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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…

STORYLINE: A vivid reimagining of the classic The Wizard of Oz, Wicked spotlights the untold stories of Oz’s most famous (or infamous) characters, namely the Wicked Witch of the West and her unlikely friend, Glinda the Good Witch. The show follows green-skinned star Elphaba from birth to college and through the life-changing events which eventually…

STORYLINE;: After his home is conquered by the tyrannical emperors who now lead Rome, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum and must look to his past to find strength to return the glory of Rome to its people. (IMDb)     Twenty four years ago Gladiator stormed its way across the silver screen and…

STORYLINE: After Santa Claus (code name: Red One) is kidnapped, the North Pole’s Head of Security (Dwayne Johnson) must team up with the world’s most infamous bounty hunter (Chris Evans) in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.  (IMDb)        That list of excellent movies are action Christmas movies. Let me repeat that,…

STORYLINE: In 1985 devoted father Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers shocking truths of his own. (IMDb)      Why was Oppenheimer the first time Cillian Murphy’s name called on the Oscar stage?  Through a diverse career that seamlessly goes between big blockbuster films and small independent features he…

STORYLINE: Two young religious women are drawn into a game of cat-and-mouse in the house of a strange man. (IMDb)     I typically do not enjoy films that star Hugh Grant. I did not enjoy Mickey Blue Eyes.  I could not stand Notting Hill.  I am going to play dumb to the fact that he…