Amsterdam Review

David Russell has had a handful of films in his career where he tends to work with the same actors over and over again. He does that once again in Amsterdam. Christian Bale and Robert Deniro feature prominently in the film, but he has a whole new cast of actors he’s never worked with beforeContinue reading “Amsterdam Review”

Are Timothee Chalamet & Lucas Hedges the new, De Niro & Pacino? That remains to be seen…

                           Over the years when a new upstart artist such as a singer, athlete, or actor comes along that is taking the world by storm the inevitable comparisons come with it. For example, in the case of M. Night Shyamalan, when he brokeContinue reading “Are Timothee Chalamet & Lucas Hedges the new, De Niro & Pacino? That remains to be seen…”

Big Year for Boxing Movies Pt.2

The Boxer is about Terry Flynn played by, three time Oscar Winner for Best Actor, Daniel Day-Lewis. Terry takes the rap for his IRA friends and ends up in prison for 14 years. He gets out and tries to rebuild his life in his old Belfast neighborhood. Emily Watson plays his childhood friend who marry’sContinue reading “Big Year for Boxing Movies Pt.2”

Big Year for Boxing movies Pt. 1

The Boxing movie genre has been a good one over the years. Some of the great movies of all times have been ones based on boxing movies. Directors like Martin Scorsese,Ron Howard,Micheal Mann, David O. Russell and Robert Wise have made movies based on boxing legends like Jake LaMotta,Gentleman Jim Braddock, Irish Mickey Ward, MuhammedContinue reading “Big Year for Boxing movies Pt. 1”

I love baseball and I bet you do to!

I am a huge baseball fan. I’m originally from Lowell, Massachusetts, As a kid I grew up watching the Boston Red Sox. I have been through my up and downs with the Sox and I has made me a better person for going through all these good and bad times with my team. As IContinue reading “I love baseball and I bet you do to!”

These are my favorite sequels of all time

I have been watching movies my entire life and in that time I watched thousands of films. After watching so many movies you would think I would have seen quite a few sequels as well. Their just haven’t been that many sequels that I have seen that I like. Most people and film pundits thinkContinue reading “These are my favorite sequels of all time”

Kevin Costner is a having a resurgence, with 3 new films out this year.

With three new films out within a three month span is this a resurgence of Kevin Costner’s career. The first is the fourth installment of the Jack Ryan franchise, Jack Ryan:Shadow Recruit. He plays (William Harper) a CIA operative who recruits (Chris Pine) Jack Ryan. When things get a little rough they ask Kiera KnightlyContinue reading “Kevin Costner is a having a resurgence, with 3 new films out this year.”

The 10 Best Car Chase Movies

This week I saw a screening of Need for Speed based on the video game of the same name. Aaron Paul plays (Toby Marshall) a body shop owner who races cars on the side. After a race goes bad and one of his friends gets killed he takes his anger out on and old rival.Continue reading “The 10 Best Car Chase Movies”

Will there ever be another Sports Movie to win the Best Picture Oscar?

The idea that a sports movie can win an Academy Award is pretty far fetched. The fact is there are only two Best Picture Academy Award winners. The first to win  the award was  the original Rocky starring Sylvester Stallone. He also wrote the film as well. John G. Avildsen won the Oscar for directingContinue reading “Will there ever be another Sports Movie to win the Best Picture Oscar?”