Living for the Cinema
453 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsShort movie reviews from the last 50+ years by Geoff Gershon. https://livingforthecinema.com/
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Batman Forever (1995) - “Living for the Batman” Series
January 21, 2022 09:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBHow do you follow up a twisted, dark, and somewhat perverted Batman sequel (previous episode Batman Returns) which upset a lot of parents, angered a fast-food franchise, and freaked out a major studio? If you're Warner Bros., you take the character of Batman/Bruce Wayne….and cast 90's star Val Kilmer and hire Joel Schumacher to direct and cast the biggest stars at the time including Jim Carrey as The Riddler, Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face, Nicole Kidman as Dr. Chase Meridian, and Chris O’Do...
Annihilation (2018)
January 18, 2022 08:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBThis film had the misfortune of being dumped by its studio at the time of release AND coming out the week after Black Panther but make no mistake, this is one of THE most impressive science fiction horror films of recent years. It was directed by genre master Alex Garland (Ex Machina) and stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, and Oscar Isaac. It all revolves around the expedition of four scientists into a mysterious area of Florida swampland now occupied by alien...
Annihilation (2018)
January 18, 2022 08:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBThis film had the misfortune of being dumped by its studio at the time of release AND coming out the week after Black Panther but make no mistake, this is one of THE most impressive science fiction horror films of recent years. It was directed by genre master Alex Garland (Ex Machina) and stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, and Oscar Isaac. It all revolves around the expedition of four scientists into a mysterious area of Florida swampland now occupied by alien...
DAS BOOT (1981)
January 14, 2022 09:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBRIP to Wolfgang Petersen, a truly gifted filmmaker who was adept at transporting audiences (myself included) into extraordinary circumstances on-screen through relatable characters. He directed some of the most creative and engaging genre films of the '80's and '90's including Das Boot, The Neverending Story, In the Line of Fire, Enemy Mine, The Perfect Storm, and Outbreak. His was a singular talent and he will be missed.... Forty-one years ago, director Wolfgang Peterson (The Perfect Sto...
Das Boot (1981)
January 14, 2022 09:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBRIP to Wolfgang Petersen, a truly gifted filmmaker who was adept at transporting audiences (myself included) into extraordinary circumstances on-screen through relatable characters. He directed some of the most creative and engaging genre films of the '80's and '90's including Das Boot, The Neverending Story, In the Line of Fire, Enemy Mine, The Perfect Storm, and Outbreak. His was a singular talent and he will be missed.... Forty-one years ago, director Wolfgang Peterson (The Perfect Sto...
Crimson Tide (1995)
January 11, 2022 09:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MBWhat better way to ring in the New Year than to do a deep dive….underwater into the world of submarines? Let’s start this week with this exciting mid-‘90’s submarine thriller directed by the late, great Tony Scott. Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman co-star as the new XO and Captain of the U.S.S. Alabama which has just set sail towards Russia as word gets out of a possible revolution there and the frightening possibility of a new military leader getting control of Russian nuclear weapons...
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
January 07, 2022 08:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBRemember when The Dark Knight came out in 2008 and how much of a phenomenon it was? Well, most do but most do NOT remember this shorter, knockoff version of a similar story released about 15 months later in 2009. It stars Jamie Foxx as a District Attorney playing literal cat-and-mouse with this story’s version of the Joker….that would be the homicidal Clyde played by Gerard Butler who after losing his wife and child is now determined to “bring the whole system down.” Things get incre...
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
January 05, 2022 02:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBWhat's the final word on this controversial new Matrix movie? Let's find out... Lana Wachowski returns to direct the new entry in this ongoing saga which started in 1999 as we see the return of Neo played by Keanu Reeves and Trinity played by Carrie-Ann Moss. Also along for the ride are new and/or reconfigured versions of previously characters played by Jessica Henwick, Neil Patrick Harris, Yahya Abdul-Mateen, and Jonathan Groff. What results is a very meta reintroduction to this univers...
