been killed by gang members. He’s understandably wrought with grief and filled with rage. He decides that he’s going after the gang that took his son and turned his life into a living hell. Not sounding at all like what the song Silent Night is about? Exactly. The silent part comes from when he’s shot in the throat by a gang member and permanently loses his voice. That doesn’t stop him from training to be Rambo and looking for some payback. Does this movie have very much to do with Christmas? Watch my spoiler-free review to find out and to see if it’s worth firing up the sleigh for this movie. Silent Night also stars Catalina Sandino Moreno, Kid Cudi, Harold Torres, Vinny O’Brien, Yoko Hamamura, Anthony Giulietti and John Pollack.
Thanksgiving review
Halloween and Christmas get the horror movie treatment, but Thanksgiving has largely been ignored. Not anymore. Someone pulled the right wishbone and director Eli Roth has brought us the new slasher flick “Thanksgiving.” Set in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where the pilgrims actually landed, Roth gives us a story of a vengeful serial killer unleashing terror on the town. This killer’s disguise is in the form of a mask of John Carver, one of the pilgrims that sailed over on the Mayflower. This killer has got some carving to do and he isn’t talking about turkey. Is it worth sitting at this Thanksgiving table? Check out this spoiler-free review to find out! “Thanksgiving” stars Patrick Dempsey, Gina Gershon, Nell Verlaque, Rick Hoffman, Ty Olsson, Lynne Griffin, Karen Cliche, Derek McGrath, Katherine Trowell, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Mika Amonsen, Amanda Barker, Shailyn Griffin, Tim Dillon, Chris Sandiford, Tomaso Sanelli, Xavier Sabeta, Milo Manheim, James Goldman, Nicholas Reynoldson, Yusuf Zine.
Commando review
In this episode, I’m going Commando. The 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger classic bullets and bodies action extravaganza, that is! I’m going retro this week since there’s nothing good enough at the theaters to review for my beloved movie maniacs and fellow freedom-fueled film fanatics. Commando is about ex-Special Forces soldier John Matrix trying to save his daughter after she’s kidnapped to force him to assassinate a president. Matrix escapes the baddies tasked with escorting him to the country to kill the president, and the action blows up from there. He’s joined by Rae Dawn Chong, as Cindy, who involuntarily at first, becomes his valuable ally. Will he get his daughter, played by Alyssa Milano, back in time? Of course he will! Commando also stars the late great Bill Paxton in a small role, Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells, David Patrick Kelly, James Olson, Bill Duke, Drew Snyder, Sharon Wyatt, Michael DeLano and Bob Minor.