filmboom Reviews

Hunter Killer (2018)

Good popcorn movie

[7/10 · 25 October 2018]

Review sections are becoming Tweet-oriented arguments.

This is a movie that is a great way of spending 2 hours with a container of popcorn and a drink. The action is well-choreographed and the dialogue is well-crafted and unpretentious.

The English-speaking Russian characters is a directorial decision and I could have enjoyed it either authentic Russian or pre-translated. Just let go and suspend your belief...enjoy!

Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan (2012– )

At last

[8 March 2013]

I saw Dominic on Jimmy Kimmel and am SO happy to see this series being produced/distributed. We as the inhabitants of this small rock need to remember that the non-humans are not only important but CRITICAL to the future of this planet. Next time you see a spider inside your home, take a glass, trap it and slide a card or sheet of stiff paper under the spider and glass and turn upside-down. Take the critter outside and let it go. It's not going to hurt you. It's FAR more frightened of you than you of it. All creatures need to be respected. Even the "poisonous" one.

We are all tenants of the blue marble. Live....and let live.

WarGames: The Dead Code (2008 Video)

Stop the Doo Doo

[1/10 · 7 March 2013]

This is a PERFECT example of what happens when you have morons sitting in a cubicle somewhere, not finding new scripts that have any creativity to them...what to do, what to do. I KNOW!!! Let's rehash an existing script with 2008 software updates, shoot it in Canada with REALLY BAD Canadian ACTORS to save money, use cheap production values and sell the film to immediate overseas release and release to DVD. Did I say hire really BAD Canadian actors? The Mom with a cold? Overacting! The kid's colleagues? ZERO acting chops. Don't BOTHER!

This movie is more than derivative. If the original "War Games" never came out, this film would still be considered a bad idea unworthy of being put to celluloid or whatever medium they use these days. This was a bad idea from the git-go.

Collision Earth (2011 TV Movie)

Is there any rating below 1 star? Another Cinetel piece of garbage.

[1/10 · 5 March 2013]

If you want bad script, bad production value, bad acting and altogether a waste of 90 minutes you'll never get back, then watch any of Cinetel Productions' movies. Lisa Hansen is famous in Hollywood for putting out C-pictures...not even B-minus. She finds crap, puts it on the screen and pockets the meager profits she makes on foreign distribution.

Lisa Hansen is also known for questionable financial practices when she lands her production team in some unsuspecting city where she sets her films. But then, you might expect that given the sleazy, slippery, conniving producing she's known for.

Collision Earth shows that you'll never go broke underestimating the taste of a bad producer.

Missing (2012)

Network failures

[8/10 · 28 September 2012]

I wholeheartedly CONCUR with "julesrulesny" assessment of the network's pulling the plug on "Missing". Did you see the 2012 Emmy broadcast? You know...the awards show wherein NONE of the four original networks were NOMINATED for awards for TV Drama?!!

They HAD a good thing in Missing and they BLEW IT. It was severely underestimated and might have been a case of self-fulfilling prophecy. As in, "I think I heard a neighbor of my daughter's who said he didn't like it, so let's pull it off the air".

Whatever...Jimmy Kimmel mentioned the absence of the networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS) nominations, tossing it off as the citizenry "wanting to see boobs" which was underestimating the loathing the people of the U.S. have for the original three. If you want good shows, tune in to AMC, Fox, TNT, USA! Screw the networks who are under the thumbs of censors! I worked in the film business for 30 years and have been watching TV Drama for twice that long and MY assessment? Missing...another show too good for TV.