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
January 05, 2022 02:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBWhat's the final word on this controversial new Matrix movie? Let's find out... Lana Wachowski returns to direct the new entry in this ongoing saga which started in 1999 as we see the return of Neo played by Keanu Reeves and Trinity played by Carrie-Ann Moss. Also along for the ride are new and/or reconfigured versions of previously characters played by Jessica Henwick, Neil Patrick Harris, Yahya Abdul-Mateen, and Jonathan Groff. What results is a very meta reintroduction to this univers...
Another Round (2020) - Re-Release
December 31, 2021 01:00 - 9 minutes - 6.55 MBFor the last week of 2021, we will be taking a break due to the holidays and some unexpected illness - we'll be ok and be back to releasing new episodes next week. ;) Therefore we are releasing an older episode from last year - this is last year's Oscar winner for Best International Feature Film! What better way to ring in the New Year than to treat yourself to......Another Round! ;) And be on the lookout for reviews of other memorable foreign films (Das Boot, City of God, Run Lola Run) ...
Another Round (2020)
December 31, 2021 01:00 - 9 minutes - 6.55 MBFor the last week of 2021, we will be taking a break due to the holidays and some unexpected illness - we'll be ok and be back to releasing new episodes next week. ;) Therefore we are releasing an older episode from last year - this is last year's Oscar winner for Best International Feature Film! What better way to ring in the New Year than to treat yourself to......Another Round! ;) And be on the lookout for reviews of other memorable foreign films (Das Boot, City of God, Run Lola Run) ...
Inside Man (2006) - Re-Release
December 28, 2021 06:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBFor the last week of 2021, we will be taking a break due to the holidays and some unexpected illness - we'll be ok and be back to releasing new episodes next week. ;) Therefore we are releasing an older episode to celebrate today's (December 28) birthday of The Greatest Actor of All Time......DENZEL WASHINGTON. Denzel turns 67 today and what better way to celebrate than revisiting one of his most purely enjoyable performances and films, this modern classic directed by one of our greatest...
Inside Man (2006) - Re-Release
December 28, 2021 06:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBFor the last week of 2021, we will be taking a break due to the holidays and some unexpected illness - we'll be ok and be back to releasing new episodes next week. ;) Therefore we are releasing an older episode to celebrate today's (December 28) birthday of The Greatest Actor of All Time......DENZEL WASHINGTON. Denzel turns 67 today and what better way to celebrate than revisiting one of his most purely enjoyable performances and films, this modern classic directed by one of our greatest...
Don’t Look Up (2021)
December 24, 2021 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBLANGUAGE WARNING It’s the end of the world as we know it….but do we feel fine? ☹ Two astronomers played by Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio discover a comet headed towards Earth in six months and it has the potential to destroy all of us. To try to save the planet, they spread the word to every important figure they can find from Rob Morgan playing the head of NASA’s planetary defense…to Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry playing co-anchors on the country’s most popular morning show…t...
Don’t Look Up (2021) – SPOILER REVIEW
December 24, 2021 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBLANGUAGE WARNING It’s the end of the world as we know it….but do we feel fine? ☹ Two astronomers played by Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio discover a comet headed towards Earth in six months and it has the potential to destroy all of us. To try to save the planet, they spread the word to every important figure they can find from Rob Morgan playing the head of NASA’s planetary defense…to Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry playing co-anchors on the country’s most popular morning show…t...
Spiderman: No Way Home (2021)
December 21, 2021 09:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBIt’s the Spidey Event of the Season! Peter Parker/Spiderman (Tom Holland) is back and this time around, he’s coping with the unexpected release of his identity to the public…..along with all of the fallout that comes with that to friends and family. He comes to his fellow Avenger, Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), to cast a spell to fix things but what results is an unexpected opening into the “Multiverse.” Soon he’s encountering villains from different universes and things get out ...
Spiderman: No Way Home (2021)
December 21, 2021 09:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBIt’s the Spidey Event of the Season! Peter Parker/Spiderman (Tom Holland) is back and this time around, he’s coping with the unexpected release of his identity to the public…..along with all of the fallout that comes with that to friends and family. He comes to his fellow Avenger, Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), to cast a spell to fix things but what results is an unexpected opening into the “Multiverse.” Soon he’s encountering villains from different universes and things get out ...
