SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2021 MOVIE: THE NOWHERE INN STARRING: ST. VINCENT, CARRIE BROWNSTEIN, DAKOTA JOHNSON DIRECTED BY: BILL BENZ AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) If The Nowhere Inn achieves anything, it has me interested in the music of St. Vincent. To her friends she is Annie Clark and one of her best friends […]

September 17th, 2021 MOVIE: COPSHOP STARRING: GERARD BUTLER, FRANK GRILLO, ALEXIS LOUDER, TOBY HUSS, RYAN O’NAN DIRECTED BY: JOE CARNAHAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (O ut of 4) Last week I was in Las Vegas for my cousin Paul’s bachelor party and we ended one of the nights debating about what Gerard Butler’s best movie […]

September 17th, 2021 MOVIE: PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND STARRING: NICOLAS CAGE, SOFIA BOUTELLA, BILL MOSELEY DIRECTED BY: SION SONO AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Oh what year Nicolas Cage is having. With his award worthy performance in Pig, he reminded everyone that he’s not just going through the motions, no matter what the […]

SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2021 MOVIE: MALIGNANT STARRING: ANNABELLE WALLIS, MADDIE HASSON, GEORGE YOUNG, MICHOLE BRIANA WHITE DIRECTED BY: JAMES WAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) There’s something different about James Wan. His brand of horror, the dedication he has to the genre, and the product he turns out, moves him above the field […]

September 10th, 2021 MOVIE: BLOOD BROTHERS: MALCOLM X & MUHAMMAD ALI STARRING: MALCOLM X, MUHAMMAD ALI, CORNEL WEST DIRECTED BY: MARCUS A. CLARKE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I knew nothing about Malcolm X until I was educated by the masterpiece filmmaking of Spike Lee. As for the other guy, I knew a […]

September 3rd, 2021 MOVIE: BEATS STARRING: CRISTIAN ORTEGA, LORN MACDONALD, LAURA FRASER DIRECTED BY: BRIAN WELSH AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) I related to Beats on nearly every level. Not because I am a person that finds underground raves to party at, but because I could relate to the wild friendship at […]

September 8th, 2021 MOVIE: MOGUL MOWGLI STARRING: RIZ AHMED, ANJANA VASAN, ALYY KHAN, AIYSHA HART DIRECTED BY: BASSAM TARIQ AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) The powerful acting of Riz Ahmed is something to behold, no matter the role, the details, and the delivery. This is an actor that carries his heart on his […]

September 10th, 2021 MOVIE: THE CARD COUNTER STARRING: OSCAR ISAAC, TIFFANY HADDISH, TYE SHERIDAN, WILLEM DAFOE DIRECTED BY: PAUL SCHRADER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) The films of Paul Schrader have calluses on them. They are a workers’ movie, the type of story about men that have lived a lifetime before their middle […]

September 3rd, 2021 MOVIE: WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING STARRING: SIERRA MCCORMICK, PAT HEALY, VINESSA SHAW, JOHN JAMES CRONIN DIRECTED BY: SEAN KING O’GRADY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) There have been a steady stream of movies that might be called “Pandemic films” where the narrative fits the structure of what the raging […]

September 3rd, 2021 MOVIE: SUPERHOST STARRING: SARA CANNING, OSRIC CHAU, GRACIE GILLAM, BARBARA CRAMPTON DIRECTED BY: BRANDON CHRISTENSEN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I’m often fascinated with how the horror genre has an elastic flexibility with the world that surrounds it. From themes about religion, ghost stories, and slasher fthemes, there’s always a […]

SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2021 MOVIE: ZONE 414 STARRING: GUY PEARCE, MATILDA ANNA INGRID LUTZ, TRAVIS FIMMEL DIRECTED BY: ANDREW BAIRD AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) It always goes back to Blade Runner. No matter what science fiction movie you are trying to make, it’s Ridley Scott’s 1982 steampunk noir that always comes to mind, […]

September 3rd, 2021 MOVIE: MA BELLE, MY BEAUTY STARRING: IDELLA JOHNSON, HANNAH PEPPER, LUCIEN GUIGNARD, SIVAN NOAM SHIMON DIRECTED BY: MARION HILL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The existence of pleasure that surrounds the characters in Ma Belle, My Beauty, living in the South of France, is constant. Not always in a […]

September 3rd, 2021 MOVIE: THE GATEWAY STARRING: SHEA WIGHAM, OLIVIA MUNN, FRANK GRILLO, BRUCE DERN DIRECTED BY: MICHELE CIVETTA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: ½ STAR (Out of 4) I think the point of The Gateway is misery. There’s a nasty streak, a darkness in Michele Civetta’s film that makes it impossible to come away from it with […]

September 3rd, 2021 MOVIE: CINDERELLA STARRING: CAMILA CABELLO, BILLY PORTER, IDINA MENZEL, NICHOLAS GALITZINE, PIERCE BROSNAN, MINNIE DRIVER DIRECTED BY: KAY CANNON AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 STAR (Out of 4) The west coast is on fire. The oceans are rising. There’s a raging pandemic, everyone hates each other, 13 military service members were killed in Afghanistan, […]

August 26th, 2021 MOVIE: VACATION FRIENDS STARRING: LIL REL HOWERY, JOHN CENA, YVONNE ORJI, MEREDITH HAGNER DIRECTED BY: CLAY TARVER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) It may be up for debate, but I typically want a comedy to start funny, have a nice ebb and flow in the narrative, and keep the humor […]

August 27th, 2021 MOVIE: WHITE AS SNOW STARRING: LOU DE LAAGE, ISABELLE HUPPERT, CHARLES BERLING, DAMIEN BONNARD DIRECTED BY: ANNE FONTAINE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) The number of times the fairy tale of Snow White has been told is too many to count. Snow White and the Huntsman, Mirror Mirror, various animated […]

August 26th, 2021 MOVIE: CANDYMAN STARRING: YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II, TEYONAH PARRIS, COLMAN DOMINGO DIRECTED BY: NIA DACOSTA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The man with a hook for a hand is the one they call Candyman. Since I was a kid, one of the scariest interpretations of the boogie man has been […]

August 24th, 2021 MOVIE: SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS STARRING: SIMU LIU, AWKWAFINA, TONY CHIU-WAI LEUNG, MICHELLE YEOH DIRECTED BY: DESTIN DANIEL CRETTON AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) With Marvel, there is a tier to the kind of stories they tell, where the introduction of a new character often involves […]

August 20th, 2021 MOVIE: KING KNIGHT STARRING: MATTHEW GRAY GUBLER, ANGELA SARAFYAN, BARBARA CRAMPTON DIRECTED BY: RICHARD BATES JR. AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) There’s honestly not enough comedy on display within the horror genre. And I am talking pure, originally written humor, and not something funny because the blood splatter is absolutely […]

August 20th, 2021 MOVIE: SWEET GIRL STARRING: JASON MOMOA, ISABELA MERCED, JUSTIN BARTHA, NELSON FRANKLIN DIRECTED BY: BRIAN ANDREW MENDOZA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) I typically don’t like to be a stickler for minor mistakes in movies because creating a successful and pristine piece is such a difficult task. I think every […]

August 20th, 2021 MOVIE: THE PROTEGE STARRING: MAGGIE Q, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, MICHAEL KEATON, ROBERT PATRICK DIRECTED BY: MARTIN CAMPBELL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Why it took so long for Maggie Q to have her own individual action movie, I will never understand, but at least we finally get one in The […]

August 20th, 2021 MOVIE: HELLBENDER STARRING: ZELDA ADAMS, TOBY POSER,LULU ADAMS DIRECTED BY: TOBY POSER, JOHN ADAMS, ZELDA ADAMS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) A few weeks ago I spoke about how the visuals alone in The Green Knight were the greatest in cinema in the past five years. That statement still holds […]

August 6th, 2021 MOVIE: EMA STARRING: MARIANA DI GIROLAMO, GAEL GARCIA BERNAL, SANTIAGO CABRERA DIRECTED BY: PABLO LARRAIN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) From the same director that gave us Jackie and NO, arrives his most recent and most original film yet- Ema. It’s a story about Ema (Mariana Di Girolamo) and […]

August 20th, 2021 MOVIE: DEMONIC STARRING: CARLY POPE, CHRIS WILLIAM MARTIN, NATHALIE BOLTT, TERRY CHEN DIRECTED BY: NEILL BLOMKAMP AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The impression I got from seeing the trailers of Neill Blomkamp’s Demonic was that the District 9 director was going back to square one. Similar to the way […]

AUGUST 20TH, 2021 MOVIE: CONFETTI STARRING: ZHU ZHU, AMY IRVING, HARMONIE HE, HELEN SLATER DIRECTED BY: ANN HU AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The kind of movie that Confetti is, is both refreshing and disappointing. The refreshing side is that it has a simplicity, a gentle touch to it that not enough […]

August 13th, 2021 MOVIE: THE NIGHT HOUSE STARRING: REBECCA HALL, SARAH GOLDBERG, VONDIE CURTIS-HALL DIRECTED BY: DAVID BRUCKNER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The fear that is created in The Night House reminded me of what David Fincher created in Gone Girl, where the reality of not knowing the person you are […]

August 13th, 2021 MOVIE: RESPECT STARRING: JENNIFER HUDSON, FOREST WHITAKER, MARLON WAYANS, MARC MARON DIRECTED BY: LIESL TOMMY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The music biopic practically has its own season, where it creeps towards awards months, and we know we will get two or three a year. It doesn’t help that […]

August 13th, 2021 MOVIE: THE EVENING HOUR STARRING: PHILIP ETTINGER, STACY MARTIN, KERRY BISHE, MARC MENCHACA, LILI TAYLOR DIRECTED BY: BRADEN KING AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) I felt a bit sad at not liking The Evening Hour. Not because it isn’t a quality made film from director Braden King, but maybe if […]

August 13th, 2021 MOVIE: FREE GUY STARRING: RYAN REYNOLDS, JODIE COMER, TAIKA WAITITI, JOE KEERY, UTKARSH AMBUDKAR DIRECTED BY: SHAWN LEVY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) I’m not a video game guy anymore, which I talked about in my review for Werewolves Within, and it’s obvious that the older I get, they […]

August 13th, 2021 MOVIE: CODA STARRING: EMILIA JONES, MARLEE MATLIN, TROY KOTSUR, DANIEL DURANT, EUGENIO DERBEZ DIRECTED BY: SIAN HEDER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Last weekend I had a wedding in Vermont, but before we left for the airport there was a series of unfortunate events. My wife and I were […]

July 30th, 2021 MOVIE: NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN STARRING: ALEC UTGOFF, AGATA KULESZA, LUKASZ SIMLAT, MAJA OSTASZEWSKA DIRECTED BY: MAŁGORZATA SZUMOWSKA, MICHAL ENGLERT AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) The films of Malgorzata Szumowska continue to depict a world that is elusive, yet towering over the people that inhabit it, projecting landscapes that engulf […]

JULY 23RD, 2021 MOVIE: BROKEN DIAMONDS STARRING: BEN PLATT, LOLA KIRKE, YVETTE NICOLE BROWN, DEBS HOWARD DIRECTED BY: PETER SATTLER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The two leads in Broken Diamonds are better than the material they are working with. Ben Platt- famous for his work in Dear Evan Hansen, and Lola […]

August 6th, 2021 MOVIE: MASQUERADE STARRING: BELLA THORNE, ALYVIA ALYN LIND, MIRCEA MONROE DIRECTED BY: SHANE DAX TAYLOR AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: ½ STAR (Out of 4) When big celebrities are delivered a stack of screenplays, it’s hard not to assume they don’t read them all the way through. Maybe they read the beginning and then the […]

August 6th, 2021 MOVIE: TWIST STARRING: RAFFERTY LAW, LENA HEADEY, RITA ORA, MICHAEL CAINE, SOPHIE SIMNETT DIRECTED BY: MARTIN OWEN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) When movies take a literary and a cinematic classic and try incredibly hard to revinvision the material, the results are typically dire. That statement rings true in […]

August 6th, 2021 MOVIE: ANNETTE STARRING: ADAM DRIVER, MARION COTILLARD, SIMON HELBERG DIRECTED BY: LEOS CARAX AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Annette is a musical that opens by asking us if it’s “time to start?”. My interpretation of that question being asked by director Leos Carax, is that he is preparing us […]

August 6th, 2021 MOVIE: THE SUICIDE SQUAD STARRING: IDRIS ELBA, MARGOT ROBBIE, JOHN CENA, JOEL KINNAMAN, VIOLA DAVIS DIRECTED BY: JAMES GUNN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) It’s hard to pin down James Gunn’s version of The Suicide Squad. This is unlike any comic book movie we have seen before, which is what […]

August 6th, 2021 MOVIE: JOHN AND THE HOLE STARRING: CHARLIE SHOTWELL, MICHAEL C. HALL, JENNIFER EHLE, TASSIA FARMIGA DIRECTED BY: PASCUAL SISTO AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The way to describe John and the Hole is that it’s a provocative film. I say provocative because clearly the director’s objective is to provoke […]

August 6th, 2021 MOVIE: VIVO STARRING: LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, YNAIRALY SIMO, ZOE SALDANA, GLORIA ESTEFAN DIRECTED BY: KIRK DIMICCO, BRANDON JEFFORDS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) In the wildly successful career of Lin Manuel, I guess he can afford to have a few misses here and there. His newest venture in the animated circles, […]

July 30th, 2021 MOVIE: LORELEI STARRING: PABLO SCHREIBER, JENA MALONE, TRISH EGAN DIRECTED BY: SABRINA DOYLE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) When we discover a movie like Lorelei, to some it may just be another story about blue collar people, members of communities that are impoverished, or characters trying to get back […]

July 30th, 2021 MOVIE: JUNGLE CRUISE STARRING: EMILY BLUNT, DWAYNE JOHNSON, JESSE PLEMMONS DIRECTED BY: JAUME COLLET-SERRA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) Jungle Cruise is a perfect example of how movies just don’t seem to know how to get out of their own way. The Disney film, based on the theme park ride, […]

July 30th, 2021 MOVIE: THE GREEN KNIGHT STARRING: DEV PATEL, ALICIA VIKANDER, JOEL EDGERTON, SEAN HARRIS DIRECTED BY: DAVID LOWERY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) I’m left thinking about many things after experiencing David Lowery’s The Green Knight, the tale set in the King Arthur universe, about a knight embarking on a journey […]

July 23rd, 2021 MOVIE: BLOOD RED SKY STARRING: PERI BAUMEISTER, DOMINIC PURCELL, ROLAND MOLLER, ALEXANDER SCHEER DIRECTED BY: PETER THORWARTH AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) The premise of Blood Red Sky is where the fun is. It involves an airplane that is hijacked by a group of terrorists, but on this international flight […]

July 23rd, 2021 MOVIE: THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER STARRING: SHAILENE WOODLEY, FELICITY JONES, JOE ALWYN, CALLUM TURNER DIRECTED BY: AUGUSTINE FRIZZELL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Some might say that romance is dead, but it’s nice to see movies still trying, fighting to keep love alive. The Last Letter From Your […]

July 24th, 2021 MOVIE: JOLT STARRING: KATE BECKINSALE, JAI COURTNEY, STANLEY TUCCI, BOBBY CANNAVALE DIRECTED BY: TANYA WEXLER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 STAR (Out of 4) After her successful run in the Underworld series, it seems we are still looking for the next action venture to highlight the awesome talents of Kate Beckinsale. We will need […]

July 24th, 2021 MOVIE: JOE BELL STARRING: MARK WAHLBERG, CONNIE BRITTON, REID MILLER, GARY SINISE DIRECTED BY: REINALDO MARCUS GREEN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) The intentions in telling the story of Joe Bell are meant well, it’s a true story that will break the heart of anyone that has blood pumping inside […]

July 26th, 2021 MOVIE: OLD STARRING: VICKY KRIEPS, GAEL GARCIA BARNAL, RUFUS SEWELL, ALEX WOLFF, THOMASIN MCKENZIE, ABBEY LEE, NIKKI AMUKA-BIRD DIRECTED BY: M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, M. Night Shyamalan is the Rex Grossman of cinema. Whether it’s a […]

July 24th, 2021 MOVIE: SETTLERS STARRING: BROOKLYN PRINCE, SOFIA BOUTELLA, ISMAEL CRUZ CORDOVA, NELL TIGER FREE, JONNY LEE MILLER DIRECTED BY: WYATT ROCKEFELLER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) I’ve often said this, but there’s nothing more disappointing in cinema than a wasted science fiction film. It’s arguably the best genre, when done right, […]

July 16th, 2021 MOVIE: FEAR STREET: PART THREE- 1666 STARRING: KIANA MADEIRA, ASHLEY ZUKERMAN, GILLIAN JACOBS, OLIVIA SCOTT WELCH DIRECTED BY: LEIGH JANIAK AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Sticking the landing is an often tricky thing to do. It’s even tougher when trying to succeed at something freshly done in 2021. The Fear […]

