Month: August 2019

‘Lion King’ remake is a bank vault opening to collect

One of the virtues of seeing a lot of movies is being able to differentiate between a cash grab and a true work of intent and need. The tell-tale signs … Continue reading ‘Lion King’ remake is a bank vault opening to collect

In the opening moments of Joe Lynch’s Point Blank, a man with no name (Frank Grill) crashes and falls out of a house, running away wounded with a gun in … Continue reading Netflix’s ‘Point Blank’ is punk rock cinema at its finest

A young woman (Kaya Scodelario) and her dad (Barry Pepper) against an army of alligators in the hurricane-ravaged swamps of Florida. There’s your quick setup for Alex Aja’s Crawl. Here’s … Continue reading ‘Crawl’ is trashy fun if you keep expectations low

There’s a scene early on in Stuber where Vic Manning (Dave Bautista), in pursuit of a murder suspect, tosses a large piece of furniture over a hotel railing down towards … Continue reading ‘Stuber’ generates laughs due to its leads and edgy humor

It’s not hard these days to spot the diet soda version of cinema. The class and soul of movie-making can melt away without the proper care provided by professionals who … Continue reading Frank Grillo and Joe Carnahan are bringing a WarParty to Hollywood

This week, I couldn’t have reviewed two more different movies. One about a family dealing with a cancer diagnosis, and the other about aging Hollywood performers trying to stay afloat … Continue reading The Frank O. Pinion Radio Movie Dose: ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ and ‘The Farewell’ reviews