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SYNOPSIS:  Milton (Ben Kingsley) lives a quiet life of routine in a small western Pennsylvania town, but finds his day upended when a UFO and its extra-terrestrial passenger crash land in his backyard.     A movies’ runtime is an important part of the show.  To long, the movie can drag and discourage attendance, to…

     In my movie watching I have developed tastes for many different kinds of movies.  Sone of these movies are truly fantastic, others are bad but in a fun way.  These are guilty pleasures.       Two of these guilty pleasures have recently played on the big screen and I was proudly front and…

    Nostalgia is a powerful sensation.  It has the power to transport you to a former time in your life while experiencing new memories. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem lit a spark of nostalgia from my childhood.       I grew up watching the animated show and remember seeing the live action…

SYNSOPSIS: A single mom named Gabbie hires a tour guide, a psychic, a priest and a historian to help exorcise her newly bought mansion after discovering it is inhabited by ghosts.       This summer has brought some heavy movies that I have loved.  The drama Oppenheimer, the action adventure Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning…

SYNSOPSIS: The eccentric staff of a rundown theat er camp in upstate New York must band together with the beloved founder’s bro-y son to keep the camp afloat.     There is a quote I love from Neil Patrick Harris’ opening number, Moving Pictures, at the 87th Academy Awards: “they might not be real life…

SYNOPSIS: Ballyfermot, Ireland, 1960. A hard-knocks community in outer Dublin marches to its own beat, rooted in traditions of loyalty, faith and togetherness. There’s just one tantalising dream for the women of Ballyfermot to taste freedom and escape the gauntlet of domestic life: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes. And…

SYNAPSIS: The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.     There have been inventions throughout time that have made a lasting impact on human society.  The light bulb, sliced bread, the movie projector, and the atom bomb for instance.      Oppenheimer and the…

    As time marches forward tastes change.  What I want from a movie and how I perceive them is no exception.       The first film in this franchise came out in 1996, I was ten years old. At that point in my life I was watching the action movie for really cool…

Synopsis:  From the producers of Neighbors and the co-screenwriter of Crazy Rich Asians, JOY RIDE stars Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Oscar® nominee Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu. The hilarious and unapologetically explicit story of identity and self-discovery centers on four unlikely friends who embark on a once-in-a-lifetime international adventure. When Audrey’s (Ashley Park) business trip…

Film synopsis:  England, 1988 – Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government is about to pass a law stigmatizing gays and lesbians, forcing Jean, a gym teacher, to live a double life. As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival of a new girl at school catalyses a crisis that will challenge Jean to her core. (1hour 37…