About the film (courtesy of Warner Bros.): JJ, aka John Shaft Jr. (Usher), may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft (Jackson) agrees …
Tag: Action
Time for a Reel JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 – PARABELLUM review
If all-out action is your poison of choice, it’s impossible to think that you haven’t seen the first two movies in the surprisingly AWESOME John Wick franchise. Keanu Reeves brought the famed ex-hit-man to life in 2014. And from its first showing, it never looked back. In 2017, fans were given the gift of a …
Time for a Reel POKÉMAN: DETECTIVE PIKACHU review
In the mid-1990s a video game phenomenon was born that was known as Pokémon. Known in Japan as Pocket Monsters, this game consumed the free time of a massive amount of people. In addition to the video games, there have been books, animated films and television shows. Now comes a live-action film version with a …
Time for a Reel AVENGERS: ENDGAME review
It has been a loooong time coming, and honestly I’ve wondered if we’d ever get to this point, but Avengers: Endgame is finally here. Theaters across the globe have been selling out at a record pace because everyone wants to be a part of this exciting Marvel Cinematic Universe conclusion, at least in its current …
Time for a Reel HELLBOY review
Hellboy (David Harbour) was not naturally born of this world but he was raised to fight for it as if it was his own. Professor Broom (Ian McShane) raised him as his own as well as assist in unlocking his all-powerful potential. When an ancient evil (Milla Jovovich) returns to bring the world to its …
Time for a Reel SHAZAM! review
Billy Batson (Asher Angel) is a product of foster care system and that’s made him very comfortable in fending for himself and not allowing anyone to get close to him. Billy finds himself in a new home with other displaced kids and a couple that only wants to nurture him. While Billy appears to be …
Time for a Reel CAPTAIN MARVEL review
Feel free to read this short review in its entirety without the fear of any dreaded spoilers. I will also take a moment to mention that there are, per standard Marvel Cinematic Universe operating procedure, a couple of scenes during the credits, so stay put. The aforementioned Marvel Cinematic Universe, or MCU for short, has …
Time for a Reel ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL review
It is just crazy to think that the last two theatrical releases that James Cameron directed were Avatar (2009) and Titanic (1997). It’s even more outrageous when you take into account how much these two films have grossed worldwide, ummmm that would be just under five billion U.S. dollars. Yessss, that is billion with a …
Time for a Reel COLD PURSUIT review
Liam Neeson finds himself in familiar trouble in the new action thriller, Cold Pursuit. Nels (Liam Neeson) is an unassuming snowplow driver with a wife (Laura Dern) and a son, Kyle (Micheál Richardson). When the son turns up dead via an overdose, Nels is devastated and on the brink of suicide. It is in that …
Time for a Reel THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART review
Five years ago, writers/directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller surpassed everyone’s expectations with the smash animated hit, The LEGO Movie (2014). Stuffed with a bevy of recognizable voices and humor that hit on two fronts, young audiences and the young at heart would enjoy this movie to its fullest. While Lord and Miller are still …