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Freeze Frame: “Eden” (R), “Honey, Don’t” (R), “Relay” (R), “Night Always Comes” (R)

Filmmaker Ron Howard's latest movie "Eden" ain't paradise. In fact, the gifted director's awkward survival drama can't find a consistent pace or tone. Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Sidney Sweeney and Daniel Bruhl star in the remarkable true story of Germans who fled to the Galapagos Islands in 1929...

08/21/2025

By Russ SimmonsEden, entertainment, Ethan Cohen, Honey Don't, Jude Law, Lily James, Margaret Qualley, movie reviews, movies, Netflix, Night Always Comes, Relay, Riz Ahmed, Ron Howard, Sidney Sweeney, Vanessa Kirby

Freeze Frame: “Bullet Train” (R), “Thirteen Lives” (PG-13), “Easter Sunday” (PG-13), “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song” (PG-13)

Brad Pitt is a charismatic, Oscar-winning actor. His considerable efforts and some outstanding stunt choreography aren't enough to save the over-the-top action comedy, "Bullet Train." Pitt plays an assassin sent to Japan to recover a mysterious briefcase on the world's fastest train, only to find himself confronting an assortment of colorful...

08/04/2022

By Russ Simmonsaction-adventure, Brad Pitt, Bullet Train, Easter Sunday, entertainment, Hallelujah, Jo Koy, Leonard Cohen, movie reviews, movies, Ron Howard, Thirteen Lives

Freeze Frame: “Mank” (R), “Hillbilly Elegy” (R), “Sound of Metal” (R), “Collective” (NR), “Vanguard” (NR), “The Last Vermeer” (R), “Christmas on the Square” (NR), “I Am Greta” (NR)

Gary Oldman stars in David Fincher’s outstanding showbiz drama, “Mank.” Filmed in glorious black-and-white, “Mank” showcases the difficulties that infamous alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz experienced while writing Orson Welles’ classic, “Citizen Kane.” It’s a shrewd, top-notch Hollywood biopic that crackles with great dialogue. “Mank” is pure Oscar bait. “Hillbilly Elegy”...

11/20/2020

By Russ SimmonsAmazon Prime, Amy Adams, Christmas on the Square, Collective, David Fincher, Dolly Parton, entertainment, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Greta Thunberg, Guy Pierce, Hillbilly Elegy, I Am Greta, Jackie Chan, Mank, movie reviews, movies, Netflix, Riz Ahmed, Ron Howard, The Last Vermeer, The Sound of Metal, Vanguard

Freeze Frame” “Upside-Down Magic” (Not rated), “Summerland” (Not rated), “Rebuilding Paradise” (PG-13)

“Upside-Down Magic” is a “Harry Potter” wannabe aimed at an even younger demographic. This Disney Channel movie, based on the Scholastic book series, is about students who attend a school for kids with the gift of magic, but the story concentrates on the struggles of four misfits who are ostracized...

07/30/2020

By Russ SimmonsDisney, Disney Channel, entertainment, movie reviews, movies, Rebuilding Paradise, Ron Howard, Summerland, Upside-Down Magic