July 16th, 2021 MOVIE: GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE STARRING: KAREN GILLAN, LENA HEADEY, CARLA GUGINO, MICHELLE YEOH DIRECTED BY: NAVOT PAPUSHADO AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Sometimes having a great cast of actors and cool action set pieces can go a long way. For Gunpowder Milkshake the cast is a kick ass collection of actresses, […]

July 16th, 2021 MOVIE: MAMA WEED STARRING: ISABELLE HUPPERT, HIPPOLYTE GIRARDOT, NADJA NGUYEN DIRECTED BY: JEAN-PAUL SALOME AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) The acting chameleon that Isabelle Huppert is will make any movie better, with her recent performance in Mama Weed, Huppert seems to be having more fun than she’s ever had before. […]

July 16th, 2021 MOVIE: DIE IN A GUNFIGHT STARRING: DIEGO BONETA, ALEXANDRA DADDARIO, TRAVIS FIMMEL, JUSTIN CHATWIN DIRECTED BY: COLLIN SCHIFFLI AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) In the process of making movies you can either try to make something different or keep doing the status quo. With Collin Schiffli’s Die in a […]

July 12th, 2021 MOVIE: PIG STARRING: NICOLAS CAGE, ALEX WOLF, ADAM ARKIN DIRECTED BY: MICHAEL SARNOSKI AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) There’s something about Nicolas Cage. His career at this point has been a wild whirlwind of highs and lows. From his start with movies like Rumble Fish or Valley Girl, from […]

July 16th, 2021 MOVIE: ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN STARRING: ANTHONY BOURDAIN, JOSH HOMME, DAVID CHANG, OTTAVIA BUSIA-BOURDAIN DIRECTED BY: MORGAN NEVILLE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) The life of Anthony Bourdain has made an impact on many people. With his book Cooking Confidential, with his traveling shows, with his style, his […]

July 9th, 2021 MOVIE: I CARRY YOU WITH ME STARRING: ARMANDO ESPITIA, CHRISTIAN VAZQUEZ, MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ DIRECTED BY: HEIDI EWING AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (O ut of 4) Just a week ago we got another Purge movie, which was violently rooted in exploiting the immigrant experience and turning it into a strange production of a […]

July 9th, 2021 MOVIE: SUMMERTIME STARRING: TYRIS WINTER, AUSTIN ANTOINE, MARQUESHA BABERS, MILA CUDA DIRECTED BY: CARLOS LOPEZ ESTRADA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) It makes sense that Carlos Lopez Estrada, the director of Blindspotting, and the recently fantastic Raya and the Last Dragon, has made the all encompassing, and beautifully flowing film […]

July 9th, 2021 MOVIE: FEAR STREET PART TWO: 1978 STARRING: SADIE SINK, EMILY RUDD, RYAN SIMPKINS, MCCABE SLYE DIRECTED BY: LEIGH JANIAK AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) It’s weird that I’m writing a review for Fear Street Part Two, but I didn’t write a review for Part One. I was late to the […]

July 2nd, 2021 MOVIE: THE TOMORROW WAR STARRING: CHRIS PRATT, YVONNE STRAHOVSKI, J.K. SIMMONS, BETTY GILPIN, SAM RICHARDSON DIRECTED BY: CHRIS MCKAY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) With The Tomorrow War I think it’s safe to say that Chris Pratt just doesn’t have the factors needed to drive a movie. The Guardians of […]

July 2nd, 2021 MOVIE: THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS STARRING: ALEC BALDWIN, JAMES MARSDEN, AMY SEDARIS, ARIANA GREENBLATT DIRECTED BY: TOM MCGRATH AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) The Boss Baby: Family Business has to be the strangest animated movie ever made. Once the kid is no longer a baby, it seems pointless to […]

July 2nd, 2021 MOVIE: THE FOREVER PURGE STARRING: ANA DE LA REGUERA, JOSH LUCAS, WILL PATTON, TENOCH HUERTA DIRECTED BY: EVERARDO GOUT AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 STAR (Out of 4) With each Purge movie I have wondered who these movies were exactly for? They’re produced by Blumhouse Pictures, but they’re not exactly horror movies. The series […]

July 2nd, 2021 MOVIE: SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED) STARRING: STEVIE WONDER, NINA SIMONE, B.B. KING, MAVIS STAPLES DIRECTED BY: QUESTLOVE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) It has been a long time now, since the pandemic took hold of the world, and changed everything about living. A […]

July 9th, 2021 MOVIE: BLACK WIDOW STARRING: SCARLETT JOHANSSON, FLORENCE PUGH, RACHEL WEISZ, DAVID HARBOUR, RAY WINSTONE DIRECTED BY: CATE SHORTLAND AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) It feels almost criminal how long it took for us to finally see a Black Widow solo movie. The Marvel cinematic universe delivered three Iron Man’s, Thor’s, […]

June 29th, 2021 MOVIE: ZOLA STARRING: TAYLOUR PAIGE, RILEY KEOUGH, COLMAN DOMINGO, NICHOLAS BRAUN, JASON MITCHELL DIRECTED BY: JANICZA BRAVO AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) Something I would like to get away from in my viewing of cinema is declaring something as the “film of the moment”. Janica Bravo’s Zola is making that […]

June 25th, 2021 MOVIE: LES NOTRES STARRING: EMILIE BIERRE, MARIANNE FARLEY, PAUL DOUCET DIRECTED BY: JEANNE LEBLANC AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) Les Notres is a well made movie, with a serious topic about a teen pregnancy, authentic performances that help drive the narrative, and yet, the final result had me incredibly frustrated. […]

June 25th, 2021 MOVIE: RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT STARRING: RITA MORENO, MORGAN FREEMAN, EVA LONGORIA, GEORGE CHAKIRIS DIRECTED BY: MARIEM PEREZ RIERA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Even though Rita Moreno had an issue with her response to the lack of Afro-Latinos cast in In the […]

June 25th, 2021 MOVIE: THE ICE ROAD STARRING: LIAM NEESON, LAURENCE FISHBURNE, MARCUS THOMAS, AMBER MIDTHUNDER, BENJAMIN WALKER DIRECTED BY: JONATHAN HENSLEIGH AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) If The Cannon Group production company were still around, The Ice Road would undoubtedly be a part of their lineup of movies. Wild exploitation style movies […]

June 25th, 2021 MOVIE: WEREWOLVES WITHIN STARRING: SAM RICHARDSON, MILANA VAYNTRUB, MICHAEL CHERNUS, MICHAELA WATKINS DIRECTED BY: JOSH RUBEN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) It’s rare these days to have a movie that makes us laugh and Werewolves Within does that with ease. Director Josh Ruben has the perfect combo of a comedy, […]

June 25th, 2021 MOVIE: MARY J BLIGE’S MY LIFE STARRING: MARY J BLIGE, SEAN COMBS, TARAJI P. HENSON DIRECTED BY: VANESSA ROTH AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) It’s hard to get me to dislike a music bio-documentary. Typically, I see the positive side and become enthralled by the amazing talents of musicians. […]

June 25th, 2021 MOVIE: F9: THE FAST SAGA STARRING: VIN DIESEL, MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ, JORDANA BREWSTER, JOHN CENA, CHARLIZE THERON DIRECTED BY: JUSTIN LIN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) You want ridiculous? Well boy does F9 have something in store for you. I would be the first person in line for anything that turns […]

JUNE 18th, 2021 MOVIE: THE MARKSMAN STARRING: LIAM NEESON, KATHERYN WINNICK, JACOB PEREZ DIRECTED BY: ROBERT LORENZ AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) This new phase of Liam Neeson’s career has already been a risky and tumultuous one. The Schindler’s List star had a streak of high level productions in the 90’s, from […]

June 18th, 2021 MOVIE: FATHERHOOD STARRING: KEVIN HART, LIL REL HOWERY, ALFRE WOODARD, MELODY HURD DIRECTED BY: PAUL WEITZ AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) When I became a father three years ago, I had no idea what I was doing. If any parent tells you they know what they’re doing, they are lying […]

JUNE 18th, 2021 MOVIE: SUMMER OF 85 STARRING: FELIX LEFEBVRE, BENJAMIN VOISIN, VALERIA BRUNI TEDESCHI DIRECTED BY: FRANCOIS OZON AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Had I gone a different direction in my life as an enthusiast of cinema, where I didn’t work my way to become a film critic of sorts, I […]

June 18th, 2021 MOVIE: LUCA STARRING: JACOB TREMBLAY, JACK DYLAN GRAZER, MAYA RUDOLPH, EMMA BERMAN, JIM GAFFIGAN DIRECTED BY: ENRICO CASAROSA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Pixar movies don’t take breaks, they just reload the machine, and deliver award winning animated cinema. Soul took home an Oscar this past year- it would not […]

June 18th, 2021 MOVIE: 12 MIGHTY ORPHANS STARRING: LUKE WILSON, MARTIN SHEEN, WAYNE KNIGHT, VINESSA SHAW DIRECTED BY: TY ROBERTS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) I love a good sports movie. The rise to glory in the Rocky series. The fresh new take we saw in Creed. The inspiration we get from a […]

JUNE 18, 2021 MOVIE: THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD STARRING: RYAN REYNOLDS, SALMA HAYEK, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, ANTONIO BANDERAS, MORGAN FREEMAN DIRECTED BY: PATRICK HUGHES AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) You don’t walk away from The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard feeling as if you didn’t experience something. It’s certainly something, but what it exactly is […]

June 18th, 2021 MOVIE: THE SPARKS BROTHERS STARRING: RUSSEL MAEL, RON MAEL, BECK, MIKE MYERS DIRECTED BY: EDGAR WRIGHT AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) There have been too many documentaries about music in 2021. Some self serve the artist (Pink: All I know So Far) and others genuinely get into the thick […]

June 11, 2021 MOVIE: HOLLER STARRING: JESSICA BARDEN, GUS HALPER, PAMELA ADLON, AUSTIN AMELIO DIRECTED: NICOLE RIEGEL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) There are many factors that go into the good and the bad about Holler. The good is that it’s a sharp script, with excellent acting, and an even more impressive style […]

June 4th, 2021 MOVIE: THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT STARRING: PATRICK WILSON, VERA FARMIGA, SARAH CATHERINE HOOK DIRECTED BY: MICHAEL CHAVES AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) When James Wan made 2013’s The Conjuring, I’m not sure there was an idea that it would turn into a full-fledged universe, fitted with […]

June 4th, 2021 MOVIE: UNDINE STARRING: PAULA BEER, FRANZ ROGOWSKI, MARYAM ZAREE, JACOB MATSCHENZ DIRECTED BY: CHRISTIAN PETZOLD AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The films of Christian Petzold continue to be elusive and fascinating to me. The writer/director of masterful works such as Phoenix, Transit, and Barbara has his own unique style. […]

June 4th, 2021 MOVIE: GULLY STARRING: KELVIN HARRISON JR., CHARLIE PLUMMER, JONATHAN MAJORS, JACOB LATIMORE, AMBER HEARD, JOHN CORBETT, TERRENCE HOWARD DIRECTED BY: NABIL ELDERKIN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 STAR (Out of 4) The journey for Gully to arrive has been a long one, originally premiering at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, it was delayed in […]

June 4th, 2021 MOVIE: THE AMUSEMENT PARK STARRING: LINCOLN MAAZEL DIRECTED BY: GEORGE A. ROMERO AMovieGuy.com’s REVIEW: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) For most great directors, no matter when they made their film, no matter what the subject was about, it finds a way to be timeless. That’s often what separates a great movie […]

June 1st, 2021 MOVIE: SPIRIT UNTAMED STARRING: ISABELA MERCED, JAKE GYLLENHAAL, JULIANNE MOORE, WALTON GOGGINS DIRECTED BY: ELAINE BOGAN, ENNIO TORRESAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) After having a child the animated movie has a different perspective these days. The genre of animation has always been walking the line of cinema for critics […]

May 27th, 2021 MOVIE: MOBY DOC STARRING: MOBY, DAVID LYNCH, JULIE MINTZ DIRECTED BY: ROB GORDON BRALVER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) For the majority of the music documentaries I have watched this year, the major factor that can make or break it is if the subject is involved. Sometimes that can sanitize […]

May 28th, 2021 MOVIE: PORT AUTHORITY STARRING: FIONN WHITEHEAD, LEYNA BLOOM, MCCAUL LOMBARDI DIRECTED BY: DANIELLE LESSOVITZ AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The topic in government and politics that continues to arise are conversations about transgender people. For some reason, people seem to be threatened, interested in their business, and afraid of […]

May 26th, 2021 MOVIE: CRUELLA STARRING: EMMA STONE, EMMA THOMPSON, JOEL FRY, PAUL WALTER HAUSER, MARK STRONG DIRECTED BY: CRAIG GILLESPIE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) There’s going to be a divide between audiences and critics on what to think about Craig Gillespie’s Cruella. It’s an origin story for the legendary 101 […]

May 26th, 2021 MOVIE: BLUE MIRACLE STARRING: JIMMY GONZALEZ, DENNIS QUAID, BRUCE MCGILL, RAYMOND CRUZ DIRECTED BY: JULIO QUINTANA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) In times like these I am all for movies that can be uplifting or bring out a sense of happiness to a world that can seem cold. The problem […]

May 24th, 2021 MOVIE: 12 MONKEYS STARRING: BRUCE WILLIS, MADELEINE STOWE, BRAD PITT, CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER DIRECTED BY: TERRY GILLIAM AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) Watching Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys today is a weird experience. It feels like nearly all of it’s wild, apocalyptic future predictions came true. Not entirely, I mean, five billion […]

May 28th, 2021 MOVIE: A QUIET PLACE PART II STARRING: EMILY BLUNT, MILLICENT SIMMONDS, CILLIAN MURPHY, NOAH JUPE, DJIMON HOUNSOU DIRECTED BY: JOHN KRASINSKI AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) In 2018 John Krasinski changed the direction that his career was headed with the big hit A Quiet Place. It was the first time […]

May 21st, 2021 MOVIE: IN THE HEIGHTS STARRING: ANTHONY RAMOS, MELISSA BARRERA, COREY HAWKINS, LESLIE GRACE DIRECTED BY: JON M. CHU AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) I like to consider myself an enthusiast of musicals. Oklahoma! Sound of Music. West Side Story. They tend to lift my spirits up and have cemented beautiful […]

May 21st, 2021 MOVIE: THE PERFECT CANDIDATE STARRING: MILA AL ZAHRANI, DAE AL HILALI, NORA AL AWAD, KHALID ABDULRAHEEM DIRECTED BY: HAIFAA AL-MANSOUR AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The films of Haifaa Al-Mansour will forever have a special place in my heart. Her debut film Wadjda made a great impact on me, […]

May 21st, 2021 MOVIE: THE DRY STARRING: ERIC BANA, GENEVIEVE O’REILLY, KEIR O’DONNELL, BEBE BETTENCOURT DIRECTED BY: ROBERT CONNOLLY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) We see a khaki colored, drought ridden feld, a quiet hush over a one stop town, The Dry is not bursting with the type of vibrancy some movies […]

May 21st, 2021 MOVIE: P!NK: ALL I KNOW SO FAR STARRING: PINK, CAREY HART, WILLOW SAGE HART DIRECTED BY: MICHAEL GRACEY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) 2021 has already hit a quotia of music documentaries that reveals behind the scenes at an artist in their craft. It started with Billie Eilish: The […]

May 18th, 2021 MOVIE: SLALOM STARRING: NOEE ABITA, JEREMIE RENIER, MARIE DENARNAUD, DIRECTED BY: CHARLENE FAVIER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) For a majority of Charlene Favier’s film Slalom there’s an enormous mountain in the background, hovering over, like a haunting spirit. It’s the background setting at a French ski training center, […]

May 18th, 2021 MOVIE: DREAM HORSE STARRING: TONI COLLETTE, DAMIAN LEWIS, OWEN TEALE DIRECTED BY: EUROAS LYN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) I hate to call it this, but Dream Horse is the kind of movie you take your grandma or grandpa to go see. That’s not that it’s a bad thing, […]

May 14th, 2021 MOVIE: ARMY OF THE DEAD STARRING: DAVE BAUTISTA, ELLA PURNELL, ANA DE LA REGUERA, GARRET DILLAHUNT DIRECTED BY: ZACK SNYDER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Like a bowl of nuts that are tough to crack, there’s a lot of frustrating things about the films of Zack Snyder. He’s undoubtedly […]

May 14th, 2021 MOVIE: THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW STARRING: AMY ADAMS, JULIANNE MOORE, GARY OLDMAN, ANTHONY MACKIE, WYATT RUSSELL, BRIAN TYREE HENRY, TRACY LETTS, JENNIFER JASON LEIGH DIRECTED BY: JOE WRIGHT AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) For some film critics, including yours truly, we eat up the kind of movies that copy […]

