The Old Stars Still Got It

RAMBO V: LAST BLOOD

ACTION

PLOT:    Rambo is finally at peace.

John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is on his ranch training horses and adopted a pretty Latina girl, Gabrielle (Yvette Monreal).  She wants to find out more about her father in Mexico and Rambo told her not to go but she goes.  She finds out the truth about her dad, upset she has a night of partying and she does not come home, the Mexican cartel has her and Rambo has to save her.  OMG, this film is very violent.  Rambo wants no more war but he can’t escape it!  Rambo is like a slasher movie for the death are so malicious and heinous but the audience wants blood and he delivers!  Action hounds rejoice!  Stallone says it is the last one but if it makes money-Rambo 6!

HUSTLERS

COMEDY/DRAMA

PLOT:    Former strippers become con-artists.

                Destiny (Constance Wu) struggles to help her grandmother but she is barely getting by and she is working at a strip club.  Soon she meets Ramona (Jennifer Lopez) and she shows her how to strip and make real money!  Then in 2008 the recession and back to being poor.  Ramona cons guys to go to the strip club and she takes their money.  Soon Ramona and her gang drug the rich clients for themselves and of course drama happens.  This is based on a true story.  Wu and Lopez are great in their roles.   Wu as the new girl who likes what stripping can do for you and Lopez as a charming but greedy female. It is sleazy at times and that why men go to strip clubs.  The director of the film is a female Lorene Scafaria.  She is also a screenwriter and I hope she does other projects.

AD ASTRA

SCI-FI/MYSTERY

PLOT:    Astronaut finds his father, another astronaut in space.

                What does “ad astra” is Latin meaning hardship to the stars.

                Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) is an astronaut who is told that his estrange father, also an astronaut is alive and near Neptune.  They were never close and Roy goes to great lengths to find his father.  Let me be clear-this is NOT Star Wars!  It is more realistic yet beautiful shows the stars and planets.  It is slow moving and it tells the mental and psychological toll it takes on an astronaut.  Pitt is great and he proves again he is more than a handsome face.  Again, the movie is good but very slow-not for action lovers or sci-fi blockbuster.

It Came From Inner Hollywood

IT CHAPTER 2

HORROR

  

PLOT:    The Losers Club  now grown and they must kill It again.

                It has been 27 years since the Losers Club has seen each other but they made a pack if IT (Pennywise), the clown, who is really not a clown came back they would come back to Derry.  It comes back and they join forces to take Pennywise out.  The movie is good and long!  The ending lasted like forever!  The cast is very good and Pennywise gets in their heads forcing them to see past horrors and future fears!  The film is good but not as good as the first one.

  

GOOD BOYS

SEX COMEDY

PLOT:    Three 12 year old boys ditch school just to learn how to kiss.

                Max (Jacob Tremblay), Lucas (Keith L. Williams) and Thor ( Brady Noon) are tweens and only Max is invited to a kissing party.  The three boys don’t know how   to kiss so they try to learn and get into more trouble than they can imagine.  If you like the Three Stooges as 12 year olds with cursing and sex toys you will like this movie.  The movie is fun in low-grade way.  It is produced by Seth Rogen so if you like his films you will enjoy this.

ANGRY BIRDS 2

ANIMATION 

PLOT:    The birds and green pigs must save their land from a new threat.

                Red (Jason Sudeikis) is hero to Birdland but Chuck, (Josh Gad) the king of the green pigs still annoy them.  Their feud continues until the evil Zeta (Leslie Jones) is tired of the cold island she is on so the birds and the green pigs must join forces to save the place.  It is a whacky sequel but the soundtrack is great.  The best meaning of all if they all work together they will succeed.  It is worth seening.

Summer Has Fallen in Hollywood, Ready Or Not

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD

DRAMA

PLOT:    Aging actor of the 50s trying to stay relevant.

                Rick Dalton ( Leo DiCaprio)  was a star of TV show Bounty Law and his stunt double Cliff (Brad Pitt) who is also his assistant and a good friend.  As he gets older roles become less and he becomes a villain on TV shows.  Dalton also lives next door to Sharon Tate, the infamous actress who became famous not because of talent but Charles Manson cult followers killed her.  DiCaprio and Pitt are great as friends and despite the subject matter they are very funny.  Margot Robbie is Tate but she has little to do.  The acting was amazing but who stood out was Dakota Fanning as Squeaky Fromme.  She was like a time bomb ready to attack anyone.  The ending is a violent mess but it is not what you think.  Hint:  Remember the title.  If you like Quentin Tarantino you will enjoy this movie.

READY OR NOT

HORROR/COMEDY

PLOT:    Young bride has to survive the night with her husband’s family.

