Review – Gangsta Guy (“Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre”)

This movie has an unusual history: originally planned for a January 2022 release, it was pulled from theaters because the main bad guys were Ukrainian! Yikes! It was released (streaming only) overseas last year for a test run, re-edited, and now it’s finally arrived on our shores. Mixing elements of spy movies like 2015’s Spy,…

Review – Killmonger vs Kang (“Creed III”)

If 2018’s Creed II was Rocky IV, then logically this should be Creed V, right? Well, it is and isn’t. This threequel still has the blistering boxing fists of Michael B. Jordan as Adonis “Donnie” Creed, reprising his role that is part of the RCU (Rocky Cinematic Universe). Mashing up elements of both Rocky III…

Review – The San Fernando Valley Bites (“Day Shift”)

Mix John Carpenter’s Vampires, Van Helsing, and From Dawn Til Dusk, and you’ll have this dark comedy about vampire hunters in Reseda. Oh, they’re also hunting blood-suckers in my hometown of Simi Valley, so there’s that. Jamie Foxx stars as Bud Jablonski, a disgraced vampire killer who is trying to get back into his union.…

Review – Conan On Steroids (“The Northman”)

Looks like we may have a new mantra. Instead of the famous “My name is Indigo Montoya. . .” quote, we could have a new one with this film’s, “I will avenge you, father! I will save you, mother! I will kill you, Fjölnir!” Meh, it might work. This story is based on the 12th…

Review – Not That Kind Of A Geek (“Nightmare Alley”)

Based on the 1946 novel by William Lindsay Gresham, director Guillermo Del Toro pulls a Steven Speilberg and gives his re-interpretation of a classic movie, only taking a lot more time in telling the story and giving it his unique style. If you’ve seen the 1947 movie with Tyrone Power (see review below), then you…