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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is a fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by J. K. Rowling and Steve Kloves. It is the sequel to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), the third installment in the Fantastic Beasts film series, and the eleventh overall in the Wizarding World franchise. Set several years after the events of its predecessor, the film sees Albus Dumbledore tasking Newt Scamander and his allies with a mission that takes them into the heart of dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald’s army. While I find Dumbledore films sometimes a little hard to follow, I think Secrets of Dumbledore was well done and a little less complex.

It was 1932 in Kweilin, China, when Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) helped a Qilin, which is a magical creature that can see into one’s soul as well as the future, give birth. Gellert Grindelwald’s acolytes, led by Credence Barebone…

The Northman is an epic historical fiction action film directed by Robert Eggers, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sjón. The film is based on the legend of Amleth. The plot follows Amleth, a Viking prince who sets out on a quest to avenge the murder of his father.

Skarsgård had wanted to make a Viking film for several years, and Eggers decided to make the film his third project after the pair met to discuss possible collaborations.  While I don’t get to see many Viking movies, I am a fan of the star from when he starred in the Netflix series, “True Blood”, so I decided to give The Northman a try.  It was extremely violent and very dark.  Not really my cup of tea but The Northman was well acted and the story was a true Viking real-life plot.

In AD 895, King Aurvandill War-Raven (Ethan Hawke) returns to…

“Ambulance” is an action thriller directed and produced by Michael Bay. A co-production between New Republic Pictures, Bay Films, Endeavor Content, and Project X Entertainment. The film is based on the 2005 Danish film of the same name by Laurits Munch-Petersen and Lars Andreas Pedersen. The story follows two adoptive siblings turned bank robbers who hijack an ambulance and take two first responders hostage. The movie has Lots of action but is totally unbelievable.

War veteran Will Sharp (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), who desperately needs $231,000 for his wife Amy’s (Moses Ingram) surgery, reaches out to Danny Sharp (Jake Gyllenhaal), his adoptive brother and a life-long criminal, who talks him into taking part in a $32 million bank heist. Will initially refuses but agrees after Danny reminds Will of his wife’s expensive surgery, which is not covered by insurance. The heist nearly succeeds until Officer Zach (Jackson White)…

Everything Everywhere All at Once is a science fiction black comedy written and directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. The plot follows a Chinese-American woman, being audited by the IRS, who discovers that she has the power to exist in parallel universes and must help prevent the destruction of them all.  There were some very talented editors and writers at work on this film.  From the trailer, you would never guess what the film was really going to be about.  I found this movie to be funny, way over the top, and extremely weird, to say the least. However, it was entertaining and not for everyone.

Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh) is a Chinese-American woman who runs a struggling laundromat with her husband, Waymond Wang (Ke Huy Quan). Tensions in the household are high due to the laundromat being audited by the IRS. Additionally, Waymond is trying to serve…

Morbius is a superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel. Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the third film in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU). Directed by Daniel Espinosa and written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. Marvel introduces Morbius to film from his inception as he becomes a living vampire after curing himself of a rare blood disease. Being a fan of Marvel, I hurried to see this new and exciting adventure, superhero film.  I thought the movie was fantastic.

At a hospital in Greece, 10-year-old Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) welcomes his surrogate brother Lucien (Matt Smith), whom he renames Milo Morbius; they bond over their shared blood illness and desire to be “normal”. Their adoptive father and hospital director Dr. Emil Nicholas (Jared Harris) arranged for Michael to attend medical school in New York…