Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

On the cusp of global superstardom, New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past as he records the album "Nebraska" in the early 1980s.

I don't mean to be insensitive towards Springsteen's struggle with depression and his childhood but this movie was quite honestly like watching paint dry.   It was isolated to the creation of one album in Springsteen's career and harped heavily on a lot of technical stuff with creating the music and dragged massively.   

I wouldn't really recommend anyone bothering with this.  Jeremy Allen White's performance was great as expected but the pacing and entertainment level of it all left so much to be desired.

Regretting You

When a devastating accident reveals a shocking betrayal, Morgan Grant and her daughter, Clara, explore what's left behind as they confront family secrets, redefine love, and rediscover each other.

Pretty much a heart string pulling and extremely melodramatic movie where all the characters had some kind of struggles with a lot of things overlapping.  The acting was actually pretty decent for this kind of a movie but it wasn't enough to elevate it to being more than just a heart string puller of a movie.

I would not really recommend anyone checking this out.  The movie really does kind of end up just being there.

Good Fortune

A well-meaning but inept angel named Gabriel meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker and a wealthy venture capitalist.

The premise of the movie was really really good and very much hit home.   The movie wasn't that long but for some reason the pacing was kind of slow and made it feel longer and held the movie back from really taking off.   Still a good watch but could have been better with the pacing issues.

I would sort of recommend people checking this out.   Anyone who has struggled with professional life struggles and seeing others with the grass being much greener should definitely identify with it but again the pacing was just kind of off.  

Black Phone 2

Bad dreams haunt 15-year-old Gwen as she receives calls from the black phone and sees disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp. Accompanied by her brother, Finn, they head to the camp to solve the mystery, only to confront the Grabber -- a killer who's grown even more powerful in death.

I loved the first movie.  It was one of the better slasher movies to come out in a long time.   However . . . . .  the killer died at the end of the movie so when I heard they were doing a sequel I was a little confused how that was possible.   They tried to change the horror genre from slasher to like a spiritual horror kind of movie.   Like the guy became Freddy Krueger-esque.   The spiritual horror movies are pretty much my least favorite sub-genre.   Doing that made this movie lame as hell.   Like the polar opposite of the original.

I would not recommend anyone bothering with this movie.   Its a shame because the first one was so good.

After The Hunt

A college professor finds herself at a personal and professional crossroad when a star student levels an accusation against one of her colleagues, threatening to expose a dark secret from her own past.

Was a little excited to watch a suspense movie with this cast.   The problem is that there was little to no suspense whatsoever and I ended up getting so bored that I pulled the plug on the movie halfway through.  Very surprising considering the marketing and the cast but it ended up being a bunch of elitists just having convos.

I would not recommend anyone bothering with this movie.   Like I said - a suspense movie without any suspense is doodykins.

Kiss Of The Spider Woman

A political prisoner named Valentín shares a cell with a man named Molina. They form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts a Hollywood musical plot.

This was like just . . . . . .bad.   As far as a musical goes - this very much fell into the forced singing thing that usually ruins them for me.   And then the back and forth between the prison and the fantasy world was not done in a remotely fluid way and just made the movie even more disjointed.

I would not recommend anyone bothering with this.   It was nice seeing Jennifer Lopez in a musical but that was not enough to carry the rest of the movie.

Roofman

After escaping from prison, former soldier and professional thief Jeffrey Manchester finds a hideout inside a Toys "R" Us, surviving undetected for months while planning his next move. However, when Jeffrey falls for a divorced mom, his double life starts to unravel, setting off a compelling and suspenseful game of cat and mouse as his past closes in.

I am shocked at how much I enjoyed this movie.   I feel like I have been watching this trailer forever at theaters and just had it as a movie that needs to come out already so I won't see it any more.   Casually watched the movie and absolutely loved it.  It felt so down to earth, relatable and human in terms of desperation when you are at the end of your rope.   Channing Tatum was great in it and the hook really kept you hanging on to the movie as it played out.   Very pleasantly surprised.

I would definitely recommend people checking this out.   It was a very enjoyable movie on many levels and absolutely one of the biggest surprises of the year.   

Tron: Ares

Mankind encounters AI beings for the first time when a highly sophisticated programme, Ares, leaves the digital world for a dangerous mission in the real world.

I'm really not sure who was asking for this sequel.   I have always said that even though I'm a big fan of sci-fi that there is good sci-fi and then there is too much sci-fi.  The Tron franchise definitely falls into the latter.  I don't remember much about them.  I didn't really care much about this movie.   The visuals and effects were cool but it really didn't have much else past that.   It was just more red in this one when I remember the others being more blue.

I would not recommend anyone bothering with this movie.  It is really just there besides the cool effects.   And they are not enough to carry the movie.

Anemone

Hidden secrets and long-buried resentments come to light when two estranged brothers reunite at a primitive cabin deep in the woods of Northern England.

This movie was quite honestly as boring as that synopsis made it out to be.   It was pretty much like watching paint dry.   If it wasn't for the cinematography and the general presence of the two main actors, I have no clue how anyone would be able to make it through this.

I would not recommend anyone bothering with this movie.  Didn't think I would say that about a Daniel Day Lewis movie but this is a shame of a final movie for him regardless of his son directing it.

The Smashing Machine

MMA fighter Mark Kerr reaches the peak of his career but faces personal hardships along the way.

I don't know if it was all the advance hype about how great this movie was that raised expectations or just me watching it wondering what the hell was the story that warranted this biographical movie being made but this movie was beyond disappointing.   All the hype for The Rock's acting . . . . . . . . I mean he acted well using lots of makeup to not look like himself.  Is that what they were talking about?   Because honestly this movie was about too very overdependent people being miserable with each other.   How does that warrant praise for acting or movie making?

I would not recommend people watching this.  It was a massive disappointment and is honestly just there.  Any sort of awards buzz for this movie makes zero sense to me.