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STORYLINE: Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, it tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless lord of Rohan, with dubious ancestry, having many ties to Dunland, he seeks vengeance for the death…

STORYLINE: William Lee, an American expat and heroin addict in Mexico City, spends his days almost entirely alone, except for a few contacts with other members of the small American community he lives in. His encounter with Eugene Allerton, an expat former soldier, makes him believe it might finally be possible to establish an intimate…

STORYLINE: Kraven’s complex relationship with his ruthless father, Nikolai Kravinoff, starts him down a path of vengeance with brutal consequences, motivating him to become not only the greatest hunter in the world, but also one of its most feared. (IMDb)    Superhero fatigue, at the cinema, has set in.  I have said that before. Routinely…

STORYLINE: Bill Goldberg plays the devil’s son who lost a wager with an angel and was forced to spend 1000 years playing Santa, but now the wager of that time has run out, and good old Santa isn’t so joyful anymore. He makes up for lost time and starts to kill people.  (IMDb)    Before…

STORYLINE: Two high school nobodies make the decision to crash the last major celebration before the new millennium on New Year’s Eve 1999. The night becomes even crazier than they could have ever dreamed when the clock strikes midnight.  (IMDb)    I am old enough to remember Y2K. Sure I was in my obnoxious teenage…

STORYLINE: Two scientists try to stop a mutation that turns people into werewolves after being touched by a super-moon the year before. (IMDb)     In 2021 Werewolves Within graced the silver screen.  I was hoping that this fine cinematic gem would usher in new era of good werewolf movies. Well I was partially right.…

STORYLINE: In 1983, a series of increasingly violent bank robberies, counterfeiting operations and armored car heists frightened communities throughout the Pacific Northwest. As baffled law enforcement agents scrambled for answers, a lone FBI agent (Law), stationed in the sleepy, picturesque town of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, came to believe the crimes were not the work of…

STORYLINE: A girl steals a weather machine from Santa Claus to make a snow day; the machine breaks and causes an out-of-control snowstorm. (IMDb)     There are good films.  There are bad films.  There are twenty feet of crappy filns, which are fun (my Twiloght fandom falls into this category), then there is The…

STORYLINE: This takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and a brand-new crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced. (IMDb)    I am opening…

STORYLINE: Maria Callas, the world’s greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life. (IMDb)    In 2005’s Walk the Line there was plenty of country music. Why?  The movie’s subject matter is Johnny Cash. The Elton John biopic, 2019’s Rocketman, features all his…