Barrett Brief Movie Review – Family Matters In The Tomorrow War Summary: A family man is drafted to fight in a future war where the fate of humanity relies on his ability to confront the past. Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Chris Pratt can do no wrong in my book. In a land of emasculated men and beta roles he has been one of the few left to embody the classic […]
Barrett Brief Movie Review - F9: Supercharged Retcon Edition Summary: Cipher enlists the help of Jakob, Dom's younger brother to take revenge on Dom and his team. Genre:Action, Adventure, Crime The Fast & The Furious franchise holds a special place for me. I worked in a movie theater at the time of the first and 2nd ones. The films have spanned my entire adult life, as they have evolved from […]
The Barrett Brief - Greg Abbott Wants To Build The Wall...Somewhere Here is what is happening today in the Brief. First Greg Abbott Wants To Build The Wall...Somewhere na[qtplaces mapid="" template="1" open="1" limit="" mapheight="500" mapheightmobile="" autozoom="1" streetview="1" getdirections="Open in Google Maps" mapcolor="normal" listimages="1" showfilters="1" posttype="" taxonomy="" terms="" debug="0" mousewheel="0" buttoncolor="" buttonbackground="" listbackground="" markercolor=""] Second Christopher Laurence stops by to talk about his latest article Third Fourth Gun talk Friday asks […]
Barrett Brief Movie Review - In the Heights: Saccharin Songs & Leftist Dreams Summary: A film version of the Broadway musical in which Usnavi, a sympathetic New York winery owner, saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life. Genre: Drama, Music, Musical In The Heights is the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda stage production. Now those who don't know will think of this as a […]
Barrett Brief Movie Review – Those That Wish Me Dead Should Slow Down Summary: A teenage murder witness finds himself pursued by twin assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert tasked with protecting him -- and a forest fire threatening to consume them all. Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller Taylor Sheridan, the man has been behind 3 of the best films of the last 20 years (Sicario, Hell or High Water and […]
Barrett Brief Movie Review – Mortal Kombat: Sequel Bait Summary: MMA fighter Cole Young seeks out Earth's greatest champions in order to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe. Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy Oh Warner Bros. and your desperate attempts to get those lucrative franchises going. One quick look at their catalog and you will see that outside of Godzilla, IT & The Conjuring, there […]
Barrett Brief Movie Review - Godzilla Vs Kong: Card Subject To Change Summary: The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another - the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong - with humanity caught in the balance. Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller The monster movie is a lost genre. Much like the western, it is known more for nostalgia, the kind […]
Barrett Brief Movie Review - Ever Greenland Summary: A family struggles for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster. Genre: Disaster The disaster movie. A favorite of mine. Pre-2020, it was enjoyable to watch an play out what would have in X scenario (Of course, being a pepper, I also like to single out what they did right and what they did wrong. Some of my all time […]
Fatman Movie Review - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus * I do understand the irony of posting this review on the feast of St. Nicholas Summary: A rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus is fighting to save his declining business. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12 year old, hires a hit man to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking. Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy Christmas movies. The mere […]