May 14th, 2021 MOVIE: THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD STARRING: ANGELINA JOLIE, NICHOLAS HOULT, FINN LITTLE, JON BERNTHAL DIRECTED BY: TAYLOR SHERIDAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) I’ve unapologetically been a big fan of Taylor Sheridan’s films. Whether he is writing or directing, his work is undeniably engaging, often thrilling audiences with high […]

May 14th, 2021 MOVIE: SPIRAL STARRING: CHRIS ROCK, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, MAX MINGHELLA, MARISOL NICHOLS DIRECTED BY: DARREN LYNN BOUSMAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) At this point in time, we can add the Saw series to the collection of horror movies, which has so many installments (Nine total) that the existence […]

May 11th, 2021 MOVIE: PROFILE STARRING: VALENE KANE, SHAZAD LATIF, CHRISTINE ADAMS DIRECTED BY: TIMUR BEKMAMBETOV AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Similar to the found footage genre, I find the new style of FaceTime, Zoom, or Skype movies to be hit and miss. The visual alone has to be something the viewer is […]

May 11th, 2021 MOVIE: THE DJINN STARRING: EZRA DEWEY, ROB BROWNSTEIN, TEVY POE DIRECTED BY: DAVID CHARBONIER, JUSTIN POWELL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) In the world of independent filmmaking, there are amazing factors we see taken into account by a director, making cuts to stay within budget, having an ability to work […]

May 11th, 2021 MOVIE: OXYGEN STARRING: MELANIE LAURENT, MATHIEU AMALRIC DIRECTED BY: ALEXANDRE AJA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I’m a sucker for movies set in singular spaces or with a gimmick that allows the audience to see how a person could fail or succeed with that situation. Buried was Ryan Reynolds deep […]

May 10th, 2021 MOVIE: THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS STARRING: CLAYNE CRAWFORD, SEPIDEH MOAFI, CHRIS COY DIRECTED BY: ROBERT MACHOAIN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) There’s much to be said about movies that know how to hook you in with the basics of life. The Killing of Two Lovers is about a family […]

May 4th, 2021 MOVIE: WRATH OF MAN STARRING: JASON STATHAM, JOSH HARTNETT, HOLT MCCALLANY, SCOTT EASTWOOD, JEFFREY DONOVAN DIRECTED BY: GUY RITCHIE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) It may not seem true, but director Guy Ritchie is undoubtedly an auteur. Some cinema enthusiasts may not like that, but the director of Snatch has […]

May 4th, 2021 MOVIE: THE BOY FROM MEDELLIN STARRING: J. BALVIN DIRECTED BY: MATTHEW HEINEMAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) One aspect I absolutely love about being a film critic, and having an open mind about the films I watch, is discovering new things, new artists, and seeing the world through a different […]

May 5th, 2021 MOVIE: INITIATION STARRING: LINDSAY LAVANCHY, ISABELLA GOMEZ, LOCHLYN MUNRO, YANCY BUTLER DIRECTED BY: JOHN BERARDO AMovieGuy’s RATING: 1 STAR (Out of 4) Any movie that attempts to do what Wes Craven achieved with Scream is doing things right in my eyes. The problem, however, is that if you’re trying to be like […]

May 5th, 2021 MOVIE: HERE TODAY STARRING: BILLY CRYSTAL, TIFFANY HADDISH, PENN BADGLEY, LOUISA KRAUSE DIRECTED BY: BILLY CRYSTAL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) Above all things, I wanted a movie like Here Today to be a success. It might be a movie that charms audiences in segments and the cast is great, […]

April 30th, 2021 MOVIE: THINGS HEARD & SEEN STARRING: AMANDA SEYFRIED, JAMES NORTON, RHEA SEEHORN, NATALIA DYER, KAREN ALLEN, F. MURRAY ABRAHAM DIRECTED BY: SHARI SPRINGER BERMAN, ROBERT PULCHINI AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) There is nothing more disappointing than a movie that does a lot of good things and then completely botches […]

April 30th, 2021 MOVIE: FOUR GOOD DAYS STARRING: GLENN CLOSE, MILA KUNIS, STEPHEN ROOT, CARLA GALLO DIRECTED BY: RODRIGO GARCIA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) There have been plenty of movies recently that deal with the painful reality of substance abuse, from Beautiful Boy, Ben is Back, and Hillbilly Elegy. Within each […]

April 30th, 2021 MOVIE: THE OUTSIDE STORY STARRING: BRIAN TYREE HENRY, SONEQUA MARTIN-GREEN, SUNITA MANI, OLIVIA EDWARD DIRECTED BY: CASIMIR NOZKOWSKI AMovieGuy’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The concept of The Outside Story is adorable enough of a reason to enjoy Casimir Nozkowski’s debut feature. It’s a movie such as this that cheers […]

April 30th, 2021 MOVIE: TOM CLANCY’S WITHOUT REMORSE STARRING: MICHAEL B. JORDAN, JODIE TURNER-SMITH, JAMIE BELL, GUY PEARCE DIRECTED BY: STEFANO SOLLIMA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) If it were 1992, a movie such as Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse would have been starring Harrison Ford and directed by the likes of a Jan […]

April 30th, 2021 MOVIE: PERCY VS. GOLIATH STARRING: CHRISTOPHER WALKEN, CHRISTINA RICCI, ZACH BRAFF, ROBERTA MAXWELL DIRECTED BY: CLARK JOHNSON AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) It seems like the story of the little guy vs. the big guy is a natural fight for major industries. From the story of The Insider, Dark Waters, […]

April 30th, 2021 MOVIE: THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES STARRING: ABBI JACOBSON, DANNY MCBRIDE, MAYA RUDOLPH, OLIVIA COLEMAN DIRECTED BY: MICHAEL RIANDA, JEFF ROWE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) The Mitchells vs. The Machines deserves credit for many things: it’s funny, it’s fast, and it’s incredibly original. To name a few. That originality […]

April 30th, 2021 MOVIE: THE VIRTUOSO STARRING: ANSON MOUNT, ABBIE CORNISH, ANTHONY HOPKINS, DAVID MORSE DIRECTED BY: NICK STAGLIANO AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) One of the typical conversations about cinema is the use of narration. When is it good to use? Is it necessary in a visual medium? Can it add […]

April 27th, 2021 MOVIE: SWITCHBLADE SISTERS- ARROW VIDEO BLU-RAY REVIEW STARRING: ROBBIE LEE, JOANNE NAIL, MONICA GAYLE, ASHER BRAUNER DIRECTED BY: JACK HILL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Had I watched a movie such as Switchblade Sisters when I was in college, I might have wondered what this junk was. After viewing it […]

April 23rd, 2021 MOVIE: STREET GANG: HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET STARRING: JOAN GANZ COONEY, JIM HENSON, FRANK OZ, JON STONE DIRECTED BY: MARILYN AGRETO AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) When Jim Henson passed away it was the first significant moment where I learned about death. I was six-years old when […]

April 23rd, 2021 MOVIE: MORTAL KOMBAT STARRING: LEWIS TAN, JESSICA MCNAMEE, JOSH LAWSON, TADANONBU ASANO DIRECTED BY: SIMON MCQUOID AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) In my 36-years of living it would be interesting and sad if I went back to calculate how much time and money I’ve spent on the game Mortal Kombat. […]

April 23rd, 2021 MOVIE: WILDCAT STARRING: GEORGINA CAMPBELL, LUKE BENWARD, MIDO HAMADA DIRECTED BY: JONATHAN W. STOKES AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Audiences have been seeing more movies that involve a few characters, isolated in one setting, and all that’s available is the acting in front of us to entertain. It works […]

April 23rd, 2021 MOVIE: BOYS FROM COUNTY HELL STARRING: JACK ROWAN, NIGEL O’NEILL, LOUISA HARLAND, MICHAEL HOUGH DIRECTED BY: CHRIS BAUGH AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) If we can celebrate anything about 2021 it’s that we’ve already been blessed with two excellent vampire movies. Last week, Jakob’s Wife arrived and it’s not just […]

April 23rd, 2021 MOVIE: TOGETHER TOGETHER STARRING: ED HELMS, PATTI HARRISON, NORA DUNN, TIG NOTARO DIRECTED BY: NIKOLE BECKWITH AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) At the start of Together Together, I thought I was in for an annoying, twinkly Sundance style film that wants to make us feel bubbly inside. With a bit […]

April 16th, 2021 MOVIE: IN THE EARTH STARRING: JOEL FRY, ELLORA TORCHIA, REECE SHEARSMITH, HAYLEY SQUIRES DIRECTED BY: BEN WHEATLEY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Reviewing Ben Wheatly’s In The Earth is a difficult task. It’s a movie that I found brilliant in style and use of budget and it is also the […]

April 13th, 2021 MOVIE: MONDAY STARRING: SEBASTIAN STAN, DENISE GOUGH, YORGOS PIRPASSOPOULOS DIRECTED BY: ARGYRIS PAPADIMITROPOULOS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) In the early parts of Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ Monday we see the cliched moments of a classic rom-com. There’s the meet-cute (although it’s brief), there’s the romantic phase where two characters are head-over-heels […]

March 20th, 2021 MOVIE: JAKOB’S WIFE- SXSW REVIEW STARRING: BARBARA CRAMPTON, LARRY FESSENDEN, NYISHA BELL, BONNIE AARONS DIRECTED BY: TRAVIS STEVENS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out OF 4) One of my favorite movie moments of 2021 is in Jakob’s Wife, where the legendary Barbara Crampton dances with a lamp, spinning around, and it’s spectacular. […]

April 15th, 2021 MOVIE: THE BANISHING STARRING: JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY, SEAN HARRIS, JOHN HEFFERNAN DIRECTED BY: CHRISTOPHER SMITH AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) There’s a certain grand escape when it comes to the gothic, haunted house horrors film. The sets come alive and the locations typically do the heavy lifting of creating a […]

April 8th, 2021 MOVIE: VOYAGERS STARRING: TYE SHERIDAN, LILY-ROSE DEPP, FIONN WHITEHEAD, COLIN FARRELL DIRECTED BY: NEIL BURGER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) When I watch a movie such as Voyagers, I hope teenagers might see a movie like this and it will interest them to look further into the science fiction genre. […]

April 7th, 2021 MOVIE: MOFFIE STARRING: KAI LUKE BRUMMER, MATTHEW VEY, RYAN DE VILLIERS DIRECTED BY: OLIVER HERMANUS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) I had to look up what the word Moffie meant and it’s a derogatory word used in South Africa to describe a gay man. Like many derogatory words, it’s […]

March 30th, 2021 MOVIE: FRENCH EXIT STARRING: MICHELLE PFEIFFER, LUCAS HEDGES, DANIELLE MACDONALD, VALERIE MAHAFFEY, IMOGEN POOTS DIRECTED BY: AZAZEL JACOBS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) On my second viewing of French Exit, it hit me that there was not a single actor, not Glenn Close or Meryl Streep, nobody that could play […]

March 30th, 2021 MOVIE: SHIVA BABY STARRING: RACHEL SENNOTT, MOLLY GORDON, POLLY DRAPER, FRED MELAMED DIRECTED BY: EMMA SELIGMAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) On the outside of Shiva Baby is a comedy about family, how much they can impose on us, the pressure we feel from the eyes of grandma and grandpa, […]

March 29th, 2021 MOVIE: GODZILLA VS. KONG STARRING: REBECCA HALL, ALEXANDER SKARSGARD, MILLIE BOBBY BROWN, BRIAN TYREE HENRY, DEMIAN BECHIR. EIZA GONZALEZ DIRECTED BY: ADAM WINGARD AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) The very existence of Godzilla vs. Kong is insane. In no way, shape, or form should there be a movie this big, […]

March 24th, 2021 MOVIE: BAD TRIP STARRING: ERIC ANDRE, LIL REL HOWERY, TIFFANY HADDISH DIRECTED BY: KITAO SAKURAI AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) It felt good to laugh again. 2020 was a year of constant depression and although 2021 is not looking much better, I at least found comfort in the wild and […]

March 26th, 2021 MOVIE: GODZILLA (2014) STARRING: BRYAN CRANSTON, AARON TAYLOR JOHNSON, ELIZABETH OLSEN DIRECTED BY: GARETH EDWARDS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Watching the 2014 Godzilla the second time around left me feeling excited, a bit sad, but also grateful for what Gareth Edwards was trying to do with his restart […]

March 20th, 2021 MOVIE: NOBODY STARRING: BOB ODENKIRK, CONNIE NIELSEN, CHRISTOPHER LLOYD DIRECTED BY: ILYA NAISHULLER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Everything about Nobody is an example of the action movie stars aligning. It’s when the choices of casting, fight choreography, direction, and the overall experience hits the entertainment center of our […]

March 19th, 2021 MOVIE: ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE STARRING: BEN AFFLECK, HENRY CAVILL, GAL GADOT, RAY FISHER, EZRA MILLER, JASON MOMOA DIRECTED BY: ZACK SNYDER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Since 2017, the conversation never ended about the cinematic version of the Justice League, where the story behind the film became as […]

March 19th, 2021 MOVIE: HAPPILY STARRING: JOEL MCHALE, KERRY BISHE, NATALIE MORALES, STEPHEN ROOT, PAUL SCHEER DIRECTED BY: BENDAVID GRABINSKI AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) There’s a cool and challenging concept in BenDavid Grabinski’s Happily, where the scary cloud hanging over every character’s head is the truth. Not a killer on the loose, […]

March 19th, 2021 MOVIE: SLAXX STARRING: ROMANE DENIS, ERICA ANDERSON, BRETT DONAHUE, SEHAR BHOJANI, KENNY WONG DIRECTED BY: ELZA KEPHART AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) It’s wild to watch and review a movie about a pair of jeans that kills people. It’s even wilder when that movie succeeds at doing what it sets […]

March 19th, 2021 MOVIE: THE COURIER STARRING: BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, RACHEL BROSNAHAN, MERAB NINIDZE, JESSIE BUCKLEY DIRECTED BY: DOMINIC COOKE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) File The Courier under “movies you recommend to dad when he calls you”. That’s not a slight at Dominic Cooke’s film, telling the true story of an unlikely spy, […]

March 12th, 2021 MOVIE: LONG WEEKEND STARRING: FINN WITTROCK, ZOE CHAO, DAMON WAYANS JR., WENDI MCLENDON-COVEY, CASEY WILSON DIRECTED BY: STEPHEN BASILONE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) With the world needing a bit of sunshine these days, Long Weekend is the fresh and delightful take that pulled on the old heartstrings. It’s the […]

March 8th, 2021 MOVIE: COSMIC SIN STARRING: FRANK GRILLO, BRUCE WILLIS, PERREY REEVES, COSTAS MANDYLOR DIRECTED BY: EDWARD DRAKE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: ½ STAR (Out of 4) Writing my review for Cosmic Sin is quite the conundrum. It was not till after my interview with director/writer Edward Drake where the details behind the making of this […]

March 8th, 2021 MOVIE: COME TRUE STARRING: JULIA SARAH STONE, LANDON LIBOIRON, CHANTAL PERRON DIRECTED BY: ANTHONY SCOTT BURNS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) There’s a bit of hope that Come True could be 2021’s The Vast of Night, a lower budget sci-fi picture, that changed the entire way that movies are made […]

March 5th, 2021 MOVIE: COMING 2 AMERICA STARRING: EDDIE MURPHY, ARSENIO HALL, WESLEY SNIPES, KIKI LAYNE, JERMAINE FOWLER, NOMZAMO MBATHA DIRECTED BY: CRAIG BREWER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) In Coming 2 America, I witnessed something I had never seen happen in a movie before. During the credits, we get the sometimes hilarious, […]

March 3rd, 2021 MOVIE: SON STARRING: ANDI MATICHAK, LUKE DAVID BLUMM, CRANSTON JOHNSON, EMILE HIRSCH DIRECTED BY: IVAN KAVANAGH AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) The horror genre is arguably the best, always inventive, and because you never know what kind of movie you are going to get. Sometimes the setting is a haunted […]

March 3rd, 2021 MOVIE: M.F.A. STARRING: FRANCESCA EASTWOOD, LEAH MCKENDRICK, PETER VACK, CLIFTON COLLINS JR. DIRECTED BY: NATALIA LEITE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) M.F.A. stands for Master of Fine Arts and it is the title of Natalia Leite’s 2017 movie, but this is not a course on how to use watercolors, […]

March 2nd, 2021 MOVIE: LUCKY STARRING: BREA GRANT, DHRUV UDAY SINGH, KAUSAR MOHAMMED DIRECTED BY: NATASHA KERMANI AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I absolutely love it when a movie is smart. Not just an inventive narrative or something new, but something that proves how talented a human can be. That description fits Natasha […]

March 4th, 2021 MOVIE: RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON STARRING: KELLY MARIE TRAN, AWKWAFINA, GEMMA CHAN, BENEDICT WONG, IZAAC WANG, DANIEL DAE KIM DIRECTED BY: DON HALL, CARLOS LOPEZ ESTRADA, PAUL BRIGGS, JOHN RIPA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) There is a familiarity with the story told in Raya and the Last Dragon […]

