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COMEDY. “Pixie.” / “Frances Ferguson.” / “Blades of Glory.” / “Pirate Radio.”

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“Pixie” (2020, Paramount+) British comedy thriller. Pixie Hardy sets out to avenge her mother's death and attempts a heist that will give her the means to leave her small-town life behind. When the plan goes horribly wrong, she's forced to team up with a pair of misfits who are clearly in over their heads.         This movie is funny but not very funny, so as to elicit laughter from me. Cute, could be the apt word. The oddball tandem of Ben Hardy and Daryl McCormack, as Frank and Harland, tickles a bit, sure. But it is Olivia Cooke's title character that gets the ball rolling.         And oh Alec Baldwin's Father Hector, with the awful Brit accent, isn't funny at all. 🎥💻📽 “Frances Ferguson” (2019, Tubi) comedy film . Frances Ferguson is a dissatisfied, unhappily married substitute teacher at a high school in North Platte , Nebraska .          The subject matter is ...
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MOVIES THAT SUCK! “Tin Soldier.” / “The Ruse.” / “Breaking News in Yuba County.” / “The Girl with a Bracelet.” / “Autumn Lights.” / “Stray.”

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“Tin Soldier” (2025, Hulu) action thriller . When the leader of a dangerous cult triggers a standoff with authorities, a former soldier returns to the compound he left years earlier to find his missing wife and square off against the man he used to follow.          Regardless of its proven lure: Jamie Foxx. Robert De Niro, John Leguizamo , plus Scott Eastwood (Clint's son) and reliable support characters Yul Vazquez and Saïd Taghmaoui, this project by Brad Furman still qualifies as B-movie fare, with some explosions.          “Tin Soldier” is scattered or fragmented, acting is extraordinarily overacted (especially Mr Foxx) and simply a messy heap of genre cliches. 🎥💻📽 “The Ruse” (2024, Tubi) thriller film. A young in-home caregiver fears for her life after being assigned to a mysterious, elderly patient in a remote seaside home.         This little movie by a ...
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LIAM NEESON. “Blacklight.” / “The Grey.” / “Cold Pursuit.”

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“Blacklight” (2022, Pluto TV) action thriller film . Stars Liam Neeson as a brooding FBI fixer who becomes involved in a government conspiracy.         With a production budget of $43 million, this movie only grossed about $16 million worldwide, making it a box-office bomb . Not hard to believe that. Definitely, this is one of Mr Neeson 's worst performances and/or movies.         The storyline is scattered with crisscrossing subplots and unpursued back stories, nothing new or exciting about the action sequences, and acting is “another day on the job” uninspired. 🎥💻📽 “Cold Pursuit” (2019, Netflix) action thriller film . Follows a vengeful snowplow driver, Nels Coxman, who starts killing the members of a drug cartel following the murder of his son. Stars Liam Neeson as Nels.          Stylish direction by Hans Petter Moland , from Frank Baldwin's script, a remake ...
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GERARD BUTLER. “Kandahar.” / “Last Seen Alive.” / “Copshop.”

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“Kandahar” (2023, Sling) spy action thriller film , loosely based on actual events, the story follows a CIA operative and his translator who flee Afghanistan after their covert mission is exposed. Stars Gerard Butler.          Mr Butler's CIA and ex-MI6 Tom Harris’ bearded macho posturing is easily the highlight of this movie, forget that this is all a lame derivative of the usual Americans/Europeans warring elsewhere cliché. With some stabs at guilt? And the battle scenes are short of spectacular. 🎥💻📽 “Last Seen Alive” (2022, Hulu) action thriller. A man takes the law into his own hands in the search for his missing wife.         A critic mentioned that this movie is “achingly similar” to that of the 1997 Kurt Russell film “ Breakdown.” I saw that movie but I am not bothered by the similarity. Many movies manage to project “original” identities although loosely based on previous films (such as Akira...
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ACTION DRAMA. “The Wrecking Crew.” / “The Rip.” / “Silent Night.” / “Warrior.”

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“The Wrecking Crew” (2026, Amazon Prime) buddy cop action comedy. Private investigator Walter Hale is killed in an apparent hit and run in Hawaii . His sons, estranged half-brothers US Navy SEAL James and suspended police detective Jonny, are informed of his passing.          This is a Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista weekend, guys! Bring out the Coleman cooler of Coronas and seafood boil and enjoy!         All macho shit, I know. Yet this movie's charm and wit are infectiously unavoidable. The story is flimsy, I know. But the awesome action sequences + the smart-ass attitude are sheer delight! The highway spectacle, featuring Morena Baccarin on the wheels, is worth a bottoms-up chug-along. Morena is the top macho on that one.         And it looks like there's a sequel, upcoming? Let it roll! 🎥💻📽 “The Rip” (2026, Netflix) action thriller film written and directed...
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