Review – Wait, Didn’t I Just See This? (“Kandahar”)

If you saw the trailer for Gerard Butler’s latest actioner, Kandahar, you probably thought to yourself, “Wait, haven’t I seen this movie before?”  The answer is yes, yes you have. From The Contractor to Extraction to the recent Guy Ritchie’s Covenant, this is a recycled “must escape from behind enemy lines” plot done over and…

Review – Leave No One Behind (“Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant”)

In a departure for Ritchie from his usual crime thrillers (RocknRolla, Wrath of Man, The Gentlemen, and his most recent Operation: Fortune) this is a wartime saga set in Afghanistan. Originally titled The Interpreter in 2021, Ritchie altered the title in 2022 after several studios changed hands. Although not a fact-based movie, it has all…

Review – Eh, Fuggetabout It! (“Mafia Mamma”)

In the 1991 movie, King Ralph, ordinary schmoe John Goodman finds out he’s the long-lost heir of the King of England. In this movie, a middle-aged ordinary housewife discovers that she’s next in line to be the most powerful Mafia Don in Italy! Yeah, it’s like that. What really should have been a streaming or…

Review – Two’s Company, Three’s A Murder (“Amsterdam”)

First off, wow! That’s some cast! Robert DeNiro, Margot Robbie, Christian Bale, Chris Rock, Anna Taylor-Joy, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Rami Malek, Zoe Saldana, and Taylor Swift? I mean, come on! That means the script is just as good, right? Right?! From the bizarre mind of controversial writer/director of David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook,…

Review – Over My Dead Body! (“Operation: Mincemeat”)

Based on historical facts, this is a story of deception, dead bodies, Nazi invasions, and trying to fool everyone in the Third Reich, including Hitler! Even though it’s ‘based on true facts’, certain events have been embellished for, y’know, Hollywood. It’s 1943 and WW2 is going strong as the British get wind of the Germans…