Category: Movies 2023

https://youtu.be/qEVUtrk8_B4 8/10 Continuing the best action franchise of my lifetime in terms of action, fight choreography, stunts, cinematography and lighting, John Wick is back and while there are certainly unrealistic/over the top elements as there have been throughout the franchise, the elevated action scenes will get your adrenaline pumping and make you forget about the … Continue reading #33 Film in 2023: John Wick: Chapter 4

https://youtu.be/pCHiWnj5Oek 6.5/10 Before checking out the latest film from Bobby Farrelly (half of the Farrelly brothers), I made the mistake of not realizing that this is actually an American/English language remake of a 2018 Spanish film of the same name. A big part of reviewing remakes is how it stacks up compared to the original … Continue reading #32 Film in 2023: Champions

https://youtu.be/Zi88i4CpHe4 1.5/10 You have to feel for Zachary Levi. One of the few Hollywood celebrities who genuinely seems like a down to Earth guy, who has been open about his own personal struggles and had the balls to call out corrupt, greedy, evil companies like Pfizer while fellow celebs sell their souls to shill for … Continue reading #31 Film in 2023: Shazam! Fury of the Gods

https://youtu.be/ZlNFpri-Y40 3/10 We have officially reached the point in the MCU where these non-consequential, episodic movies feel like they’ve been written by Chat GPT and 3D printed from a computer with as little human creativity or imagination as possible. While not perfect, the first two Ant-Man films were fun, light hearted breaks from the heavier, … Continue reading #30 Film in 2023: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

https://youtu.be/W8Sqk1GcqxY 7/10 As co-writer/director Guy Ritchie continues to work at a madman’s pace with roughly one film per year, his latest was supposed to drop in 2022 but since it was delayed until 2023, we get a double billing of this plus April’s “The Covenant”. While “Operation Fortune” (the “Ruse de Guerre” subtitle is redundant … Continue reading #29 Film in 2023: Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

https://youtu.be/bHXejJq5vr0 5.5/10 “65” is a movie that on paper sounds incredible. The writers of the excellent “A Quiet Place” (Scott Beck and Bryan Woods) directing one of the best actors working in Hollywood today (Adam Driver) in an original science fiction adventure movie about dinosaurs that doesn’t involve a flailing “Jurassic Park” franchise. While all … Continue reading #28 Film in 2023: 65

https://youtu.be/pBIGdw-BRxw 4.5/10 If you would have told me in 2012 when “Magic Mike” came out that this would be the first part of a trilogy spanning 11 years, I probably would have laughed it off. While it didn’t quite turn into the MCU (Mike Cinematic Universe), the fact that it spanned three movies and even … Continue reading #27 Film in 2023: Magic Mike’s Last Dance

https://youtu.be/0wiBHEACNHs 7.5/10 What would you do if you were vacationing with your spouse and adopted daughter at a remote cabin in the woods and four strangers showed up telling you that you had to sacrifice one member of your family or the entire human race would be wiped out in an apocalypse? That is the … Continue reading #26 Film in 2023: Knock at the Cabin

https://youtu.be/LGWyqty2m-A 6/10 Ireland’s entry to the recent Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film (rightfully losing to the best film of the year in “All Quiet on the Western Front”), “The Quiet Girl” tells a sweet but all too familiar story. Taking place in 1981 in rural Ireland, “The Quiet Girl” focuses on a neglected, shy, … Continue reading #25 Film in 2023: The Quiet Girl

https://youtu.be/seBixtcx19E 6/10 A loose sequel to the 2018 film “Searching”, this Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick directed follow up (they edited “Searching”) repeats some of the same plot points from the first film and connects to it when it really doesn’t need to but has a solid third act to thrill and excite viewers. … Continue reading #24 Film in 2023: Missing