March 1st, 2021 MOVIE: THE STYLIST STARRING: NAJARRA TOWNSEND; BREA GRANT; MILLIE MILAN; LAURA KIRK DIRECTED BY: JILL GEVARGIZIAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) The Stylist director Jill Gevargizian, stars Najarra Townsend and Brea Grant are all favorites of mine in today’s horror genre circles, and after this movie, I hope they will […]

February 26th, 2021 MOVIE: TOM AND JERRY STARRING: CHLOE GRACE MORETZ, MICHAEL PENA, COLIN JOST, ROB DELANEY DIRECTED BY: TIM STORY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 STAR (Out of 4) It’s late Friday night and I am writing my review for Tom and Jerry out of spite. That’s right, I stayed up and watched this painful kids […]

February 26th, 2021 MOVIE: BILLIE EILISH: THE WORLD’S A LITTLE BLURRY STARRING: BILLIE EILISH, FINNEAS O’CONNELL, MAGGIE BAIRD, PATRICK O’CONNELL DIRECTED BY: R.J. CUTLER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) What I loved about R. J. Cutler’s documentary- Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry is that I was watching sooner than later. […]

February 24, 2021 MOVIE: MY ZOE STARRING: JULIE DELPY, RICHARD ARMITAGE, DANIEL BRUHL, GEMMA ARTERTON DIRECTED BY: JULIE DELPY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) In Julie Delpy’s My Zoe, the Before Trilogy actor and writer has made an incredibly unique kind of sci-fi film. It’s not robots or monsters or Star Wars or […]

February 26th, 2021 MOVIE: CHERRY STARRING: TOM HOLLAND, CIARA BRAVO, JACK REYNOR, FORREST GOODLUCK DIRECTED BY: ANTHONY RUSSO, JOE RUSSO AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The rollout of the Russo brothers film Cherry was, to put it mildly, not good. The poster was released, but something happened with the file or graphic […]

February 23rd, 2021 MOVIE: CRISIS STARRING: GARY OLDMAN, ARMIE HAMMER, EVANGELINE LILLY, GREG KINNEAR, MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ, LUKE EVANS DIRECTED BY: NICHOLAS JARECKI AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 STAR (Out of 4) Besides the fact that Armie Hammer has been having his own personal crisis, a stream of strange text messages released where he suggests he enjoys eating […]

February 22nd, 2021 MOVIE: THE VIGIL STARRING: DAVE DAVIS, MENASHE LUSTIG, LYNN COHEN DIRECTED BY: KEITH THOMAS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) The Vigil is rooted in the traditions of the Jewish religion and creates a new segment of fears for audiences to have when it comes to watching the dead. It’s fascinating […]

February 18th, 2021 MOVIE: I CARE A LOT STARRING: ROSEAMUND PIKE, EIZA GONZALEZ, PETER DINKLAGE, DIANNE WIEST DIRECTED BY: J BLAKESON AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) You could sum up director/writer J Blakeson’s I Care a Lot with three words: Ice cold cool. Here is a movie that has all the right […]

February 17th, 2021 MOVIE: THE VIOLENT HEART STARRING: JOVAN ADEPO, GRACE VAN PATTEN, LUKAS HAAS, MARY J. BLIGE DIRECTED BY: KEREM SANGA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) No matter how hard we try, the classics of literature, the Greek tragedies, they are embedded into the movies we watch. The Violent Heart has […]

February 17th, 2021 MOVIE: FLORA & ULYSSES STARRING: MATILDA LAWLER, ALYSON HANNIGAN, BEN SCHWARTZ, DANNY PUDI DIRECTED BY: LENA KHAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) I’m conflicted with the overdose of cuteness that is Flora & Ulysses. The entire concept of a movie with a superhero squirrel fits into the collection of other […]

February 11th, 2021 MOVIE: THE WORLD TO COME STARRING: KATHERINE WATERSTON, VANESSA KIRBY, CHRISTOPHER ABBOTT, CASEY AFFLECK DIRECTED BY: MONA FASTVOLD AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The World to Come is an incredibly frustrating film. I will go in depth as to why that is, but it ultimately can be summed up […]

January 22nd, 2021 MOVIE: THE MAURITANIAN STARRING: TAHAR RAHIM, JODIE FOSTER, BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, SHAILENE WOODLEY DIRECTOR: KEVIN MACDONALD AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) As the years go on we begin to enter into a period where the presidential administration of George W. Bush becomes a distant memory. It’s strange to think about […]

February 18th, 2021 MOVIE: BLITHE SPIRIT STARRING: DAN STEVENS, ISLA FISHER, LESLIE MANN, JUDI DENCH DIRECTED BY: EDWARD HALL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) It’s never a bad time for a slapstick affair, a fun romp filled with ghosts and lovers, set in the 1930’s, with plenty of laughs. Blithe Spirit, a new […]

February 12th, 2021 MOVIE: LITTLE FISH STARRING: OLIVIA COOKE, JACK O’CONNELL, SOKO, RAUL CASTILLO DIRECTED BY: CHAD HARTIGAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) A recent trend has been movies investigating the mind and the deterioration of our memory. Anthony Hopkins delivered some of his best work in Florian Zellar’s The Father, displaying […]

February 9th, 2021 MOVIE: PVT CHAT STARRING: PETER VACK, JULIA FOX, KEITH POULSON, BUDDY DURESS DIRECTED BY: BEN HOZIE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) The world we’re living in has certainly changed the way that sex and intamacy are portrayed on screen. It’s not always a romantic thing. It’s a different kind of […]

February 9th, 2021 MOVIE: THE MAP OF TINY PERFECT THINGS STARRING: KYLE ALLEN, KATHRYN NEWTON, JOSH HAMILTON, CLEO FRASER DIRECTED BY: IAN SAMUELS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) There’s been a recent trend of Groundhog Day style of movies. Happy Death Day, Happy Death Day 2U, Palm Springs, See You Yesterday, Before I […]

February 12th, 2021 MOVIE: JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH STARRING: LAKEITH STANFIELD, DANIEL KALUUYA, DOMINIQUE FISHBACK, JESSE PLEMMONS DIRECTED BY: SHAKA KING AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) Judas and the Black Messiah has the biblical title and is chalk full of religious allegories. But it’s not just because it tells the story of […]

February 5th, 2021 MOVIE: THE RECKONING STARRING: CHARLOTTE KIRK, SEAN PERTWEE, STEVEN WADDINGTON, JOE ANDERSON DIRECTED BY: NEIL MARSHALL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Director Neil Marshall is good at horror movies. He has a thick, nasty style to his craft, which was evident in the claustrophobic classic The Descent. He attempted […]

FEBRUARY 3RD, 2021 MOVIE: BLISS STARRING: OWEN WILSON, SALMA HAYEK, NESTA COOPER, MADELINE ZIMA DIRECTED BY: MIKE CAHILL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Bliss is another original cut from director Mike Cahill. The director of Another Earth and I Origins never stops using his mind and he wants the audience to use theirs […]

January 26th, 2021 MOVIE: MALCOLM & MARIE STARRING: JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON, ZENDAYA DIRECTED BY: SAM LEVINSON AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) The controversy surrounding Malcolm & Marie hits at the heart of what you are reading: film criticism. There’s a segment in Sam Levinson’s dramatic, argument structured film, where John David Washington’s character […]

February 1st, 2021 MOVIE: LAND STARRING: ROBIN WRIGHT, DEMIAN BICHIR, KIM DICKENS DIRECTED BY: ROBIN WRIGHT AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) There’s a scene in Robin Wright’s Land, where I related to her character in many ways. She plays Edee, a woman who has lost so much and it’s obvious that she decides […]

January 26th, 2021 MOVIE: SUPERNOVA STARRING: STANLEY TUCCI, COLIN FIRTH, PIPPA HAYWOOD DIRECTED BY: HARRY MACQUEEN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) What I absolutely loved about Supernova is the grace and the honesty it has for human life. There’s never a moment that feels unaware, that the people filling this narrative are breathing, […]

January 27th, 2021 MOVIE: THE LITTLE THINGS STARRING: DENZEL WASHINGTON, RAMI MALEK, JARED LETO DIRECTED BY: JOHN LEE HANCOCK AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) With three Oscar winners in your cast, it’s not wrong for audiences to expect something spectacular from John Lee Hankcock’s The Little Things. With Denzel Washington in the lead […]

January 26th, 2021 MOVIE: PALMER STARRING: JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, JUNE SQUIBB, ALISHA WAINWRIGHT, JUNO TEMPLE, RYDER ALLEN DIRECTED BY: FISHER STEVENS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The obstacle for a movie like Palmer is making this type of narrative entertaining. Is it something I would recommend? Yes, but will it be something that […]

January 26th, 2021 MOVIE: THE NIGHT STARRING: SHAHAB HOSSEINI, NIOUSHA NOOR, ARMIN AMIRI, STEPH MARTINEZ DIRECTED BY: KOUROSH AHARI AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) It’s not easy as a film critic when the movies are not good. It’s even worse when the movies you watch have the potential to be better than […]

January 22nd, 2021 MOVIE: NO MAN’S LAND STARRING: JAKE ALLYN, FRANK GRILLO, ANDIE MACDOWELL, GEORGE LOPEZ DIRECTED BY: CONOR ALLYN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) No Man’s Land is obviously a passion project of the acting, writing, and directing team of brothers Jake and Conor Allyn. Although it’s commendable for the pair to […]

January 20th, 2021 MOVIE: THE DIG STARRING: CAREY MULLIGAN, RALPH FIENNES, LILY JAMES, JOHNNY FLYNN DIRECTED BY: SIMON STONE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) With a cast of Carey Mulligan, Ralph Finnes, Lily James, and Johnny Flynn, I had high hopes for The Dig. The trailer alone had a golden look of a […]

January 14th, 2021 MOVIE: HUNTED STARRING: LUCIE DEBAY, ARIEH WORTHALTER, CIARAN O’BRIEN DIRECTED BY: VINCENT PARONNAUD AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) The director of Hunted wants the audience to think this is a subverted, new age telling of Little Red Riding Hood, but outside of the main character wearing a red hood, it’s […]

January 12th, 2021 MOVIE: MLK/FBI STARRING: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JAMES COMEY, BEVERLY GAGE DIRECTED BY: SAM POLLARD AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) It’s not a question of whether the FBI mistreated Martin Luther King Jr., only a matter of how much did they mistreat him? That question is answered in Sam Pollard’s documentary […]

January 15th, 2021 MOVIE: OUTSIDE THE WIRE STARRING: ANTHONY MACKIE, DAMSON IDRIS, PILOU ASBAEK, EMILY BEECHAM DIRECTED BY: MIKAEL HAFSTROM AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) At this point, science fiction movies portraying a world of war and artificial intelligence being used as military are not far-fetched, they’re just inevitable. It’s also been […]

December 21st, 2020 MOVIE: ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI STARRING: KINGSLEY BEN-ADIR, ELI GOREE, ALDIS HODGE, LESLIE ODOM JR. DIRECTED BY: REGINA KING AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) In 2020, there was a strong boost to movies that worked as stage-plays. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom was the big one, with amazing performances from the […]

JANUARY 8TH, 2021 MOVIE: THE WHITE TIGER STARRING: RAJKUMMAR RAO, PRIYANKA CHOPRA, ADARSH GOURAV DIRECTED BY: RAMIN BAHRANI AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Typically, I am annoyed with movies that use a narrator. There’s only two with a narrator that come to mind that work: Goodfellas and The Wolf of Wall Street. Those […]

January 6th, 2021 MOVIE: PIECES OF A WOMAN STARRING: VANESSA KIRBY, SHIA LABEOUF, ELLEN BURSTYN, SARAH SNOOK DIRECTED BY: KORNEL MUNDRUCZO AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I have an interesting personal connection with Pieces of a Woman. It’s a movie about a woman that has chosen to do a home delivery of her […]

January 5th, 2021 MOVIE: RIO GRANDE STARRING: JOHN WAYNE, MAUREEN O’HARA, HARRY CAREY JR., VICTOR MCLARGEN DIRECTED BY: JOHN FORD AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) It was not the first time I had watched John Ford’s Rio Grande and it certainly will not be the last. Olive Films is celebrating the legendary directors […]

December 23rd, 2020 MOVIE: WONDER WOMAN 1984 STARRING: GAL GADOT, CHRIS PINE, KRISTEN WIIG, PEDRO PASCAL DIRECTED BY: PATTY JENKINS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) With the massive success of 2017’s Wonder Woman, audiences are most likely aware that whatever was to follow would shirley not be able to achieve the same impact […]

December 23rd, 2020 MOVIE: NEWS OF THE WORLD STARRING: TOM HANKS, HELENA ZENGEL, ELIZABETH MARVEL, THOMAS FRANCIS MURPHY DIRECTED BY: PAUL GREENGRASS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Earlier this year, I stated in my review for Greyhound that Tom Hanks had made his full transformation into the modern day Jimmy Stewart. That trend […]

December 18th, 2020 MOVIE: SOUL STARRING: JAMIE FOXX, TINA FEY, GRAHAM NORTON, ANGELA BASSETT DIRECTED BY: PETE DOCTOR, KEMP POWERS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) The bar for a Pixar film might just be too high these days because Soul might be the animated studios most inspired effort yet, but like a pole […]

December 23rd, 2020 MOVIE: SYLVIE’S LOVE STARRING: TESSA THOMPSON, NNAMDI ASOMUGHA, EVA LONGORIA, AJA NAOMI KING, JEMIMA KIRKE DIRECTED BY: EUGENE ASHE AMovieGuy’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) While watching Sylvie’s Love I couldn’t stop thinking about La La Land. The two films felt strangely connected. Both films are about two people falling […]

December 17th, 2020 MOVIE: PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN STARRING: CAREY MULLIGAN, BO BURNHAM, LAVERNE COX, ALLISON BRIE DIRECTED BY: EMERALD FENNELL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The premise of Promising Young Woman is revenge. Not just getting even with one person or finding a way to regain the respect lost after defeat. This […]

December 18th, 2020 MOVIE: MONSTER HUNTER STARRING: MILLA JOVOVICH, TONY JAA, RON PERLMAN, MEGAN GOOD DIRECTED BY: PAUL W. S. ANDERSON AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) At the beginning of Paul W. S. Anderson’s Monster Hunter I thought to myself, “this is ridiculous, these characters were just thrown from their humvee by a […]

December 15th, 2020 MOVIE: MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM STARRING: CHADWICK BOSEMAN; VIOLA DAVIS; COLMAN DOMINGO; GLYNN TURMAN DIRECTED BY: GEORGE C. WOLFE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 1/2 STARS (Out of 4) To have lost such an incredible talent such as Chadwick Boseman is a blemish on humanity. His very presence in movies, his stature, and star […]

DECEMBER 11th, 2020 MOVIE: THE MIDNIGHT SKY STARRING: GEORGE CLOONEY, FELICITY JONES, DAVID OYELOWO, TIFFANY BOONE, DEMIAN BICHIR, KYLE CHANDLER DIRECTED BY: GEORGE CLOONEY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The Midnight Sky is a pot of science fiction stew. It’s a concoction of The Martian, Gravity, Ad Astra, and Passengers all mixed […]

December 11th, 2020 MOVIE: THE PROM STARRING: MERYL STREEP, JAMES CORDEN, NICOLE KIDMAN, KERRY WASHINGTON, JO ELLEN PELLMAN DIRECTED BY: RYAN MURPHY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) I’d like to think that I am well versed in the world of musicals or musical theatre for that matter. My mother was a theatre director […]

December 11th, 2020 MOVIE: WANDER DARKLY STARRING: SIENNA MILLER, DIEGO LUNA, BETH GRANT, VANESSA BAYER DIRECTED BY: TARA MIELE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I spoke about romantic movies when Photograph was released earlier in 2020, how I often long for a time in cinema where our stars fell in love, slow motion […]

December 4th, 2020 MOVIE: AMMONITE STARRING: KATE WINSLET, SAOIRSE RONAN, GEMMA JONES, FIONA SHAW DIRECTED BY: FRANCIS LEE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) It seems with every movie she’s in, Saoirse Ronan just gets better and better at this acting thing. In Ammonite, her character is Charlotte Murchison, a young married woman, […]

December 4th, 2020 MOVIE: NOMADLAND STARRING: FRANCES MCDORMAND; DAVID STRATHAIRN DIRECTED BY: CHLOE ZHAO AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) I was left speechless by the end of Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland. It’s fascinating, a film stripped down of everything. No flare, no CGI, no melodramatics, or massive budgets. Just a story about a woman […]

December 4th, 2020 MOVIE: MANK STARRING: GARY OLDMAN, AMANDA SEYFRIED, LILY COLLINS, ARLISS HOWARD DIRECTED BY: DAVID FINCHER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Within the bloodstream of David Fincher’s Mank is all things cinema. The studios, the stars, the directors, the politics, and everything else in-between. It’s a film about the famous […]

