It is possible to surpass an original with a remake! I give this 5 out of 5 stars. Click the image to read my entire review.
Phantom Boy (2015)
In a hospital a boy discovers he can leave his body & fly about. He helps an injured cop & a reporter to find & defeat a villain threatening the city.
Dough (2015)
When an old Jewish baker hires a Muslim teenager from Darfur as his apprentice, the boy accidentally spills cannabis into the dough, with amazing results.
Film Capsules August 2016
To see a longer review, click onto the titles that are highlighted. Hell or High Water Rated R. Running time: 1 hour 42 min. Proverbs 6:30-31; Romans 6:23. This crime thriller is outstanding due to the excellent cast and its story grounded in the on-going financial crisis in which banks are foreclosing on property owners …
Hunt For the Wilderpeople (2015)
A boy’s foster aunt dies & he runs into the bush rather than be sent back into the welfare system. The gruff widower who did not like him hunts for him. In turn they are hunted by the police who think the man has kifnapped the boy.
Café Society (2016)
Young Bobby visits his big time agent Uncle Phil, finding work but when he is disappointed in love, he returns to New York to become a successful managerof the night club owned by his gangster older brother.
DANCING AT LUGHNASA (1998)
From the February 1999 Visual Parables. Rated PG. Running time: 1 hour 35 min. Our content ratings: Violence 1; Language 2; Sex/Nudity 3 Our star rating (1-5): 5 Praise the Lord!… Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance Psalm 150:1-4 Dance, then, wherever you may …
The Infiltrator (2016)
Absolutely terrific! 5 out of 5 stars. Click the image to read my entire review.
Dheepan (2015)
Fleeing war-torn Sri Lanka, a former Tamil Tiger soldier forms a family with a widow & an orphan to begin life anew in a French housing project despite a violent drug gang.
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
Kirk & crew are led into a trap on a planet where the evil Krall waits to take from their ship a device that will give him power to destroy the Federation, against which he has a grudge.