A Star Is Born (2018) Movie Review

A Star Is Born

Rating: 4.5/5 Classification: M Year of release: 2018 Run-time: 2 hours 16 minutes Director: Bradley Cooper Cast: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliot, Greg Grunberg Genre: Drama, Music, Romance This review contains NO SPOILERS A Star is Born is the fourth time this movie has been made and is Bradley Cooper’s directing debut, the movie is about a famous musician named Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) who meets a struggling singer Ally (Lady Gaga) longing to make her big break. Jackson… Continue reading

Darkest Hour Movie Review

Darkest Hour

Rating: 3.5/5 Classification: PG Year of release: 2017 Run-time: 2 hours 5 minutes Director: Joe Wright Cast: Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn Genre: Drama This review contains spoilers Darkest Hour is about the true story of one of the most influential figures in British politics, Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) taking place at the beginning of World War II in the year 1940 and chronicles whether or not he decides to agree to a peace… Continue reading

I, Tonya Movie Review

I, Tonya

Rating: 4.5/5 Classification: MA15+ Year of release: 2017 Run-time: 2 hours Director: Craig Gillespie Cast: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Julianne Nicholson Genre: Drama This review contains spoilers I, Tonya is about the true story of competitive ice skater Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) who eventually becomes one of only two women to successfully land a triple Axel in a competition, as she successfully climbs up the ranks of competitive ice skating and is looking to compete in the 1994… Continue reading

The Post Movie Review

The Post

Rating: 4/5 Classification: M Year of release: 2017 Run-time: 1 hour 56 minutes Director: Steven Spielberg Cast: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk Genre: Drama This review contains no spoilers The Post is based on a true story and is set mostly in the early 1970s and is about a number of newspaper journalists who get their hands on the Pentagon Papers that are U.S. government secret documents about the Vietnam War, after then U.S. President Richard Nixon… Continue reading

All the Money in the World Movie Review

All the Money in the World

Rating: 3.5/5 Classification: MA15+ Year of release: 2017 Run-time: 2 hours 12 minutes Director: Ridley Scott Cast: Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Romain Duris Genre: Crime, Drama This review contains no spoilers All the Money in the World is inspired by true events and based on the book “Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty” by John Pearson, and is set in 1973 when a 16-year-old boy named John Paul Getty III… Continue reading

The Disaster Artist Movie Review

The Disaster Artist

Rating: 4/5 Classification: M Year of release: 2017 Run-time: 1 hour 44 minutes Director: James Franco Cast: James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Ari Graynor Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama The Disaster Artist is based on the book titled “The Disaster Artist: My Life inside The Room, The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made” by Greg Sestero and tells the true story that takes place from the late 1990s to early 2000s and is about aspiring actors Greg Sestero (Dave Franco) and… Continue reading

The Room Movie Review

The Room

Rating: 0/5 Classification: M Year of release: 2003 Run-time: 1 hour 39 minutes Director: Tommy Wiseau Cast: Tommy Wiseau, Greg Sestero, Juliette Danielle, Philip Haldiman Genre: Drama This review contains spoilers The Room is about a man named Johnny (Tommy Wiseau), who happily lives in San Francisco with his fiancée or in this movie is always referred to as his future wife Lisa (Juliette Danielle), however things take a turn for the worst when Lisa gets bored with Johnny and… Continue reading

The Prestige Movie Review

Rating: 4/5 Classification: M Year of release: 2006 Run-time: 2 hrs 10 mins Director: Christopher Nolan Cast: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine Genre: Drama This review contains spoilers The Prestige is based on Christopher Priest’s novel of the same name and is set in the 1890s in London and is about two friends and ambitious magicians Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) and Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) perform together until a tragic accident occurs when Robert’s wife Julia (Piper… Continue reading

Jerry Maguire Movie Review

Rating: 4/5 Classification: M Year of release: 1996 Run-time: 2 hrs 19 mins Director: Cameron Crowe Cast: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renee Zellweger, Kelly Preston Genre: Comedy, Drama This review contains spoilers Tom Cruise plays the title character and is a sports agent and has a moral epiphany and gets fired for speaking his mind in a mission statement, Jerry decides to start his own agency with his secretary Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zellweger) and Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.)… Continue reading

A Few Good Men Movie Review

A Few Good Men

Rating: 4/5 Classification: M Year of release: 1992 Run-time: 2 hrs 18 mins Director: Rob Reiner Cast: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon Genre: Drama This review contains no spoilers A Few Good Men is based on the play of the same name written and adapted to the screen by Aaron Sorkin and is about two U.S. marines Lance Corporal Harrold W. Dawson (Wolfgang Bodison) and Private Louden Downey (James Marshall) who are accused of the murder of… Continue reading