December 4th, 2020 MOVIE: WHAT LIES BELOW STARRING: EMA HORVATH; MENA SUVARI; TREY TUCKER DIRECTED BY: BRADEN R. DUEMMLER AMovierGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I always hope that the history of cinema is somehow rooted in the movies that are being made today and tomorrow. In Braden R. Duemmler’s What Lies Below, he […]

DECEMBER 4th, 2020 MOVIE: I’M YOUR WOMAN STARRING: RACHEL BROSNAHAN, MARSHA STEPHANIE BLAKE, ARINZE KENE, FRANKIE FAISON DIRECTED BY: JULIA HART AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) There are two movies in 2020 that capture a unique experience that only applies to women, no matter the setting, the time, or the place. Those […]

November 25th MOVIE: UNCLE FRANK STARRING: SOPHIA LILLIS, PAUL BETTANY, PETER MACDISSI, STEVE ZAHN, JUDY GREER, MARGO MARTINDALE, STEPHEN ROOT DIRECTED BY: ALAN BALL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) When I watch movies involving members of the LGBTQ community, living their lives in fear from the judgment of others, I often think […]

November 20th, 2020 MOVIE: SOUND OF METAL STARRING: RIZ AHMED, OLIVIA COOKE, PAUL RACI, MATHIEU AMALRIC DIRECTED BY: DARIUS MARDER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) I think during this Covid-19 pandemic a lot of us have had the opportunity to cherish the things we have and reflect on how lucky we were […]

November 20th, 2020 MOVIE: FATMAN STARRING: MEL GIBSON, WALTON GOGGINS, MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE, CHANCE HURSTFIELD DIRECTED BY: ESHOM NELMS, IAN NELMS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) The concept of Mel Gibson playing Santa Claus would be as ridiculous as it sounds, no matter who directs it, or what the story is about, or who […]

November 14th, 2020 MOVIE: FIREBALL: VISITORS FROM DARKER WORLDS STARRING: WERNER HERZOG; CLIVE OPPENHEIMER DIRECTED BY: WERNER HERZOG; CLIVE OPPENHEIMER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Werner Herzog does not slow down, he only digs deeper into living. Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds is his 3rd film in 2020 and his documentaries continue to […]

November 10th, 2020 MOVIE: ECHO BOOMERS STARRING: PATRICK SCHWARZENEGGER; ALEX PETTYFER; MICHAEL SHANNON DIRECTED BY: SETH SAVOY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) There is a collection of tropes that are used in movies that, at this point, ruin anything that a director and the underlying message that is trying to be said. I […]

November 10th, 2020 MOVIE: HILLBILLY ELEGY STARRING: AMY ADAMS; GLENN CLOSE; GABRIEL BASSO; OWEN ASZTALOS; HALEY BENNETT DIRECTED BY: RON HOWARD AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) It’s hard to put into exact words, but Hillbilly Elegy makes me wonder if Ron Howard is okay? The Oscar winning director for hits such as […]

November 3rd, 2020 MOVIE: KINDRED STARRING: TAMARA LAWRANCE; JACK LOWDEN; FIONA SHAW; CHLOE PIRRIE DIRECTED BY: JOE MARCANTONIO AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Kindred is the perfect movie to pair with The Invisible Man in a unique, but still disturbing way. Where Leigh Whannell’s hit interpretation of the “man you can’t see” hit […]

November 3rd, 2020 MOVIE: THE DARK AND THE WICKED STARRING: MARIN IRELAND, MICHAEL ABBOTT JR., XANDER BERKELEY DIRECTED BY: BRYAN BERTINO AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) It’s confusing that Bryan Bertino’s The Dark and the Wicked was not released in October, not just because it was a horror film for the Halloween season, […]

October 29th, 2020 MOVIE: MORTAL STARRING: NAT WOLFF, IBEN AKERLIE, PRIYANKA BOSE, PER FRISCH DIRECTED BY: ANDRE OVREDAL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) With the lack of superhero movies in 2020, it’s safe to say that a slight gap has been left open for the genre of cape and cowl stories. I […]

October 28, 2020 MOVIE: EMBATTLED STARRING: STEPHEN DORFF; DARREN MANN; ELIZABETH REASER; DONALD FAISON DIRECTED BY: NICK SARKISOV AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) As far as sports films go, the competition of mixed martial arts has seldom been dissected in a cinematic fashion. Warrior is the only example I can think of and […]

October 27th, 2020 MOVIE: THE CRAFT: LEGACY STARRING: CAILEE SPAENY; MICHELLE MONAGHAN; DAVID DUCHOVNY; LOVIE SIMONE; GIDEON ADLON; ZOEY LUNA DIRECTED BY: ZOE LISTER-JONES AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) When discussing movies of the 1990’s, there’s a small place in my heart for Andrew Fleming’s 1996 high school witchcraft drama The Craft. It […]

October 22nd, 2020 MOVIE: BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM STARRING: SACHA BARON COHEN, MARIA BAKALOVA, RUDY GIULIANI DIRECTED BY: JASON WOLINER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) I was a Junior in college when Borat became a memorable character of cinema. He’s also an ingenious creation of chaos, from the mad mind of Sacha Baron […]

October 21st, 2020 MOVIE: SYNCHRONIC STARRING: JAMIE DORNAN; ANTHONY MACKIE; KATIE ASELTON; DIRECTED BY: JUSTIN BENSON; AARON MOORHEAD AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) The writing and directing team of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead continues to reach new heights and what’s impressive about their newest film- Synchronic– is that they have a bigger […]

October 20th, 2020 MOVIE: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S LETTER TO YOU STARRING: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, MAX WEINBERG, STEVE VAN ZANDT, JAKE CLEMONS DIRECTED BY: THOM ZIMNY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) With the release of his rock documentary Western Stars last year and now Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You, I think Bruce Springsteen might be […]

October 14th, 2020 MOVIE: REBECCA STARRING: LILY JAMES; ARMIE HAMMER; KRISTEN SCOTT THOMAS; SAM RILEY DIRECTED BY: BEN WHEATLEY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) It’s one thing to remake a movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It’s another thing to remake his movie that won best picture. Rebecca is undoubtedly a Hitchcock classic. A […]

OCTOBER 9th, 2020 MOVIE: HONEST THIEF STARRING: LIAM NEESON; KATE WALSH; JAI COURTNEY; JEFFREY DONOVAN; ANTHONY RAMOS DIRECTED BY: MARK WILLIAMS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) When the Liam Neeson action movie blu-ray pack is released in ten years, Honest Thief will be one of the more obscure installments in the bunch. […]

OCTOBER 9th, 2020 MOVIE: TIME STARRING: SIBIL FOX RICH; ROBERT RICH DIRECTED BY: GARRETT BRADLEY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Garret Bradley’s documentary Time belongs as an exhibit at an art museum. Possibly an entire room at MOMA (Museum of Modern Art), wall to wall covered in movie screens, where this documentary […]

October 7th, 2020 MOVIE: THE DOORMAN STARRING: RUBY ROSE; AKSEL HENNIE; JEAN RENO; RUPERT EVANS DIRECTED BY: RYUHEI KITAMURA AMovieGuy’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) I now know how Matt Zoller Seitz was feeling when he gave a positive review to Ava, the direct to VOD, much panned action film with Jessica Chastain, […]

OCTOBER 7th, 2020 MOVIE: THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW STARRING: JIM CUMMINGS, ROBERT FORSTER, RIKI LINDHOME, CHLOE EAST DIRECTED BY: JIM CUMMINGS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) The werewolf picture can be the best of what the horror genre has to offer. I still get a kick out of Lon Chaney Jr.’s transformation […]

October 6th, 2020 MOVIE: SPONTANEOUS STARRING: KATHERINE LANGFORD; CHARLIE PLUMMER; PIPER PERABO; HAYLEY LAW DIRECTED BY: BRIAN DUFFIELD AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Everything about Spontaneous is so…Spontaneous. This movie came out of nowhere and during the Covid crisis, it is getting the raw end of the deal, with a minimal theater release […]

October 2nd, 2020 MOVIE: A CALL TO SPY STARRING: SARAH MEGAN THOMAS, STANA KATIC, RADHIKA APTE, LINUS ROACHE DIRECTED BY: LYDIA DEAN PILCHER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Just two weeks ago, USA Today released the report that almost two-thirds of millennials and generation Z did not know that six million Jews […]

October 13th, 2020 MOVIE: 2 HEARTS STARRING: JACOB ELORDI, RADHA MITCHELL, ADAN CANTO, TIERA SKOVBYE DIRECTED BY: LANCE HOOL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) When I see a movie such as 2 Hearts what I discover is that I might not be half the man I used to be. Not to steal the […]

October 2nd, 2020 MOVIE: POSSESSOR STARRING: ANDREA RISEBOROUGH; CHRISTOPHER ABBOTT; JENNIFER JASON LEIGH; SEAN BEAN DIRECTED BY: BRANDON CRONENBERG AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) By the end of Possessor, the effects that occur on your brain will be something you’re processing much longer after it ends, and even then, you will want to […]

October 2nd, 2020 MOVIE: ON THE ROCKS STARRING: RASHIDA JONES; BILL MURRAY; MARLON WAYANS; JENNY SLATE DIRECTED BY: SOFIA COPPOLA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) When I watch a Sofia Coppola movie, I feel the Hollywood royalty stars lining up and truly blessing us with something special. That’s not to say that […]

September 25th, 2020 MOVIE: THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 STARRING: EDDIE REDMAYNE; SACHA BARON COHEN; MARK RYLANCE; JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT; JOHN CARROLL LYNCH DIRECTED BY: AARON SORKIN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) “The whole world is watching!” This is the chant, reverberating across the room from protestors in Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial […]

September 18th, 2020 MOVIE: THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME STARRING: TOM HOLLAND; ROBERT PATTINSON; SEBASTIAN STAN; RILEY KEOUGH; JASON CLARKE DIRECTED BY: ANTONIO CAMPOST AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) The darkest and most depressing movie of 2020 would have to be The Devil All the Time. That does not mean it is a […]

September 18th, 2020 MOVIE: THE NEST STARRING: JUDE LAW; CARRIE COON; OONA ROCHE; CHARLIE SHOTWELL DIRECTED BY: SEAN DURKIN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Cinema that revolves around the subject of marriage is often an endlessly complex topic. It’s complex in Fatal Attraction, or Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, it’s complex in […]

September 18th, 2020 MOVIE: ANTEBELLUM STARRING: JANELLE MONAE, JENA MALONE, JACK HUSTON, GABOUREY SIDIBE DIRECTED BY: GERARD BUSH, CHRISTOPHER RENZ AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) When you have a twist in a movie you can’t hold onto it too long or it won’t have an impact. In Antebellum, the new horror film […]

September 18th, 2020 MOVIE: ALONE STARRING: JULES WILLCOX, MARC MENCHACA, ANTHONY HEALD DIRECTED BY: JOHN HYAMS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) One week before I watched Alone I was mildly entertained by Russell Crowe’s work in Unhinged. The Oscar winner’s performance was a wild expression of rage and anger. After that, it was […]

September 9th, 2020 MOVIE: THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY STARRING: GERALDINE VISWANATHAN; DACRE MONTGOMERY; MOLLY GORDON; PHILLIPA SOO; BERNADETTE PETERS DIRECTED BY: NATALIE KRINSKY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: ½ STAR I don’t want to make this a review where I am just trashing on Natalie Krinsky’s directorial debut- The Broken Hearts Gallery. I am sure she is a […]

September 8th, 2020 MOVIE: RENT-A-PAL STARRING: BRIAN LANDIS FOLKINS; WIL WHEATON; AMY RUTLEDGE DIRECTED BY: JON STEVENSON AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) In the horror genre, from movie to movie, there’s often a different kind of horror at hand. There’s always gore, jump scares, ghosts possessing a person or home, or the […]

September 7th, 2020 MOVIE: ENOLA HOLMES STARRING: MILLIE BOBBY BROWN; HENRY CAVILL; SAM CLAFLIN; DIRECTED BY: HARRY BRADBEER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) As someone who would describe himself as a fan of anything Sherlock Holmes, it brings me no joy in disliking Enola Holmes. This is a new angle on the classic […]

September 2nd, 2020 MOVIE: OTTOLENGHI AND THE CAKES OF VERSAILLES STARRING: YOTAM OTTOLENGHI DIRECTED BY: LAURA GABBERT AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) With any documentary about food or cooking, the best result to receive is when the audience is mentally salivating. Or at least inspired to leave their home and head directly for […]

MOVIE: ROY’S WORLD: BARRY GIFFORD’S CHICAGO STARRING: BARRY GIFFORD; LILY TAYLOR; MATT DILLON; WILLEM DAFOE DIRECTED BY: ROB CHRISTOPHER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Smack dab, in the center of cinema is the collaboration of artists. When these collected minds come together to make something of substance, it is truly a beautiful […]

August 31st, 2020 MOVIE: MULAN STARRING: YIFEI LIU; DONNIE YEN; LI GONG; JET LI; JASON SCOTT LEE; TZI MA DIRECTED BY: NIKI CARO AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Any way that you slice it, Mulan is a rousing success. Not even the global pandemic can stop this movie, with gorgeous cinematography, a […]

August 31st, 2020 MOVIE: I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS STARRING: JESSIE BUCKLEY; TONI COLLETTE; JESSE PLEMMONS; DAVID THEWLIS DIRECTED BY: CHARLIE KAUFMAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) It’s fascinating to enter into the mind of Charlie Kaufman. I’m Thinking of Ending Things is an evolving film, constantly bending, moving, and daring the […]

MOVIE: NOMAD: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BRUCE CHATWIN STARRING: WERNER HERZOG; BRUCE CHATWIN DIRECTED BY: WERNER HERZOG AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) The first time I heard of Werner Herzog was when I was reading Roger Ebert’s memoir “Life Itself”. I had still not seen a single one of the legendary directors films, […]

August 21st, 2020 MOVIE: PENINSULA STARRING: GANG DONG-WON; LEE JUNG-HYUN; LEE RE; KIM DO-YOON DIRECTED BY: YEON SANG-HO AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) The pressure on the follow-up to Train to Busan was high. It’s never easy to follow a movie that might be one of the best zombie films in the last […]

August 18th, 2020 MOVIE: GET DUKED! STARRING: SAMUEL BOTTOMLEY, EDDIE IZZARD, KATIE DICKIE, VIRAJ JUNEJA, RIAN GORDON, LEWIS GRIBBEN DIRECTED BY: NINIAN DOFF AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Surviving in the wilderness is not my thing either. However, I might enjoy the open air if I was with a few friends- in whatever […]

August 18th, 2020 MOVIE: TESLA STARRING: ETHAN HAWKE; EVE HEWSON; KYLE MCLACHLAN; JIM GAFFIGAN DIRECTED BY: MICHAEL ALMEREYDA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I have watched plenty of biopics during my time as a film critic and I’ve noticed that it does not take much for me to respect when this type of […]

August 18th, 2020 MOVIE: RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE STARRING: JESSE WILLIAMS; JORDANA BREWSTER; JAY BARUCHEL; NIAMH WILSON DIRECTED BY: JAY BARUCHEL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) I take no pleasure when I find a horror movie to be lacking in any excitement and sadly Random Acts of Violence is that movie. Based […]

August 17th, 2020 MOVIE: UNHINGED STARRING: RUSSELL CROWE; CAREN PISTORIUS; GABRIEL BATEMAN; DIRECTED BY: DERRICK BORTE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The question that audiences will need to ask themselves, starting this week, with every movie playing at the theater is, “Will this movie be worth the risk of getting Covid-19?” You […]

August 17th, 2020 MOVIE: CHEMICAL HEARTS STARRING: LILI REINHART, AUSTIN ABRAMS, SARAH JONES, KARA YOUNG DIRECTED BY: RICHARD TANNE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) When it comes to romantic movies, I like them to be lovey dovey. I like it when two people meet and fall in love and I don’t mind if […]

August 14th, 2020 MOVIE: PROJECT POWER STARRING: JAMIE FOXX, JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT, DOMINIQUE FISHBACK DIRECTED BY: HENRY JOOST, ARIEL SCHULMAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The concept of Project Power is, what if becoming a superhero was as simple as taking a pill? Would you do it? In this universe, people are not […]

August 13th, 2020 MOVIE: SPUTNIK STARRING: OKSANA AKINSHINA; FEDOR BONDARCHUK; PYOTR FYODOROV DIRECTED BY: EGOR ABRAMENKOV AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) When the creature exploded from John Hurt’s chest in Alien, there was not much after thought about if the snake-like “thing” would crawl back inside to Kane’s body. The thought was […]

August 12th, 2020 MOVIE: BOYS STATE STARRING: STEVEN GARZA; DIRECTED BY: AMANDA MCBAINE, JESSE MOSS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Watching Boys State will send a little bit of glimmer into your heart about the future. Not a massive amount. You won’t have a heart that glows like Iron Man. I can’t […]

