Book Club puts the sex back into sexagenarian
Movie Title: Book Club Grade: B- Rating: PG-13, 104 minutes In a Nutshell: I guess you could say that this movie puts the sex back into the word “sexagenarian”, although the majority of the leading ladies are in their … Continued
Deadpool 2 movie review
Movie Title: Deadpool 2 Grade: B+ Rating: R, 119 minutes In a Nutshell: Marvel is on a roll. The X-Force team assembles under the guidance of the most disrespectful, irreverent superhero ever, Deadpool, played expertly by Ryan Reynolds. As … Continued
Traffick puts the spotlight on human trafficking in the USA
Movie Title: Traffik Grade: C- Rating: R, 1 hour 36 minutes In a Nutshell: I was in the Las Vegas airport recently and saw a sign on the bathroom door stall that gave an emergency phone number for women … Continued
Overboard remake adds some new elements to the 1987 original
Movie Title: Overboard Grade: B Rating: PG-13, 110 minutes In a Nutshell: It has been many years since I saw the original Gary Marshall movie Overboard starring Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, but I remember thinking it was a charming Rom-com. The … Continued
Breaking In is timed perfectly for Mother’s Day
Movie Title: Breaking In Grade: C- Rating: PG-13, 88 minutes In a Nutshell: Just in time for Mother’s Day, Gabrielle Union does a good job showing us what any mama bear will do to protect her cubs. Unfortunately, … Continued
Isle of Dogs displays style and detail in a stop-motion treat for dog lovers
Movie Title: Isle of Dogs Grade: A- Rating: PG-13, 101 minutes In a Nutshell: I went to Japan with my family last summer for the first time. It was so amazing that I know it won’t be the … Continued
I Can Only Imagine tells the inspiring story of the most played Christian song of all time
Movie Title: I Can Only Imagine Grade: B Rating: PG, 1 hour 50 minutes In a Nutshell: Imagine what it would be like to walk with Jesus. That’s the crux of the story line of this movie and the … Continued
Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare gets my grade of D for dumb
Movie Title: Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare Grade: D for dumb Rating: PG-13 In a Nutshell: Brought to the Big Screen by the same producers as the award winning Get Out and Happy Death Day this horror teen flick scored a terrible 15% … Continued
Avengers: Infinity War packs a punch in Marvel’s longest movie to date
Movie Title: Avengers: Infinity War Grade: A Rating: PG-13, 156 minutes (the longest Marvel film to date) In a Nutshell: Starring…well….EVERYONE! All of your favorite Marvel superheroes get spotlighted, a difficult task that the Russo brothers capably tackled. As the … Continued
Best-selling author Trina Boice speaks at LDSPMA writers’ conference
Guess who is speaking at the LDSPMA writers’ conference in November? ME!!! Oh yeah, and my new best friend Orson Scott Card! Check out the impressive list of other speakers. It’s going to be awesome! Come join us! https://www.ldspma.org/2018-ldspma-annual-conference/