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  The Housemaid is a sexy thriller laced with dark & paranoia, which comes to a nice and well deserved ending, but along the way watch for those twists and turns that the filmmakers develop.  I thought the movie was treading familiar territory, but there is enough surprises to keep the audie nce guessing.  The film seems simple enough a women wants a Housemaid to help run the house along with her husband ( Brandon Sklenar ) and her daughter ( Indiana Elle ).  The wife is played by Amanda Seyfried and the housemaid is played by Sydney Sweeney  who plays her part flawlessly.  The chemistry between the two leads is dynamic and it sells the movie.  Nina seems a bit spoiled and flawed from what we think we learn in the beginning of the movie.  Millie on the other hand is played as a desperate women who has done bad things in the past & need to succeed.  But what you think that you know turns out to be completely false is the magic of this ...

 Not for Nothing is a indie film with heart.  If feels like Philly and it all takes place in South Philadelphia, which is a strong character in itself.  I've been interested in this film since way back when they were filming it here in. Philly.  I never got a chance to see it when it played here at the Philadelphia film festival, nor did I catch it when it played in some theaters here in Philly, but after many hurtles they found distribution from Buffalo 8 and it is playing on various streaming platforms.  I saw it on Verizon, and it's on Amazon Prime as well.   It's good and if you're from Philly it just feels right.  All the mannerisms, and accents are authentic because it was made by South Philly people.  Some have compared this to Goodfellas, but I'd like to compare it to those serials from the past such as "Our Gang", or "The Bowery Boys".   The story is simple after a girl that our crew knew dies of an overdose our gang tries ...

  Took the family to see The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and for me it was the most anticipated movie of the summer.  I have been a fan since I discovered them when I was in elementary school.  It was comic books that got me interested in reading, and I became a voracious reader.  Always three to four grades ahead of others in school, but it was the Fantastic Four I read voraciously.  Why was this so popular with me?  It was about a family with super powers.  Reed was Mr. Fantastic, Sue was his wife the Invisible girl, and then there was Ben who was the Thing and a friend of Reed's.  To round it out there was Johnny Sue's brother the human torch, and for a kid with an active imagination The Fantastic Four was the ultimate in superhero's.   A family fighting the bad guys who threatened the earth.  Reed the super intelligent scientist, and Sue the powerful invisible girl who could render force fields and withstand attacks from their ...

Took the family to see this & it was my oldest second viewing after he saw it with his buddy and his family.  It is the most anticipated movie to come out this year.  Directed by James Gunn and a film responsible for re-launching the DC universe, so no pressure for DC at all.  Distributed by Warner Brothers " Superman " is a breath of fresh air in an superhero movies. Why you ask?  What makes this film so different then other Superman that have proceeded it?  New cast, new storyline, and it includes other heros who they call meta-humans.  No origin story here.  We all know Superman's origin, so it's not needed.  What Gunn has done is create the ultimate immigrant story in Superman.  Born on another planet but raised in Kansas by his ma & pa.  It takes the familiar feeling of the outsider really being an insider, and not much different then us.   I have to say that I was really upset seeing our hero being beaten up and ...

So the family and I decided to see the new Jurassic World: Rebirth, and a rebirth it is.  I have heard others say that the series has run its course, and it is the same thing over and over again, but I disagree.  The first film astounded us at seeing living dinosaur's & it was fantastic.  Computer technology has made it possible to create these magnificent beasts convincingly.  The technology has only gotten better and the special effects are remarkable in the movie. Having sons I have seen all of these films because what boy doesn't love dinosaurs?  But I know of no child who dislikes the films.  They think it's cool, and it crosses the spectrum of age and gender.  In the latest storyline we have two sets of characters.  One the family who were sailing and are on vacation when their boat is hit by a big prehistoric fish.  The second set of characters are trying to acquire the blood (DNA) of three large dinosaurs that they call sauropods...

  First off I'm a fan of the series, and say what you want about the series it does push the limits of improbability, but then it is mission IMPOSSIBLE!    The latest film is a love letter to the series then & now.  It is also a film which has several stunt set pieces that seem to be the films highlight, and I have no problem with that.   In the latest episode it is a part 2 and finally of the series.  It seems a rogue AI is out to destroy the world and there many people & organizations vying for control of the AI for their own nefarious reasons.   It falls on Ethan Hunt ( Tom Cruise ) to make sure that the AI does not succeed, and how he does this is by tricking it that he works for it.  To say the script has a few high hurdles to achieve is an understatement.  Some succeed while others seem to fall flat, but if taken for what the film is and that's pure entertainment it does work. I did enjoy it and am amazed at some of th...

My film " Deadly Obsessions " is now on YouTube.  It's for mature audiences, so you'll need to open it in your app because it's age restricted.  I figured I put a link here and see if anyone would like to see it.  It's kind of a neo-noir type film.  A lot of the criticism is that it's too talky, but I did try and do a noir type film in the present day.  It's 101 minutes, and if you have time to kill take a look.  It took 5 years to make since I was editing it on film, and I usually got money from working a day job.  Hence the length of the movies completion.  I had some great actors, and you may recognize Rebecca played by Irene Glezos whose been in a number of episodes of Law & Order.  All the actors were great and a big shout out to Karen Stanion , Michelle Verhoeven , and Nick Capous .  Without them the film would not be nearly as good as it turned out to be.  One more add would be to Laundrea Lyn Thomas whose help and dete...