MOVIE: MADE IN ITALY STARRING: LIAM NEESON; MICHEAL RICHARDSON; LINDSAY DUNCAN; VALERIA BILELLO DIRECTED BY: JAMES D’ARCY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) With every case of nepotism you have to be a bit trepidatious. Made in Italy may be the directorial debut for actor James D’Arcy, but the highlight of this movie […]

July 30th, 2020 MOVIE: THE CUBAN STARRING: ANA GOLJA; LOUIS GOSSETT JR.; SHOHREH AGHDASHLOO; LAUREN HOLLY DIRECTED BY: SERGIO NAVARRETTA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) What I kept thinking about while watching The Cuban was that there was not a single villain in this movie. It’s incredibly refreshing to watch a movie where […]

MOVIE: MOST WANTED STARRING: JOSH HARTNETT; STEPHEN MCHATTIE; ANTOINE OLIVIER PILON; JIM GAFFIGAN DIRECTED BY: DANIEL ROBY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) A movie such as Most Wanted is incredibly frustrating for a film critic. You take all this time to watch a two hour movie that has a solid premise, a true […]

July 22nd, 2020 MOVIE: THE RENTAL STARRING: DAN STEVENS; ALISON BRIE; SHEILA VAND; JEREMY ALLEN WHITE; TOBY HUSS DIRECTED BY: DAVE FRANCO AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) In the horror genre, the home invasion movie still scares me. It might be a reason why I’m a big fan of the Halloween series, with […]

MOVIE: RADIOACTIVE STARRING: ROSAMUND PIKE; SAM RILEY; ANEURIN BARNARD; ANYA TAYLOR-JOY DIRECTED BY: MARJANE SATRAPI AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The statement that would summarize the life of madame Marie Curie is, “she did it all for science”. Good and bad, she is the brilliant mind that discovered radium, radioactivity, and the […]

July 9th, 2020 MOVIE: THE BEACH HOUSE STARRING: LIANA LIBERATO; NOAH LE GROS; JAKE WEBER; MARYANN NAGEL DIRECTED BY: JEFFREY A. BROWN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) The Beach House is a horror movie arriving at the right time. At any other moment it would still be considered an awesome, Lovecraft-style horror movie, […]

MOVIE: RELIC STARRING: EMILY MORTIMER; BELLA HEATHCOTE; ROBYN NEVIN DIRECTED BY: NATALIE ERIKA JAMES AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) In the industry of horror movies, it takes a particular type of skill to truly impress audiences. You are talking about a fan base that has seen it all and will throw their […]

MOVIE: GREYHOUND STARRING: TOM HANKS; STEPHEN GRAHAM; ELISABETH SHUE; KARL GLUSMAN DIRECTED BY: AARON SCHNEIDER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Greyhound is not just a throwback to old school war pictures, it’s the kind of movie that would make John Ford extremely proud. In the quintessential “dad movie”, everyone’s favorite dad Tom Hanks, […]

July 8th, 2020 MOVIE: GUEST OF HONOUR STARRING: DAVID THEWLIS; LAYSLA DE OLIVEIRA; LUKE WILSON DIRECTED BY: ATOM EGOYAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) You can’t accuse writer/director Atom Egoyan for being unoriginal, his films are his own spin of drama, and if he is going to miss the mark, he is doing […]

July 7th, 2020 MOVIE: THE OLD GUARD STARRING: CHARLIZE THERON, KIKI LAYNE, MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS, CHIWETEL EJIOFOR DIRECTED BY: GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I’m hoping that more fans of the Highlander movies will come out of the woods after watching the newest Netflix action film- The Old Guard. It’s about a […]

MOVIE: JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE STARRING: JOHN LEWIS; CORY BOOKER; MARTIN LUTHER KING; NANCY PELOSI DIRECTED BY: DAWN PORTER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The word synonymous with John Lewis is hero. He is an American hero. A patriot of the highest regard and I want everyone to see John Lewis: Good […]

STARRING: ELIZA SCANLEN; ESSIE DAVIS; BEN MENDELSOHN; TOBY WALLACE DIRECTED BY: SHANNON MURPHY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) Babyteeth is the most unlikely 4 star movie of 2020. I don’t prejudge a movie going in and when you find a hidden gem, it’s a fantastic reminder of the impact that movies can have. […]

STARRING: JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT; OMID MEMAR; AYLIN TEZEL DIRECTED BY: PATRICK VOLLRATH AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I like to call a movie such as 7500 a compact picture. It’s where the run-time is a tight 96 minutes, has a basic premise, and wastes little time. Other examples would be movies such as, The […]

MOVIE: VALHALLA RISING STARRING: MADS MIKKELSEN; MATTHEW ZAJAC; MAARTEN STEVENSON DIRECTED BY: NICOLAS WINDING REFN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) The blu-ray release of Valhalla Rising from IFC Films could not arrive at a more appropriate time. We’re in the middle of a pandemic, with justified anger at police killing black and brown […]

MOVIE: SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER STARRING: BILL NIGHY; SAM RILEY; ALICE LOWE; JENNY AGUTTER; DIRECTED BY: CARL HUNTER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) Sometimes Always Never is not the worst kind of bad movie, it’s the saddest kind of bad movie. It has an aesthetic to it, a collection of suitable actors, and a […]

MOVIE: DA 5 BLOODS STARRING: DELROY LINDO; CLARKE PETERS; ISIAH WHITLOCK JR.; CHADWICK BOSEMAN DIRECTED BY: SPIKE LEE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4)   Da 5 Bloods is another excellent picture from Spike Lee, but I wasn’t sure it was a four-star movie when it ended. I had to process it, absorb the […]

MOVIE: TOMMASO STARRING: WILLEM DAFOE; CRISTINA CHIRIAC; ANNA FERRARA DIRECTED BY: ABEL FERRARA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) I don’t think Tommaso will have the same impact on audiences as it did on me. It’s about human pain and suffering, an autobiographical telling of director Abel Ferrara’s life, his struggles with addiction, […]

June 4th, 2020 MOVIE: BECKY STARRING: LULU WILSON; KEVIN JAMES; JOEL MCHALE DIRECTED BY: JONATHAN MILOTT; CARY MURNION AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4)   The main highlight surrounding the horror film Becky, is that it’s a dramatic turn for Paul Blart funnyman Kevin James. Trust me, the concept of James playing a neo-nazi […]

MOVIE: THE VAST OF THE NIGHT STARRING: SIERRA MCCORMICK; JAKE HOROWITZ; BRUCE DAVIS DIRECTED BY: ANDREW PATTERSON AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The word I would use to describe The Vast of the Night is vintage. This is an old school movie, with a look from the 1950’s, a classic style, tone, […]

MOVIE: THE WRETCHED STARRING: JOHN-PAUL HOWARD; PIPER CURDA; JAMISON JONES; AZIE TESFAI DIRECTED BY: BRETT PIERCE; DREW T. PIERCE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) The Wretched is a film that will fade from my mind fast during the quarantine from Covid-19. During the pandemic, I have watched who knows how many movies, so […]

MOVIE: THE TRIP TO GREECE STARRING: STEVE COOGAN; ROB BRYDON DIRECTED BY: MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The concept is the same, the scenic views are gorgeous, the food looks delectable, but the journey just gets better and better. The Trip to Greece is the fourth installment in “The Trip” […]

MOVIE: HOW TO BUILD A GIRL STARRING: BEANIE FELDSTEIN; ALFIE ALLEN; PADDY CONSIDINE; SARAH SOLEMANI DIRECTED BY: COKY GIEDROYC AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4)   There are things in How to Build a Girl that will make you smile and there are also things that will drive you insane. It’s another coming of […]

MOVIE: SCOOB! STARRING: WILL FORTE; FRANK WELKER; MARK WAHLBERG; GINA RODRIGUEZ, ZAC EFRON; AMANDA SEYFRIED DIRECTED BY: TONY CERVONE   AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4)   In 2020 the hits just keep on coming. A pandemic, a recession, murder hornets, people losing their lives, and people losing their jobs. The only thing […]

MOVIE: DEERSKIN STARRING: JEAN DUJARDIN; ADELE HAENEL; ALBERT DELPY DIRECTED BY: QUENTIN DUPIEUX AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4)   Deerskin might be a one-joke movie, but damn did I get a kick out of that joke. This is a strange film, a narrative that will not be for everyone, and will be a […]

MOVIE: SELAH AND THE SPADES STARRING: LOVIE SIMONE; CELESTE O’CONNOR; JHARREL JEROME DIRECTED BY: TAYARISHA POE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) In the history of cinema, movies set during the time of high school has spanned from when James Dean was a Rebel Without A Cause, The Breakfast Club was showing us how […]

MOVIE: TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG STARRING: GEORGE MACKAY; RUSSELL CROWE; ESSIE DAVIS; NICHOLAS HOULT DIRECTED BY: JUSTIN KURZEL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) When history is written by scholars it tends to take on a gravitas that unwillingly fabricates a story. It adds a bit of elegance to something that may […]

MOVIE: THE OTHER LAMB STARRING: RAFFEY CASSIDY; MICHIEL HUISMAN; DENISE GOUGH; EVE CONNOLLY DIRECTED BY: MALGORZATA SZUMOWSKA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) There is an argument in circles of cinephiles that a movie can’t be great, simply because it looks good. I am on the team that says if a movie looks gorgeous, […]

MOVIE: SWALLOW STARRING: HALEY BENNETT; AUSTIN STOWELL; DENIS O’HARE; ELIZABETH MARVEL DIRECTED BY: CARLO MIRABELLA-DAVIS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) They are a week apart, but The Invisible Man and Carlo Mirabella-Davis‘ new film Swallow would make an excellent double feature. Two films, about two different women, both struggling with different forms […]

MOVIE: RESISTANCE STARRING: JESSE EISENBERG; ED HARRIS; CLEMENCE POESY; BELLA RAMSEY DIRECTED BY: JONATHAN JAKUBOWICZ   AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4)    I’ve always felt strongly, that the stories must be told, in every medium, about what all Jewish people went through during World War II. No matter how repetitive or similar the […]

MOVIE: THE INVISIBLE MAN STARRING: ELIZABETH MOSS; ALDIS HODGE; STORM REID; OLIVER JACKSON-COHEN DIRECTED BY: LEIGH WHANNELL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4)   It’s terrifying, absolutely debilitating to not be believed, to be accused of lying, or even be viewed as mentally insane. That crippling feeling, that cold sense of paralysis permeates […]

The stuff dreams are made of… The measure of a great movie is when it is timeless, spans from decade to decade, and is as good on the first viewing as it is on the tenth. Everything in that sentence rings true for Field of Dreams. It’s the perfect sports movie, one that reminds us […]

MOVIE: THE PHOTOGRAPH STARRING: LAKEITH STANFIELD; ISSA RAE; ROB MORGAN; COURTNEY B. VANCE; LIL REL HOWERY DIRECTED BY: STELLA MEGHIE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) It was hard for me to remember the last truly romantic movie I had seen. I always go back to John Crowley’s Brooklyn, which was in 2015. […]

MOVIE: VFW STARRING: STEPHEN LANGE; WILLIAM SADLER; FRED WILLIAMSON; SIERRA MCCORMICK DIRECTED BY: JOE BEGOS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I will recommend a movie like VFW 9 out of 10 times. It has a premise that is reminiscent of John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13. The cast is a collection of who’s […]

MOVIE: BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN) STARRING: MARGOT ROBBIE; ROSIE PEREZ; EWAN MCGREGOR; MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD; JURNEE SMOLLETT-BELL DIRECTED BY: CATHY YAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4)   Hiding in the shadows of the Suicide Squad and the massive success of Joker, arrives Birds of Prey (And […]

STARRING: WILL SMITH; MARTIN LAWRENCE; JOE PANTOLIANO; VANESSA HUDGENS DIRECTED BY: ADIL EL ARBI; BILALL FALLAH AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) There is one thing missing from Bad Boys for Life and it’s the direct reason why I had a great time with the third installment of this action series. It does not […]

MOVIE: DOLITTLE STARRING: ROBERT DOWNEY JR.; MICHAEL SHEEN; ANTONIO BANDERAS; JIM BROADBENT DIRECTED BY: STEPHEN GAGHAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4)   How soon before we can bring Iron Man back? Maybe it is just a rough first step, but life after playing Tony Stark for Robert Downey Jr. is going to […]

MOVIE: UNDERWATER STARRING: KRISTEN STEWART; VINCENT CASSEL; T.J. MILLER; JESSICA HENWICK DIRECTED BY: WILLIAM EUBANK AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The month of January typically produces movies that ease us into a new year of cinema. Low-budget horror or cliched comedies fill up screens, while leftover Oscar hopefuls look to gain traction […]

December 20th, 2019 MOVIE: CATS STARRING: FRANCESCA HAYWARD; JENNIFER HUDSON; IDRIS ELBA; JUDI DENCH; REBEL WILSON; DIRECTED BY: TOM HOOPER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 STAR (Out of 4) There are many ways that I can approach writing about Tom Hooper’s Cats. I could be plucky and say it’s such a bad movie that you will have […]

STARRING: CHRISTIAN BALE; MATT DAMON; CAITRIONA BALFE; JON BERNTHAL DIRECTED BY: JAMES MANGOLD AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) I don’t think we see enough sports movies anymore. With cinema stuck in the major blockbuster, superhero, big action mode, it leads to the stories on screen being the same thing over and over […]

November 6th, 2019 MOVIE: DOCTOR SLEEP STARRING: EWAN MCGREGOR; REBECCA FERGUSON; KYLIEGH CURRAN DIRECTED BY: MIKE FLANAGAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Depending on who you talk to, there are some that view Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining as the greatest horror film of all time. That is a different argument, for a different […]

MOVIE: ADOPT A HIGHWAY STARRING: ETHAN HAWKE; ELAINE HENDRIX; BETTY GABRIEL DIRECTED BY: LOGAN MARSHALL-GREEN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) There is something beautiful about Ethan Hawke. This is an acting legend, in my opinion, a man who has put his sweat and tears into the profession of cinema, and made it […]

STARRING: MASATAKA KUBOTA; SAKURAKO KONISHI; SHOTA SOMETANI DIRECTED BY: TAKASHI MIIKE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Considering Takashi Miike has directed 101 films at this point, it’s easy to see why his recent film- First Love– feels like he is making a movie that combines all of his greatest hits. There’s not […]

MOVIE: 3 FROM HELL STARRING: SHERI MOON ZOMBIE; SID HAIG; BILL MOSELEY; RICHARD BRAKE DIRECTED BY: ROB ZOMBIE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I think movies should have a directors note ahead of a screening. The uncommon audience is typically in for a rude awakening when watching a Terrence Mallick film for the […]

September 27th, 2019 MOVIE: BRITT-MARIE WAS HERE STARRING: PERNILLA AUGUST; PETER HABER; OLLE SARRI; ANDERS MOSSLING DIRECTED BY: TUVA NOVOTNY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I would place Britt-Marie War Here on the list of “movies that we don’t get enough of these days”. You might call it a movie for your parents […]

MOVIE: AD ASTRA STARRING: BRAD PITT; RUTH NEGGA; DONALD SUTHERLAND; TOMMY LEE JONES DIRECTED BY: JAMES GRAY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) Ad Astra is about the relationship between a father and a son. It is about humanities relationship with science and the stars. It is about a mission, one that involves seeking […]

August 20th, 2019 MOVIE: ANGEL HAS FALLEN STARRING: GERRARD BUTLER, MORGAN FREEMAN, DANNY HUSTON, JADA PINKETT SMITH DIRECTED BY: RIC ROMAN WAUGH AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) I couldn’t for the life of me, remember the details about Olympus Has Fallen or London Has Fallen, prior to seeing the new action installment- […]

MOVIE: AFTER THE WEDDING STARRING: MICHELLE WILLIAMS; JULIANNE MOORE; BILLY CRUDUP DIRECTED BY: BART FREUNDLICH AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) I always say that movies can be something that changes your mood, makes you happy, or just puts you in the right mindset. Sometimes we crave for a bit of that soapy […]

STARRING: JASON SUDEIKIS; JOSH GAD; LESLIE JONES; RACHEL BLOOM DIRECTED BY: THUROP VAN ORMAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Adults tend to be rolling the dice when seeing a movie like The Angry Birds Movie 2. Similar to the first installment, it is a bright and colorful picture, geared towards making kids laugh, […]

August 13th, 2019 MOVIE: DRIVEN STARRING: JASON SUDEIKIS; LEE PACE; JUDY GREER; COREY STOLL; JUSTIN BARTHA DIRECTED BY: NICK HAMM AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) There have been plenty of movies about John DeLorean lately, but Driven is my introduction to the car creator. That might be the reason why I enjoyed this […]

July 23rd, 2019 MOVIE: DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME STARRING: DAVID CROSBY; GRAHAM NASH; CAMERON CROWE; NEIL YOUNG DIRECTED BY: A.J. EATON AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) There is a comment made by David Crosby in his new documentary that will stick in my head for a long time. Crosby states, “Time […]