Spiderman: No Way Home (2021) – SPOILER REVIEW
December 21, 2021 09:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBIt’s the Spidey Event of the Season! Peter Parker/Spiderman (Tom Holland) is back and this time around, he’s coping with the unexpected release of his identity to the public…..along with all of the fallout that comes with that to friends and family. He comes to his fellow Avenger, Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), to cast a spell to fix things but what results is an unexpected opening into the “Multiverse.” Soon he’s encountering villains from different universes and things get out ...
Die Hard (1988)
December 17, 2021 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBCould this be the ultimate Christmas movie?? Well, it depends on who you ask... It’s the timeless story of New York police detective John McClane played by Bruce Willis on his first visit to Los Angeles – he’s there to see his wife Holly played by Bonnie Bedelia and she happens to be at an office Christmas party. But this party ends up being crashed by a group of unexpected guests led by Hans Gruber, played by Alan Rickman, and what results is full of explosions, hostage stand-offs, craw...
Die Hard (1988)
December 17, 2021 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBCould this be the ultimate Christmas movie?? Well, it depends on who you ask... It’s the timeless story of New York police detective John McClane played by Bruce Willis on his first visit to Los Angeles – he’s there to see his wife Holly played by Bonnie Bedelia and she happens to be at an office Christmas party. But this party ends up being crashed by a group of unexpected guests led by Hans Gruber, played by Alan Rickman, and what results is full of explosions, hostage stand-offs, craw...
Love Actually (2003)
December 15, 2021 05:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBWhen this came out in 2003, it was marketed as “The Ultimate Romantic Comedy.” The story takes place over the Christmas holidays in London and stars a who’s-who of top-flight UK acting talent including the late great Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Bill Nighy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Keira Knightly, and even a few notable Americans including Laura Linney and Billy Bob Thornton. AND it was the directorial debut of Richard Curtis, screenwriter of beloved ‘90’s r...
Love Actually (2003)
December 15, 2021 05:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBWhen this came out in 2003, it was marketed as “The Ultimate Romantic Comedy.” The story takes place over the Christmas holidays in London and stars a who’s-who of top-flight UK acting talent including the late great Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Bill Nighy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Keira Knightly, and even a few notable Americans including Laura Linney and Billy Bob Thornton. AND it was the directorial debut of Richard Curtis, screenwriter of beloved ‘90’s r...
Batman Returns - “Living for the Batman” Series (1992)
December 10, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBSo just under thirty years ago, Tim Burton directed a sequel to his HUGELY successful Batman movie of 1989….and he made it even weirder….AND it’s a Christmas movie no less. Just in time for the holidays, it’s time to revisit this bizarrely entertaining Bat-Sequel starring Michael Keaton as the Caped Crusader, Michelle Pfeiffer as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Danny Devito as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin, and Christopher Walken as Max Shrek. And don't forget that mistletoe can be deadly if you e...
Batman Returns (1992) - “Living for the Batman” Series
December 10, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBSo just under thirty years ago, Tim Burton directed a sequel to his HUGELY successful Batman movie of 1989….and he made it even weirder….AND it’s a Christmas movie no less. Just in time for the holidays, it’s time to revisit this bizarrely entertaining Bat-Sequel starring Michael Keaton as the Caped Crusader, Michelle Pfeiffer as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Danny Devito as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin, and Christopher Walken as Max Shrek. And don't forget that mistletoe can be deadly if you e...
Batman Returns (1992) - “Living for the Batman” Series
December 10, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBSo just under thirty years ago, Tim Burton directed a sequel to his HUGELY successful Batman movie of 1989….and he made it even weirder….AND it’s a Christmas movie no less. Just in time for the holidays, it’s time to revisit this bizarrely entertaining Bat-Sequel starring Michael Keaton as the Caped Crusader, Michelle Pfeiffer as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Danny Devito as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin, and Christopher Walken as Max Shrek. And don't forget that mistletoe can be deadly if you e...