                Grace (Samara Weaving) is so happy to get married into a rich family, the LeDomas who are rich because they create games.  There is a game Grace has to play –Hide and Seek but she must be hunted down before dawn or ALL the family members will die!  Grace has to play nasty and do what she can to make it before dawn.  OMG it is frightening and funny too.  Weaving who looks so much like actress Margot Robbie is creepy.  She is tough and resourceful too.  If you like horror and slasher movies this is for you.

ANGEL HAS FALLEN

ACTION/THRILLER

PLOT:    Secret Service Agent Mike Banning is framed for murder of the President.

                Mike Banning(Gerald Butler) is getting older, has insomnia, a beautiful baby and other problems but when he is framed for killing Trumbell, (Morgan Freedman) the President of the United States he uses his skills to dodge the FBI and other agents to find out who and why they framed him.  This is the 3^rd film of the series and it is full of action.  You find out early who the villains are before the end but there are surprises still.  If you like the two films before this one YOU will enjoy this one.

Furious Scary Lost Summer Movies of Gold

FAST AND FURIOUS PRESENTS HOBBS AND SHAW

ACTION/ADVENTURE 

PLOT:    Hobbs and Shaw must work together to save the world.

                Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and Shaw (Jason Statham) who don’t like each other  must save Shaw’s sister Hattie (Vanessa  Kirby), a M16 agent from dying from a poison that can wipe out the world.  The story is insane and so is the action.  What makes it really funny is the macho bickering between the two leads.  In the previous Fast and Furious they were fighting each other so if you seen those you know what I mean.  The evil, black superman Brixton (Idris Elba) is great as a bad guy.  If you like the Fast and Furious franchise, Johnson and Stratham you will enjoy this movie!

SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK

HORROR

PLOT:    In 1968 on Halloween a group of teens are trapped in a haunted house and they find a book that tells their deaths.

                Sarah Bellows was a lonely child who wrote frightening tales of the macabre but none was as scary as her own disturbed story.  Years later a group of teens for Halloween go to a so called haunted house-the Bellows and a young girl who loves horror picks up a book written by Sarah.  Bad idea!  Not only did she write previous stories; she is now writing stories that come to life and the group has to find out the truth about Sarah Bellows before all are killed.  You have seen this before but this film is not scary as it is creepy!!!  The special effects help very much and the teens are very good actors.  They should have release this near Halloween.  If you enjoy anthologies and horror you will enjoy this.

DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD

COMEDY/ACTION/ADVENTURE

PLOT:    Based on the cartoon series Dora The Explorer

                Dora (Isabela Moner) grew up in the jungle most of her life now has to go to high school while her parents (Eva Longoria and Michael Pena) are on a dangerous journey to go to the legend of Parapata where there is gold treasure.  It is very cute and Moner is great as Dora, a teenaged, Latina Lara Croft.  She is brave, upbeat fearless and smart.  Comic actor Eugenio Derbez as the bad guy Alejandro is good.  Go if you like the series even though she is a teenager.

Mad Dolls, Heroes, and Home

CHILD’S PLAY

HORROR

  

PLOT:  Chucky, the killer doll of 1988 movie has gone hi-tech!

               

                In 1988 film of the same name a bad man possessed a cute doll now a disgruntled worker picks one doll and  cuts out all the safety features but the doll can control ALL electronic devices in the owner’s homes.  The unlucky family is Karen Barclay, a working mom and her son Andy.  Andy is 13 years old but she didn’t have much money and he doesn’t have any friends so she gives it to him for his birthday.  Chucky kills anyone that hurts or upset Andy.  The kills are very messy.  Mark Hamill –that Mark Hamill from the Star Wars franchise does the voice of Chucky and he does a good job.  He is cute and crazy!  If you like movie in 1988 you will enjoy this one.

SPIDERMAN: FAR FROM HOME

ACTION/SCI-FI

  

PLOT: Peter Parker wants to have a normal vacation but a new villain gets in the way.

                Peter Parker (Tom Holland) goes on a class trip to Europe to get away from being a superhero and tells Mary Jane (Zendaya) he likes her but things don’t goes as planned.  Quentin Beck/Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhall) is a new menace and he has to save the day as Spiderman. Holland nails the character of Parker/Spiderman.  It is full of action, humor and heart like the last one.  As in all Marvel movies there are post credits and these you MUST see!!!

               

ANNABELLE COMES HOME

HORROR

PLOT:    The evil doll is locked in a glass cage with good reason but it escapes.

                The Warrens (based on real people) keep cursed artifacts in a locked room in their own house.  They go away for a couple of days and the let Mary Ellen(Madison Iseman) a cute young woman take care of their only daughter, Judy (Mckenna Grace).  Mary Ellen’s friend Daniela (Katie Sarife) is a mischief girl who opens the door to Annabelle’s cage and the fear begins.  It takes a looong time before it gets going but some of the jump scares are good-not typical.  I am not a fan of the Conjuring franchise but it does have its moments.  If you like the other two Annabelle movies you will like this, if not wait until video.