June 19th, 2019 MOVIE: BEING FRANK STARRING: JIM GAFFIGAN; ANNA GUNN; SAMANTHA MATHIS; LOGAN MILLER DIRECTED BY: MIRANDA BAILEY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Being Frank scratched an emotional itch that I didn’t think needed scratching. There’s a slapstick nature in the plot, starring Jim Gaffigan as Frank, a man who’s been living […]

July 10th, 2019 MOVIE: DARLIN’ STARRING: LAURYN CANNY; POLLYANNA MCINTOSH; NORA-JANE NOONE; COOPER ANDREWS DIRECTED BY: POLLYANNA MCINTOSH AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) There is an awesome evolution, in front and behind the camera, when talking about Pollyanna McIntosh’s film Darlin‘. This is the third phase of a trilogy. The first installment was […]

MOVIE: THE FALL OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE STARRING: ALEXANDRE LANDRY; MARIPIER MORIN; REMY GIRARD DIRECTED BY: DENYS ARCAND AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) The Fall of the American Empire begins with a conversation between Pierre-Paul (Alexandre Landry) and his current, but soon to be ex-girlfriend Linda (Florence Longpre). The dialogue is rich in […]

MOVIE: GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS STARRING: KYLE CHANDLER; VERA FARMIGA; MILLIE BOBBY BROWN; KEN WANTANABE DIRECTED BY: MICHAEL DOUGHERTY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) You wanted monsters? Boy, does Godzilla: King of the Monsters have that in store for you. The follow-up to 2014’s Godzilla– directed by Gareth Edwards, clearly heard […]

May 22nd, 2019 MOVIE: BOOKSMART STARRING: BEANIE FELDSTEIN; KAITLYN DEVER; BILLIE LOURD; JASON SUDEIKIS DIRECTED BY: OLIVIA WILDE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Booksmart is about as close as it comes to a person nailing their directorial debut. Olivia Wilde steps behind the camera, in this female focused, raunchy, yet hilarious comedy, […]

STARRING: RUTH WESTHEIMER DIRECTED BY: RYAN WHITE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Standing at no bigger than five feet tall, Ruth Westheimer packs the greatest punch of them all. The sex therapist that we all know as Dr. Ruth, is the most unlikely of documentary subjects and yet, is the focus of […]

STARRING: CHRIS EVANS; ROBERT DOWNEY JR. BRIE LARSON; SCARLETT JOHANSSON DIRECTED BY: ANTHONY RUSSO; JOE RUSSO AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Clocking in at a full three hours, the climactic, and 22nd installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Endgame is an accomplishment, even before butts are in seats, and the lights go […]

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Her Smell broke me up inside. I felt like I had taken a trip back in time. To a time when I drank to get away, to a time in my teenage years, to the 1990’s, and a time where alternative rock still mattered.

April 19th, 2019 MOVIE: HER SMELL STARRING: ELIZABETH MOSS; CARA DELEVINGNE; DAN STEVENS; AMBER HEARD DIRECTED BY: ALEX ROSS PERRY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Her Smell broke me up inside. I felt like I had taken a trip back in time. To a time when I drank to get away, to […]

April 10th, 2019 MOVIE: HELLBOY STARRING: DAVID HARBOUR; MILLA JOVOVICH; IAN MCSHANE; SASHA LANE; DANIEL DAE KIM DIRECTED BY: NEIL MARSHALL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Midway through Hellboy, the half devil, half man (this time played by Stranger Things star David Harbour) enters into a store, which is covering for an […]

April 9th, 2019 MOVIE: KNIFE + HEART STARRING: VANESSA PARADIS; KATE MORAN; NICOLAS MAURY; JONATHAN GENET DIRECTED BY: YANN GONZALEZ AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Knife + Heart opens with a scene that is both extremely violent and hyper sexual that it feels like a test for any audience member for what they […]

STARRING: TAO ZHAO; FAN LIAO;  DIRECTED BY: ZHANGKE JIA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The central themes of Ash is the Purest White, is the time and space of our lives. This is a love story kept at a distance and a tragic tale of a failed relationship. Qiao (Tao Zhao) and […]

March 28th, 2019 MOVIE: DUMBO STARRING: COLIN FARRELL; DANNY DEVITO; MICHAEL KEATON; EVA GREEN DIRECTED BY: TIM BURTON AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) With Disney going through past animated classics, retelling them in live-action form, it’s hard to not see these revisions as cash grabs for pennies, especially when it comes to the […]

March 21st, 2019 MOVIE: DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE STARRING: MEL GIBSON; VINCE VAUGHN; TORY KITTLES; DON JOHNSON; MICHAEL JAI WHITE DIRECTED BY: S. CRAIG ZAHLER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) There is a lot to unpack with S. Craig Zahler’s newest film Dragged Across Concrete. It stars, of all people, Mel Gibson and Vince […]

March 6th, 2019 MOVIE: CAPTAIN MARVEL STARRING: BRIE LARSON; SAMUEL L. JACKSON; JUDE LAW; BEN MENDELSOHN DIRECTED BY: ANNA BODEN; RYAN FLECK AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) With Captain Marvel being the 21st installment into the Marvel cinematic universe, you likely have an idea of how their formula is working. The more […]

February 20th, 2019 MOVIE: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD STARRING: JAY BARUCHEL; AMERICA FERRERA; GERARD BUTLER; CATE BLANCHETT; F. MURRAY ABRAHAM DIRECTED BY: DEAN DEBLOIS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) When How to Train Your Dragon arrived in 2010, I don’t think anyone could have predicted how fantastic the […]

MOVIE: HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U STARRING: JESSICA ROTHE; ISRAEL BROUSSARD; RUBY MODINE; RACHEL MATTHEWS DIRECTED BY: CHRISTOPHER LANDON AMovieGuy.com’s REVIEW: 2 STARS (Out of 4) Happy Death Day 2U is not the horror movie you are hoping to see, for better and for worse. Maybe it’s wrong for me to expect much from a movie […]

STARRING: MADS MIKKELSEN; MARIA THELMA SMARADOTTIR DIRECTED BY: JOE PENNA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) As far as survival films go, Arctic is one of the coolest. Director Joe Penna keeps things simple, taking Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, who has the look of a man that saw his fair share of bar […]

February 4th, 2019 MOVIE: COLD WAR STARRING: JOANNA KULIG; TOMASZ KOT; BORYS SZYC DIRECTED BY: PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) The word cold is the best way to describe the films of Pawel Pawlikowski. He follows up his coldest film- Ida, with a film that I would describe as frigid. Cold […]

MOVIE: GODS OF EGYPT STARRING: GERARD BUTLER; NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU; BRENTON THWAITES DIRECTED BY: ALEX PROYAS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 STAR (Out of 4) If you want to know everything that is wrong with Hollywood movies today, look no further than Gods of Egypt. I feel as a film critic that it is my civic duty to […]

MOVIE: GLASS STARRING: JAMES MCAVOY; SAMUEL L. JACKSON; BRUCE WILLIS; SARAH PAULSON DIRECTED BY: M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN  AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) And just like that, M. Night Shyamalan is once again the most divisive writer/director in the movie industry. Following his success, what some have claimed as a comeback with The Visit […]

STARRING: WILLEM DAFOE; OSCAR ISAAC; RUPERT FRIEND; MADS MIKKELSEN DIRECTED BY: JULIAN SCHNABEL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I guess all it takes for me to be moved by cinema is a beautiful score, in your face cinematography, and Willem Dafoe. At Eternity’s Gate is about the artist Vincent Van Gogh, his life, […]

December 3rd, 2018 MOVIE: BURNING STARRING: YOO AH-IN; JEON JONG-SEO; STEVEN YEUN DIRECTED BY: LEE CHANG-DONG AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The title- Burning, is almost too on the nose for everything that happens in Lee Chang-dong’s newest film. It’s a slow-cooked narrative, a love-triangle, that morphs into a character study, and […]

November 20th, 2018 MOVIE: CREED 2 STARRING: MICHAEL B. JORDAN; SYLVESTER STALLONE; TESSA THOMPSON; DOLF LUNDGREN DIRECTED BY: STEVEN CAPLE JR. AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) In past reviews of boxing movies, I’ve mentioned that I grew tired of seeing the same cliched rise, fall, and rise again narrative, about a fighter facing […]

MOVIE: A PRIVATE WAR STARRING: ROSAMUND PIKE; JAMIE DORNAN; STANLEY TUCCI; TOM HOLALNDER DIRECTED BY: MATTHEW HEINEMAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) There are people in this world that hate journalists. One of those people, is the president of the United States of America. Similar to The Post last year, I find […]

October 25th, 2018 MOVIE: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY STARRING: RAMI MALEK; LUCY BOYNTON; BEN HARDY; GWILYM LEE DIRECTED BY: BRIAN SINGER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) Sadly, Bohemian Rhapsody is the worst kind of biopic. It leaves you entertained by the final moments and fails to entertain you with anything prior to it. This is […]

MOVIE: FREE SOLO STARRING: ALEX HONNOLD DIRECTED BY: JIMMY CHIN; ELIZABETH CHAI VASARHELYI AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Let me catch my breath. Free Solo is not the movie to watch if you have anxiety. Or a fear of heights. Or if you just don’t like the threat of someone plummeting to […]

STARRING: STEVE CARELL; TIMOTHEE CHALAMET; MAURA TIERNEY; AMY RYAN   DIRECTED BY: FELIX VAN GROENINGEN   AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4)   Beautiful Boy is the heaviest movie of the year, in a year of movies that has been riddled with addiction dramas. It is taken from the best-selling memoirs of father and […]

MOVIE: FIRST MAN STARRING: RYAN GOSLING; CLAIRE FOY; KYLE CHANDLER; JASON CLARKE DIRECTED BY: DAMIEN CHAZELLE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) First Man is about Neil Armstrong’s historic trip to the moon, but this is a story that is about the journey more than the destination. It’s directed by Damien Chazelle, who made […]

MOVIE: A STAR BORN STARRING: BRADLEY COOPER; LADY GAGA; SAM ELLIOT DIRECTED BY: BRADLEY COOPER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) The lyrics go like this, “Tell me something girl, are you happy in this modern world? Or do you need more? Is there something else your searching for?” And just like that,  we’re […]

September 27th, 2018 MOVIE: BLAZE STARRING: BEN DICKEY; ALIA SHAWKAT; CHARLIE SEXTON DIRECTED BY: ETHAN HAWKE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (out of 4) Although we eagerly await for Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born to come crashing into theaters next week, may I interest you in another film about the rise and fall of […]

September 13th, 2018 MOVIE: AMERICAN CHAOS STARRING: JAMES D. STERN DIRECTED BY: JAMES D. STERN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) At this moment in time, newspaper articles, newscasters, pundits, and documentaries like American Chaos, continue to ask why and how Donald Trump became president of the United States. We are two year’s into […]

September 1st, 2018 MOVIE: DESTINATION WEDDING STARRING: KEANU REEVES; WINONA RYDER DIRECTED BY: VICTOR LEVIN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) On paper, a movie starring Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder in a romantic comedy sounded like cinematic gold. The pair of actors that got their careers started in the 80’s, have had simultaneous […]

August 30th, 2018 MOVIE: ELIZABETH HARVEST STARRING: ABBEY LEE; CIARAN HINDS; CARLA GUGINO DIRECTED BY: SEBASTIAN GUTIERREZ AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Elizabeth Harvest looks like a sci-fi film that you have seen before or maybe we just don’t see enough of them anymore. Director Sebastian Gutierrez introduces us to a happy, newlywed […]

August 15th, 2018 MOVIE: ALPHA STARRING: KODI SMIT-MCPHEE; JOHANNES HAUKUR JOHANNESSON; MERCEDES DE LA ZERDA DIRECTED BY: ALBERT HUGHES AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The story of a boy and his dog has been told before, but Alpha explicitly markets itself as an origin story of man becoming best friends forever with […]

August 6th, 2018 MOVIE: BLACKKKLANSMAN STARRING: JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON, ADAM DRIVER, LAURA HARRIER, TOPHER GRACE DIRECTED BY: SPIKE LEE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) In the current political climate we are living in, the voice of Spike Lee is needed more than ever. The New York director has made movies that constantly speak […]

August 2nd, 2018 MOVIE: CHRISTOPHER ROBIN STARRING: EWAN MCGREGOR; HAYLEY ATWELL; BRONTE CARMICHAEL; MARK GATISS DIRECTED BY: MARC FORSTER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I can only get behind a movie that has a message about kindness, encourages others to use their imagination, and asks us to find an appreciation for the things […]

July 18th, 2018 MOVIE: BLINDSPOTTING STARRING: DAVEED DIGGS; RAFAEL CASAL; JANINA GAVANKAR; ETHAN EMBRY DIRECTED BY: CARLOS LOPEZ ESTRADA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Blindspotting is a movie that wakes the audience up. To a life you may not live, to a language you may not speak, a neighborhood that you don’t […]

July 17th, 2018 MOVIE: THE EQUALIZER 2 STARRING: DENZEL WASHINGTON; MELISSA LEO; BILL PULLMAN; ASHTON SANDERS DIRECTED BY: ANTOINE FUQUA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I already think Denzel Washington is a superhero, but I also think it’s pretty cool that the two-time Oscar winner has found himself an action franchise at this […]

July 12th, 2018 MOVIE: EATING ANIMALS STARRING: NATALIE PORTMAN DIRECTED BY: CHRISTOPHER DILLON QUINN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) I don’t know how to convince people. I have watched a countless number of documentaries about the meat and dairy industry. I have seen the horrific videos revealing what happens behind the scenes […]

July 11th, 2018 MOVIE: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION DIRECTED BY: GENNDY TARTAKOVSKY STARRING: ADAM SANDLER; SELENA GOMEZ; ANDY SAMBERG; KATHRYN HAHN; STEVE BUSCEMI AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) Ahh yes, time for the third installment into the Hotel Transylvania series, which I know you were eagerly awaiting. My words may be loaded […]

July 4th, 2018 MOVIE: BLEEDING STEEL STARRING: JACKIE CHAN; CALLAN MULVEY; TESS HAUBRICH; NA-NA OUYANG; SHOW LO DIRECTED BY: LEO ZHANG AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The title of this movie is Bleeding Steel. Without knowing the plot, I assumed this was going to be an awesome Jackie Chan action flick, that […]

STARRING: PAUL RUDD; EVANGELINE LILLY; MICHAEL PENA; MICHAEL DOUGLAS; MICHELLE PFEIFFER DIRECTED BY: PEYTON REED AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) After the gloomy tone of Avengers: Infinity War, we are given an energetic, delightful, and welcoming attitude in Marvels newest installment: Ant-Man and the Wasp. We pick up in the action following the […]

June 29th, 2018 MOVIE: BOUNDARIES STARRING: VERA FARMIGA; CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER; LEWIS MACDOUGALL DIRECTED BY: SHANA FESTE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) If I didn’t tell you that Boundaries was a true story, you wouldn’t believe it. The entire time, I was thinking it was an original, well written movie, when actually everything about […]

STARRING: SAM GITTINS; NEERJA NAIK; DAVID BRADLEY; GRANT MASTERS   DIRECTED BY: JOHNNY KEVORKIAN   AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4)   An opinion can be formed in mere minutes from what we read on the internet or watch on TV. Constant information pumped into our minds. Watch three different surrogates for the current […]

June 21st, 2018 MOVIE: DAMSEL STARRING: ROBERT PATTINSON; MIA WASIKOWSKA; DAVID ZELLNER; NATHAN ZELLNER; ROBERT FORSTER DIRECTED BY: DAVID ZELLNER; NATHAN ZELLNER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Nobody should be waiting for their knight in shining armor. That’s the lesson learned from Damsel, a western that turns the audience in a different direction […]

June 13th, 2018 MOVIE: HEARTS BEAT LOUD STARRING: NICK OFFERMAN; KIERSEY CLEMONS; TONI COLLETTE; TED DANSON; SASHA LANE DIRECTED BY: BRETT HALEY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) I wish Nick Offerman was my guitar playing dad. I really mean that. Is there anything this guy can’t do? He made us laugh time […]

June 6th, 2018 MOVIE: HEREDITARY STARRING: TONI COLLETTE; GABRIEL BYRNE; ALEX WOLFF; ANN DOWD; MILLY SHAPIRO DIRECTED BY: ARI ASTER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) It is imperative that you remember to retain oxygen while watching Hereditary. That’s what happened to me. I had a moment where my body was clenched, hands […]

MOVIE: A KID LIKE JAKE STARRING: JIM PARSONS; CLAIRE DANES; ANN DOWD; PRIYANKA CHOPRA DIRECTED BY: SILAS HOWARD AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) It feels good to know a movie as caring and understanding as A Kid Like Jake is out there in the universe for families to experience. Here is a film […]

STARRING: JOHN CARROLL LYNCH; MATT BOMER; MAURA TIERNEY DIRECTED BY: TIMOTHY MCNEIL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (out of 4) Finally we have a movie that makes well-known character actor John Carroll Lynch as the leading star. Unfortunately, in that same movie, we also set-back the transgender community with the casting of Matt Bomer in […]