Happiest Season (2020)
December 07, 2021 08:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MB‘Tis the season for holiday romantic comedies (not to mention those airing nightly on the Hallmark Channel) which also feature ALL of the cliches and rom-com tropes you have come to know and love! Here's a Christmas movie that broke out last year for a few reasons: 1) it features an A-List cast, better production values (it’s actually shot on-location), and…. 2) at its center is a lesbian couple played by Kristen Stewart and MacKenzie Davis. Abby (Stewart) and Harper (Davis) – are in ...
Happiest Season (2020)
December 07, 2021 08:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MB‘Tis the season for holiday romantic comedies (not to mention those airing nightly on the Hallmark Channel) which also feature ALL of the cliches and rom-com tropes you have come to know and love! Here's a Christmas movie that broke out last year for a few reasons: 1) it features an A-List cast, better production values (it’s actually shot on-location), and…. 2) at its center is a lesbian couple played by Kristen Stewart and MacKenzie Davis. Abby (Stewart) and Harper (Davis) – are in ...
Remember the Titans (2000)
December 03, 2021 09:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MB“Football Week” continues with this football drama set in Alexandria, VA in 1971 and “based on true events.” Starring Denzel Washington as Herman Boone, coach of the T.C. Williams “Titans” a varsity football team from the first racially integrated school in its district also fielding the first racially integrated football team in that district as well. Needless to say, not everyone is getting along and racial tensions at the school and surrounding areas aren’t helping matters either. Bu...
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
November 30, 2021 08:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBWhat happens when you combine the talents of the director of "Top Gun" (Tony Scott), the writer of "Lethal Weapon" (Shane Black), with the star of "Die Hard" (Bruce Willis), and the producer of both "Lethal Weapon" AND "Die Hard" (Joel Silver)?? You get a dark, funny, and ultra-cynical buddy-action comedy, pairing up Willis’ grizzled, chain-smoking/borderline alcoholic PI Joe Hallenbeck with Damon Wayan’s fast-talking, pill-addicted disgraced former football star Jimmy Dix. You also get ...
Ghostbusters Afterlife (2021)
November 26, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBWHO YOU GONNA CALL??? The director of this new Ghostbusters movie, Jason Reitman is actually the son of Ivan Reitman who directed the first two Ghostbusters movies. This time around, he has given us a direct sequel to the original 1984 classic. The action is now set in the Oklahoma country where the progeny of the late Dr. Egon Spangler has resettled in a country house and farm that he left them. McKenna Grace stars as his granddaughter with Finn Wolfhard (of Stranger Things fame) as ...
Trading Places (1983)
November 22, 2021 22:00 - 16 minutes - 11.8 MBEddie Murphy plays the con-man Billy Ray Valentine and Dan Ackroyd plays a spoiled investment banker Lewis Winthorp – one is barely making it while the other is living VERY comfortably... Let's see what happens when they…..trade places! 😉 Of course, they’re not doing this on their own – it’s all plotted by the evil and powerful Duke brothers played by Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche who also get help along the way from Denholm Elliott as a wise live-in butler and Jamie Lee Curtis as a hooker...
Trading Places (1983)
November 22, 2021 22:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBEddie Murphy plays the con-man Billy Ray Valentine and Dan Ackroyd plays a spoiled investment banker Lewis Winthorp – one is barely making it while the other is living VERY comfortably... Let's see what happens when they…..trade places! 😉 Of course, they’re not doing this on their own – it’s all plotted by the evil and powerful Duke brothers played by Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche who also get help along the way from Denholm Elliott as a wise live-in butler and Jamie Lee Curtis as a hooker...
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987)
November 19, 2021 08:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBWARNING- ONE SCENE WITH EXPLICIT LANGUAGE Could this be the Best Thanksgiving Movie ever? Well, it’s definitely a contender as written and directed by the late, great John Hughes. It stars Steve Martin and John Candy as two mismatched strangers attempting to travel home to Chicago for Thanksgiving – along the way, they deal with a lot more than they bargained for traveling via all of the titular modes of transportation. And there are plenty of mishaps involving cigars, ...