  Gravesend season 1 premiered on April 3rd 2020 and was only 4 episodes long and each episode was about a half hour.  The series is tight and goes by quickly.  We are introduced to all the characters and the series follows our main protagonist Benny Zerletta played by actor William DeMeo who also writes and directs each episode.  DeMeo is the creator of the series to boot so a lot rests on his shoulders.  The series is quick and to the point.  DeMeo's character Benny is a soldier in a crime family that runs Gravesend a part of South Brooklyn, which runs from Avenue P to the Belt Parkway and includes from Stillwell Avenue to East 12th street.  Gravesend is consider by most a blue collar area, which has gone through many changes since the early 20th Century, and it's close proximity to Cony Island made Gravesend a popular destination to get to Coney Island, and points south.  Many times I would head the  Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station,...

Saw Riff Raff a few weeks ago when it opened.  Like some movies that studios release they've only limited it release in several theaters, and the theater I saw it in the film was relegated to a small theater.  It's a shame what studios are doing, and it's a BIG problem that streaming has created.  Studios feel it's not worth promoting small films unless they became run away success.  It's a shame because Riff Raff is a smart and dark comedy about an unusual family under seige by oddly and old friend.  Ed Harris is a gift and I swear that anything he is in is leveled up by his performance alone.  But the entire cast is fabulous.  Bill Murra y is hilariously funny in a dead-pan way.  What malice he brings to his character that only Bill Murray can do, and please don't get me started on Jenifer Coolidge 's performance.  She is hilarious and someone I can watch all day.  She is a gift that keeps on giving.  Now don't get me wrong this ...

Lee is a movie about the combat photographer Elizabeth Lee Miller  a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.  It's a fascinating journey told in flashback as she is interviewed by someone about her career and her times in Europe.  It's an extremely interesting journey and one that you'll find fascinating.  How Lee dealt with sexism, and being a women n a male dominated profession.  The film is shot as though it were shot during the late 40's in color using the stocks they had in the 40"s.  The Germans shot in Agfa color while the American's shot in Kodachrome, but in the film Lee is shooting Black and white stills since that was the prevalent stock of the day. Yet the photography of the film feels like post war Agfa film stock   The film was directed by Ellen Kuras who is a cinematographer of some noted films such as "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", my favorite "Summer of Sam", ...

  So after hearing about the making of this film last year I was intrigued.  Full confession I'm a Kevin Smith fan.  I saw Clerks in 1994 three times and back in 1992 Robert Rodriguez's film El Mariachi set my brain on fire, so when Mr. Smith's film "The 4:30 Movie" was released I had to see it.  In the NYC area there was a show called the 4:30 Movie, which would host an assortment of different movies.  It was on channel 7 WABC NYC.  There would be Planet of the Apes week, or monster week, and a favorite of mine was Godzilla week.  Everything a young boy could imagine and hope for, so I was intrigued by Mr. Smith's film and why he called it "The 4:30 Movie". What the film is about is sort of a autobiography of Kevin Smith growing up in New Jersey in the Atlantic Highlands neighborhood, and how he became obsessed with movies.  It is a cute story about friends and first loves, which takes us back to 1986.  Kevin does a great job at recreating t...

  What can I say.  A buddy of mine is in this and I wanted to review it awhile ago, so why not review a Christmas movie in July.   The synopsis of the film is this: "A blood-thirsty Santa wrecks havoc on the set of an eccentric adult film director's latest production."  I took this directly from their IMDB page & I thought why mess with perfection. So that sums it up nicely and I'm not going to have any spoilers in this review.  You will either like this film or not.  I'm kind of ambivalent towards it.   First off I'd like to say that the cast is so good looking.  I mean really even the guys, but then again it's a porn satire turned horror film.  Here are some of them: The dialogue is kind of funny and I like our eccentric director played by Chris Ruppert.  He thinks he's making one of the greatest porno's in history, and it will be a masterpiece because there is a plot and a script.  Hey a guy can dream, and Mr Rupper...

  The trilogy that Ti West has achieved is a trilogy that is quite unique and rests on the lead actress Mia Goth.   In X she plays dual parts.  One as the main character and then the murderous old lady.  What she does in X alone is really extraordinary.  What Ms Goth does in the film " Pearl " the second of the films, which is really a prequel of X is also well done.  All three films have a different feel and feel that they are from a different era's.  That is because of Ti West's skill as a writer and director.  In the prequel "Pearl" both Mia Goth And Mr West share writing credit.  This example alone shows how intertwined both Ms Goth & Mr West are to the story of Maxine and Pearl.  Both separate characters but one's that share a theme about seeking fame and the tenaciousness one needs to be to acquire it.  Of course the films take it to the extreme & that's the fun of these films.  It seems that the critics and the...

And now for something different.  My son who is a big fan of Fallout wrote his first review, so he would be best to judge the series and how it played to him.  Take it away Kris: For as long as I can remember, I have been a die-hard fan of the Fallout video game franchise. I mean that as in I legitimately don’t remember how or when I became a Fallout fan but I was hooked immediately. I played Fallout 3 first before moving on to New Vegas and Fallout 4 once it was released. I even went back and played the original 2 games in 2018. Over the years my views on Fallout as a franchise and Bethesda as a whole began to shift, but that is a story for another time. But I still love those games and I still replay 3 and New Vegas often. When a show for the franchise was announced, I was skeptical for a few reasons, the primary reason being I was concerned about the show’s setting, being the ruins of Los Angeles, interfering with the established lore of the first two games of the series ...