May 17th, 2018 MOVIE: ALWAYS AT THE CARLYLE STARRING: GEORGE CLOONEY; SOFIA COPPOLA; ANJELICA HUSTON; ANTHONY BOURDAIN DIRECTED BY: MATTHEW MIELE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Always at the Carlyle is half informative documentary, about one of the oldest and most famous hotels in all of New York city. The other half […]

MOVIE: FAR FROM THE MADDENING CROWD STARRING: CAREY MULLIGAN; MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS; JUNO TEMPLE; MICHAEL SHEEN DIRECTED BY: THOMAS VINTERBERG AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (OUT OF 4 STARS) A glossy golden sun settles upon the glistening, sheep infested green fields, of an 1870’s Victorian England in director Thomas Vinterberg’s gorgeous retelling of the Thomas Hardy novel, […]

MOVIE: FLOWER STARRING: ZOEY DEUTCH; KATHRYN HAHN; JOEY MORGAN; ADAM SCOTT DIRECTED BY: MAX WINKLER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) There comes a time where that one role can boost the career of an actor, projecting them into superstardom. For Tom Cruise it was Maverick in Top Gun. For Jennifer Lawrence it was […]

February 14th, 2018 MOVIE: EARLY MAN STARRING: EDDIE REDMAYNE; MASIE WILLIAMS; TOM HIDDLESTEN; ROB BRYDEN DIRECTED BY: NICK PARK AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4) It takes multiple animators to make a stop-motion animated feature and I never tire from seeing the meticulous, highly detailed work that it takes to make these clay […]

MOVIE: A FANTASTIC WOMAN STARRING: DANIELA VEGA; FRANCISCO REYES; LUIS GNECCO DIRECTED BY: SEBASTIAN LELIO AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) At the center of A Fantastic Woman is the theme of how important our identity means to us. This subject continues to inspire us, no matter how sure we are with ourselves, […]

January 18th, 2018 MOVIE: DEN OF THIEVES STARRING: GERARD BUTLER; O’SHEA JACKSON; 50 CENT; DAWN OLIVIERI DIRECTED BY: CHRISTIAN GUDEGAST AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 STAR (out of 4) When the audience cheered at the end of Den of Thieves, it made me ponder, maybe this is the movie that the people of earth deserve? Like many […]

MOVIE: 12 STRONG STARRING: CHRIS HEMSWORTH, MICHAEL SHANNON, MICHAEL PENA DIRECTED BY: NICOLAI FUGLSIG AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) When a movie succeeds at telling a heroic war story, my emotions are stirred like a bowl of Jello pudding. It’s easy for me to feel a sense of pride for the brave people […]

MOVIE: FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL STARRING: ANNETTE BENNING, JAMIE BELL, JULIE WALTERS DIRECTED BY: PAUL MCGUIGAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) It’s sad to think that you would be hard-pressed to find a person on the street who knows who Gloria Grahame is. In Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, at […]

MOVIE: ACTS OF VIOLENCE STARRING: BRUCE WILLIS; COLE HAUSER; SOFIA BUSH; SHAWN ASHMORE; MIKE EPPS DIRECTED BY: BRETT DONOWHO AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 STAR (Out of 4) Every year we see Nicolas Cage in a direct to VOD movie, I mean, he has to pay the bills, and at this point, I think he genuinely enjoys […]

January 5th, 2018 MOVIE: HOSTILES STARRING: CHRISTIAN BALE; ROSAMUND PIKE; WES STUDI; JESSE PLEMONS DIRECTED BY: SCOTT COOPER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I saw a commercial for Hostiles during the holiday break, which had a quote from a film critic that stated, “Hostiles is the best western since Unforgiven”. I’ve heard that […]

December 24th, 2017 MOVIE: ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD STARRING: MICHELLE WILLIAMS; MARK WAHLBERG; CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER DIRECTED BY: RIDLEY SCOTT AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) At the age of 80-years old, Ridley Scott accomplished what no director has ever done, re-casting a major character with less than a month before release and […]

December 6th, 2017 MOVIE: DARKEST HOUR STARRING: GARY OLDMAN; KRISTEN SCOTT THOMAS; BEN MENDELSON; LILLY JAMES DIRECTED BY: JOE WRIGHT AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) You will be hard pressed to find a review from critics that doesn’t praise the performance and transformation of Gary Oldman into Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. And […]

November 22nd, 2017 MOVIE: COCO STARRING: ANTHONY GONZALEZ; GAEL GARCIA BERNAL; BENJAMIN BRATT; ALRENEE VICTOR DIRECTED BY: LEE UNKRICH; ADRIAN MOLINA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) How does Pixar do it? Every time I see another animated feature from the studio that made classics, such as Wall-E, UP!, and Inside Out, I […]

MOVIE: THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI STARRING: FRANCES MCDORMAND; WOODY HARRELSON; SAM ROCKWELL; PETER DINKLAGE DIRECTED BY: MARTIN MCDONAGH AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) If you were to use one word to describe writer/director Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, it would be: nihilistic. It may be lame for me to […]

MOVIE: FACES PLACES STARRING: AGNES VARDA; JR DIRECTED BY: AGNES VARDA; JR AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) There are so many places one could begin with Faces Places, the new film from cinema legend Agnes Varda and the art muralist/photographer JR. Perhaps, I should just express how full my heart was from the […]

MOVIE: HAPPY DEATH DAY STARRING: JESSICA ROTHE; ISRAEL BROUSSARD; RACHEL MATTHEWS; RUBY MODINE DIRECTED BY: CHRISTOPHER LANDON AMovieGuy.com: 2 ½ Stars (Out of 4) The Groundhog Day style film has become a sub-genre. A paint by numbers style of storytelling. Happy Death Day, makes it the second film in the same year, with the teenage […]

MOVIE: FRIEND REQUEST STARRING: ALYCIA DEBNAM-CAREY; WILLIAM MOSELEY; CONNOR PAOLO; BRIT MORGAN DIRECTED BY: SIMON VERHOEVEN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Friend Request is another horror movie attempting to capitalize on how humanity revolves around the addictive natures of social media. Instead of sending a message to audiences about these dangers, it […]

STARRING: EMMA STONE; STEVE CARELL; BILL PULLMAN; ANDREA RISEBOROUGH   DIRECTED BY: JONATHAN DAYTON; VALERIE FARIS   AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4)   Recently, tennis legend John McEnroe made a comment on NPR radio about tennis great Serena Williams, stating “if she played the men’s circuit she’d be like 700 in the […]

September 13, 2017 MOVIE: AMERICAN ASSASSIN STARRING: DYLAN O’BRIEN; MICHAEL KEATON; TAYLOR KITSCH DIRECTED BY: MICHAEL CUESTA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) I like to think of myself as an expert at what makes a great action flick. In American Assassin I was seeing all of the ingredients on the screen that could […]

MOVIE: AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER STARRING: AL GORE DIRECTED BY: BONNI COHEN & JON SHENK AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) In my eyes, Al Gore is an American patriot. Throw political parties out the window. He’s not just trying to save the planet for himself, he’s trying to save the planet […]

August 4th, 2017 MOVIE: BRIGSBY BEAR STARRING: KYLE MOONEY; GREG KINNEAR; MARK HAMIL; MICHAELA WATKINS DIRECTED BY: DAVE MCCARY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) Who at any point of their life can’t say they were passionate about something? Some loved Star Wars or My Little Pony growing up. Or maybe you had a […]

July 30th, 2017 MOVIE: DETROIT STARRING: JOHN BOYEGA; ALGEE SMITH; WILL POULTER; JACOB LATIMORE DIRECTED BY: KATHRYN BIGELOW AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) I hope Detroit will elicit emotions of anger, sadness, and frustration from the audiences that see it. Kathryn Bigelow, the director of Point Break, The Hurt Locker, and Zero […]

MOVIE: A GHOST STORY STARRING: CASEY AFFLECK; ROONEY MARA DIRECTED BY: DAVID LOWERY  AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) I’m not sure where to begin with A Ghost Story? It is by far the most unique film anyone will see all year and yet, this is not the type of film you can […]

STARRING: ANSEL ELGORT; JAMIE FOXX; JON HAMM; LILY JAMES; KEVIN SPACEY   DIRECTED BY: EDGAR WRIGHT   AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4)   Yeah, this baby fucking rocks. I’m talking about Edgar Wright’s new electric heist film- Baby Driver. This smooth moving, fast paced affair, is sure to impress the pants off […]

STARRING: CHARLIZE THERON; JAMES MCAVOY; JOHN GOODMAN; SOFIA BOUTELLA   DIRECTED BY: DAVID LEITCH   AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4)   I feel everything is right in the universe, now that we have a franchise where Charlize Theron plays a badass spy, kicking and punching her way through a bunch of German bad […]

MOVIE: 47 METERS DOWN STARRING: MANDY MOORE, CLAIRE HOLT, MATTHEW MODINE DIRECTED BY: JOHANNES ROBERTS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) A quote during the trailer for 47 Meters Down states, “the best shark attack movie since Jaws”, okay that statement is obviously insane. You would have to be drunk, crazy, or all of […]

June 13th, 2017 MOVIE: CARS 3 STARRING: OWEN WILSON; CRISTELA ALONZO; CHRIS COOPER; ARMIE HAMMER DIRECTED BY: BRIAN FEE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) There are Pixar movies and then there is the Cars trilogy. When we look at the collection of spectacular animated films such as UP!, The Incredibles, or Inside Out, […]

STARRING: ZOE LISTER-JONES; ADAM PALLY; FRED ARMISEN   DIRECTED BY: ZOE LISTER-JONES   AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4)   Sure, you could see Wonder Woman this weekend  (no, seriously, go see Wonder Woman), but you could also go see a movie with a super woman by the name of Zoe Lister-Jones. The director, […]

MOVIE: A QUIET PASSION STARRING: CYNTHIA NIXON; JENNIFER EHLE; DUNCAN DUFF; KEITH CARRADINE DIRECTED BY: TERENCE DAVIES AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 Stars (Out of 4) Finally, Chicago is getting the chance to see A Quiet Passion, the exquisite new film from Terence Davies, about the life of poet Emily Dickinson. There is nothing flashy about a […]

MOVIE: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 STARRING: CHRIS PRATT; ZOE SALDANA; DAVE BAUTISTA; MICHAEL ROOKER DIRECTED BY: JAMES GUNN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 Stars (Out of 4) Out there among the stars, those Guardians of the Galaxy just keep on playing the hits. Marvel’s odd-ball collection of characters have returned for a second helping, although […]

MOVIE: FREE FIRE STARRING: ARMIE HAMMER; BRIE LARSON; SHARLTO COPLEY; CILLIAN MURPHY DIRECTED BY: BEN WHEATLEY AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4 Stars) Sometimes it’s just fun to watch a good ole’ fashioned shootout. And sometimes, as critics, we often complain about how movies today are filled with dumb and mindless entertainment. Well, […]

April 14th, 2017 MOVIE: COLOSSAL STARRING: ANNE HATHAWAY; JASON SUDEIKIS; TIM BLAKE NESLON; DAN STEVENS DIRECTED BY: NACHO VIGALONDO AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) In Colossal, the best advice I can give is for you to know nothing about it going in, stick with it, and bask in this film’s brilliant originality. […]

April 14th, 2017 MOVIE: CEZANNE AND I STARRING: GUILLAUME CANET; GUILLAUME GALLIENNE; ALICE POL DIRECTED BY: DANIELE THOMPSON AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 Stars (Out of 4) In Cezanne and I, the films focus is on the friendship between impressionist painter Paul Cezanne (Guillaume Gaillienne) and author Emile Zola (Guillaume Canet), but what I found most refreshing […]

April 1st, 2017 MOVIE: THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER STARRING: KIERNAN SHIPKA; LUCY BOYNTON; EMMA ROBERTS; JAMES REMAR DIRECTED BY: OZ PERKINS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I was surprised that I couldn’t see my breathe after watching the bone chilling horror film- The Blackcoat’s Daughter. Eerie is one way to describe this film made […]

STARRING: EMMA WATSON; DAN STEVENS; LUKE EVANS; EWAN MCGREGOR   DIRECTED BY: BILL CONDON   AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 ½ STARS (Out of 4)   Truth be told, the 1991 Disney animated version of Beauty and the Beast was the first movie I saw on a “date”. I put the word date in quotations for two […]

MOVIE: GET OUT STARRING: DANIEL KALUUYA; ALLISON WILLIAMS; CATHERINE KEENER; BRADLEY WHITFORD DIRECTED BY: JORDAN PEELE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Get used to seeing movies with the tag-line “from director Jordan Peele”. If you are wondering if Get Out is directed by THAT Jordan Peele, then you are correct. The same […]

February 22nd, 2017 MOVIE: BITTER HARVEST STARRING: MAX IRONS; SAMANTHA BARKS; BARRY PEPPER; TERENCE STAMP DIRECTED BY: GEORGE MENDELUK AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 STAR (Out of 4) At one point in Bitter Harvest, wise Ukrainian Grandpa, played by Terence Stamp, gives possibly the worst prayer I have ever heard. Now I am not the religious type, […]

February 21st, 2017 MOVIE: DEPARTURE STARRING: ALEX LAWTHER; JULIET STEVENSON; PHENIX BROSSARD; FINBAR LYNCH DIRECTED BY: ANDREW STEGGALL AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) With the recent success of Moonlight, I hope there is a rise of films that tell more unique stories, about people who struggle with their identity, growing up in as […]

February 19th, 2017 MOVIE: BEFORE I FALL STARRING: ZOEY DEUTCH, HALSTON SAGE, LOGAN MILLER, JENNIFER BEALS DIRECTED BY: RY RUSSO-YOUNG AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The easiest way to describe Before I Fall is a combination of Groundhog Day and Mean Girls. In my eyes, that premise sets it up for failure, […]

January 22nd, 2017 MOVIE: BLACK SEA STARRING: JUDE LAW; SCOOT MCNAIRY; BEN MENDELSOHN; GRIGORIY DOBRYGIN; MICHAEL SMILEY DIRECTED BY: KEVIN MACDONALD AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Director Kevin Macdonald’s (The Last King of Scotland) newest film, Black Sea is the first movie of 2015 that I will recommend to all of my […]

MOVIE: 20TH CENTURY WOMEN STARRING: ANNETTE BENING, GRETA GERWIG, ELLE FANNING, BILLY CRUDUP, LUCAS JADE ZUMANN  DIRECTED BY: MIKE MILLS AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) The dynamic of family, love, and living life that exist in Mike Mills newest film 20th Century Women is just about the greatest thing I have seen […]

DIRECTOR: A MONSTER CALLS STARRING: LEWIS MACDOUGALL; FELICITY JONES; SIGOURNEY WEAVER; LIAM NEESON DIRECTED BY: J. A. BAYONA AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) It is hard to recommend A Monster Calls to audiences. It is a gentle, but powerful film, about a young boy who goes through the difficult stages of grief while […]

January 4th, 2017 MOVIE: HIDDEN FIGURES STARRING: TARAJI P. HENSON; OCTAVIA SPENCER; JANELLE MONAE; KEVIN COSTNER DIRECTED BY: THEODORE MELFI AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) I didn’t know anything about the three women in Hidden Figures. In 1969, when NASA was trying to send a man to the moon, it was Katherine Johnson, […]

MOVIE: FENCES STARRING: DENZEL WASHINGTON; VIOLA DAVIS; STEPHEN HENDERSON; JOVAN ADEPO DIRECTED BY: DENZEL WASHINGTON AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) If this acting thing doesn’t work out for Denzel Washington then I guess he will have a strong career as a director. The Oscar winning legend takes his first crack as the […]

MOVIE: LA LA LAND STARRING: EMMA STONE; RYAN GOSLING; JOHN LEGEND; ROSEMARIE DEWITT DIRECTED BY: DAMIEN CHAZELLE  AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) Someone once said, “we see ourselves in the movies we love.” I am not sure who that someone was, but I saw every bit of myself in La La Land, a […]

November 28th, 2016 MOVIE: ELLE STARRING: ISABELLE HUPPERT; LAURENT LAFITTE; CHARLES BERLING; JUDITH MAGRE DIRECTED BY: PAUL VERHOEVEN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) Paul Verhoeven, the groundbreaking director of movies such as the erotic thriller Basic Instinct, begins his newest film- Elle, with the rape of our main character by a masked […]

November 17th, 2016 MOVIE: BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK STARRING: JOE ALWYN; KRISTEN STEWART; GARRETT HEDLUND; CHRIS TUCKER; STEVE MARTIN DIRECTED BY: ANG LEE AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) If Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk was released in 2007, it would be an eye opening message, to those unaware learning about the post-traumatic […]

November 17th, 2016 MOVIE: BLEED FOR THIS STARRING: MILES TELLER; AARON ECKHART; CIARAN HINDS; KATEY SAGAL DIRECTED BY: BEN YOUNGER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) If boxing movies were the art of cinema drug of choice, by now the medium would have overdosed on the amount of heavy usage this sport has gotten […]