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice - “Living for the Batman” Series (2016)
November 16, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBAfter 5+ years of endless online discourse regarding this film’s quality and what it means, it’s time to revisit this superhero epic directed by Zack Snyder. In case the title didn’t already convey this, this film presents us with a burgeoning conflict between Batman (Ben Affleck) and Superman (Henry Cavill) as they both attempt to protect the citizens of their respective home cities, Gotham City and Metropolis. But throwing a monkey wrench into both of their plans are the machinations...
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) - “Living for the Batman” Series
November 16, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBAfter 5+ years of endless online discourse regarding this film’s quality and what it means, it’s time to revisit this superhero epic directed by Zack Snyder. In case the title didn’t already convey this, this film presents us with a burgeoning conflict between Batman (Ben Affleck) and Superman (Henry Cavill) as they both attempt to protect the citizens of their respective home cities, Gotham City and Metropolis. But throwing a monkey wrench into both of their plans are the machinations...
The Harder They Fall (2021)
November 12, 2021 08:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBContrary to what many believe, the Western genre is still alive….and thriving thanks to Netflix. Here we have a good, old-fashioned tale of rival gangs, redemption, and revenge from a very talented filmmaker directing his first feature no less. Directed by Jeymes Samuel, it stars Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, Idris Elba, Regina King, Delroy Lindo, and Lakeith Stanfield – just a dream team of African American talent providing an underseen POV of how the Wild West really was. There ar...
Platoon (1986)
November 09, 2021 08:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBHappy 35th Anniversary to what is considered by many to not only be one of the seminal films about the Vietnam conflict but one of the Greatest War Films of All Time. It was a major breakout for its creator Oliver Stone who himself was a decorated veteran of that war – for this film, he won both Best Director and Best Original Screenplay as he spent many years after returning home writing this screenplay. This film mainly focuses on the story of newly enlisted Private Taylor played by C...
Neighbors (2014)
November 05, 2021 06:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBEXPLICIT MATERIAL AND LANGUAGE WARNING What happens when a local fraternity moves in next door to a young couple with a newborn baby? Well, hilarity of course thanks to this raucous comedy from director Nicholas Stoller who had also directed past comedic gems including "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "Get Him to the Greek." Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne play the young couple and Zac Efron plays the hunky head of the fraternity – they all start out as friends but of course, things escal...
JFK (1991)
November 02, 2021 05:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBJust under thirty years ago, three-time Oscar Winner Oliver Stone directed one of the most controversial major studio films of all time and it was about one of the most consequential events of the latter half of the 20th Century….the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963. But it wasn’t just about the assassination of a sitting President, it was even more so about the CONSPIRACY behind that assassination and the investigation to uncover the truth about this conspiracy...
Dune (2021)
October 29, 2021 07:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBEight thousand years into the future, the most valuable commodity in the universe is the Spice Melange on the desert planet of Arrakis, otherwise known as “Dune.” Warring planets and factions will fight for control of it including the Houses of Atreides and Harkonnen – if this sounds familiar, that’s because it is the basis for the story of “Dune” the seminal 1965 sci-fi novel by Frank Herbert AND it was also the basis for a 1984 movie directed by David Lynch. Well now, the talented Fr...
Dune Part I (2021)
October 29, 2021 07:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBEight thousand years into the future, the most valuable commodity in the universe is the Spice Melange on the desert planet of Arrakis, otherwise known as “Dune.” Warring planets and factions will fight for control of it including the Houses of Atreides and Harkonnen – if this sounds familiar, that’s because it is the basis for the story of “Dune” the seminal 1965 sci-fi novel by Frank Herbert AND it was also the basis for a 1984 movie directed by David Lynch. Well now, the talented Fr...
Fright Night (1985)
October 26, 2021 06:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBAs Halloween approaches, what better way to celebrate than to watch one of the more underrated horror films of the 1980s. This is the story of Charlie (William Ragsdale), a mild-mannered teenager living in suburbia who lives with his mother – one day, two strange new neighbors move in next door and one of them seems to have some VERY strange nocturnal behaviors. One of those neighbors happens to be the mysterious Jerry Dandridge played by Chris Sarandon and Jerry appears to be….a vampire...
Cape Fear (1991)
October 22, 2021 07:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBJust in time for Halloween, let’s review one of the craziest horror thrillers from the ‘90’s which came out almost thirty years ago and was directed by the Master himself Martin Scorcese….as his follow-up to a little film called Goodfellas. It stars Robert DeNiro as ex-con Max Cady who is out for revenge against the attorney Sam Bowden who failed to keep him out of jail 14 years earlier played by Nick Nolte. Sam’s wife and teenage daughter also get put in harm’s way, they’re played by Je...
Halloween Kills (2021)
October 19, 2021 06:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MBS P O I L E R R E V I E W Michael Myers is back in Haddonfield and guess what he’s doing? Well, the title kind of gives that away but beyond him, also returning is Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode along with Judy Greer as her daughter Karen – Laurie is still recovering from the brutal events of the previous film as this movie picks up literally RIGHT where that one left off. As a result, several of the local townspeople are on the hunt for Myers as he continues his rampage of death...
One Fine Day (1996)
October 15, 2021 07:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MB1996 was one great year for movies including a big studio RomCom starring George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer which came out just under 25 years ago. They’re playing mismatched (or are they?) Manhattanites racing around the city, juggling work commitments and kids….all the while falling in love? 😊 Michael Hoffman directs this breezy, funny romp featuring two movie stars at their peak! Host: Geoff Gershon Producer: Marlene Gershon https://livingforthecinema.com/ #livingforthecinema...
No Time To Die (2021) - “Living For the Bond” Series – SPOILER REVIEW
October 12, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBS P O I L E R R E V I E W Well, it’s finally here….the final James Bond starring Daniel Craig, and wow does he go out with a bang! The story kicks off with 007 retired living with the lovely Madeline played Lea Sidoux but of course….the criminal underworld comes calling as he once again gets enmeshed with the terrorist organization SPECTRE lead by Christoph Waltz’s Blowfeld along with a mysterious new villain Safin played by recent Oscar-winner Rami Malek. Also back along for the r...
No Time To Die (2021) - “Living For the Bond” Series
October 12, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBS P O I L E R R E V I E W Well, it’s finally here….the final James Bond starring Daniel Craig, and wow does he go out with a bang! The story kicks off with 007 retired living with the lovely Madeline played Lea Sidoux but of course….the criminal underworld comes calling as he once again gets enmeshed with the terrorist organization SPECTRE lead by Christoph Waltz’s Blowfeld along with a mysterious new villain Safin played by recent Oscar-winner Rami Malek. Also back along for the r...
Bound (1996)
October 08, 2021 06:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBTwenty-five years ago, this small indie neo-noir grabbed the attention of both critics and cinephiles by announcing a talented new duo of directors….the Wachowskis. Three years later, they would direct The Matrix, and of course, the rest of the world noticed them after that blockbuster! Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly star as two neighbors who fall for each other…only one of them is living with a local gangster played by Joe Pantoliano who just laundered more than $2 million in mob money...
Skyfall (2012) – “Living For the Bond” Series
October 05, 2021 05:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBAs Daniel Craig’s run as James Bond is about to come to an end with the release of "No Time To Die", we review this movie which is his most popular Bond film and among the most popular in the history of the franchise. It co-stars Oscar-winner Javier Bardem as Silva, a truly memorable villain who’s out for revenge against Bond’s boss, M played for the last time by Dame Judi Dench. The film kicks off with a slam-bang action sequence culminating with Bond being shot and falling into a gia...
Skyfall – “Living For the Bond” Series (2012)
October 05, 2021 05:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBAs Daniel Craig’s run as James Bond is about to come to an end with the release of "No Time To Die", we review this movie which is his most popular Bond film and among the most popular in the history of the franchise. It co-stars Oscar-winner Javier Bardem as Silva, a truly memorable villain who’s out for revenge against Bond’s boss, M played for the last time by Dame Judi Dench. The film kicks off with a slam-bang action sequence culminating with Bond being shot and falling into a gia...