A princess joins forces with seven dwarfs to liberate her kingdom from her cruel stepmother the Evil Queen. Chuck says: Sometimes, the warning signs are there, and you just look past them. Such [...]

When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband – also a legendary agent – faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage, [...]

An amateur bodybuilder battles both the limits of his physical body and his own inner demons to gain recognition. Chuck says: Like all of us, Killian Maddox is looking for validation. What with [...]

Two of New York City’s most notorious organized crime bosses vie for control of the city’s streets. Once best friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals set them on a deadly [...]

While the refugees in Casablanca were all pining for an exit visa, the outcasts of Las Piedras in Henri-Georges Clouzat’s The Wages of Fear are desperate for any way out of the South [...]

An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick. Chuck says: Like a battered robot badly in need of [...]

When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, a man incapable of feeling physical pain turns his rare condition into an unexpected advantage in the fight to rescue her. Chuck says: The DNA of Dan [...]

Porky Pig and Daffy Duck are Earth’s only hope when facing the threat of alien invasion. Chuck says: Watching as many movies as I do, it’s rare that I see something truly awful. Sure, there [...]

In a time when pro wrestling for women was illegal all over the United States, a small town single mother embraces the danger as she dominates America’s most masculine sport and becomes the [...]

Mickey 17, known as an “expendable,” goes on a dangerous journey to colonize an ice planet. Chuck says: News of reshoots and long nights in the editing room, as well as ever-changing [...]

Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child’s puppet to abuse the home’s residents [...]

A former criminal’s ordinary life, which is turned upside down when his old family shows up for a long-awaited reunion. Chuck says: What with its cast of unsavory characters, dark sense of [...]

A true story that follows seasoned deep-sea divers as they battle the raging elements to rescue their crew mate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean’s surface. Chuck says: There are a [...]

When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father’s old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths start. The siblings decide to throw the toy away and move on with their lives, [...]

A young boy with both a rare brittle-bone disease and autism. But what makes him truly unique is his joyous, funny, life-affirming world view that transforms and unites everyone around him. Chuck [...]

Although anger was present in many of the characters Adam Sandler portrayed early in his career, Paul Thomas Anderson expoited this element of the actor’s persona in a more meaningly way [...]

When her only daughter goes off to university, an empty-nest mother gets stuck taking care of her daughter’s heartbroken ex-boyfriend, whom she can’t stand. Chucks says: Dane Clark [...]

An Irish shepherding family thrust into battle on several fronts: internal strife, hostility within the family, rivalry with another farmer. Paternalism, heritage, and the generational trauma [...]

Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, finds himself in the middle of an international incident and must discover the motive behind a nefarious global plan. Chuck says: Among fans of the Marvel [...]

Paddington returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them [...]

The film traces the journeys of the four members of the Stairway To Heaven rockers through the music scene of the 1960s and their meeting in the summer of 1968, culminating in 1970. Chuck says: [...]

A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence during the tightening grip of a military dictatorship in Brazil, 1971. Chuck says: [...]

During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes. Chuck says: When ABC dispatched Roone [...]

When two weddings are double-booked at the same venue, the father of one bride and the sister of the other bride try to preserve the wedding weekend. Chuck says: Multi-tasking has become, some [...]

A billionaire’s death sets off a chain of events for Iris and her friends during a weekend trip to his lakeside estate. Chuck says: Wicked clever and flat out fun, Drew Hancock’s [...]

Haunted by torturous childhood memories, Nate Williams finds himself engulfed in darkness. When his drama teacher, Mr. Deen bails him out of jail and takes him in, Nate must confront his past [...]

A family at a remote farmhouse is attacked by an unseen animal, but as the night stretches on, the father begins to transform into something unrecognizable. Chuck says: Those who know me, [...]

When visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by a [...]

A family becomes convinced they are not alone after moving into their new home in the suburbs.   Chuck says: Steven Soderbergh has always struck me as an artist who’s easily bored. Tired of [...]

A pilot transports an Air Marshal accompanying a fugitive to trial. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who they seem. Chuck says: [...]

More than any other biography, Robert Matzen’s “Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe” examines the actor’s stint in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. In addition to [...]

It’s been about three years since the premiere of “Severance,” the hit Apple TV+ series starring Adam Scott and developed by a team lead by Ben Stiller, and we finally have Season 2 ready.  The [...]

Former CIA spies Emily and Matt are pulled back into espionage after their secret identities are exposed. Chuck says: I’m going to give writer/director Seth Gordon the benefit of the doubt and [...]

Centers around the life of wrestler Anthony Robles, who was born with one leg and won a national championship in 2011 while competing at Arizona State University. Chuck says: On the surface, [...]

A singular profile of British pop superstar Robbie Williams. Chuck says: In researching British pop star Robbie Williams for a potential biopic, director Michael Gracey noticed that in numerous [...]

A seasoned showgirl must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a 30-year run. Chuck says: It’s obvious Shelly is not one to think about tomorrow. Having been a showgirl – not a [...]

A 19th-century widow has to make an impossible choice when, during an especially cruel winter, a foreign ship sinks off the coast of her Icelandic fishing village. Chuck says: With a thorny [...]

After escaping from an island prison where he spent 14 years for being wrongly accused of state treason, Edmond Dantès returns as the Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on the men who [...]

The fallout from the writers’ strike in 2023 certainly affected the number of movies released in 2024, but that doesn’t mean there was a lack of great films.  On the contrary; in fact, there are [...]

Best Films of 2024 By Chuck Koplinski Not much changed from 2023 to 2024 where the world of consumer cinema was concerned. We got more of the same regarding where studio output was concerned, [...]

In 1961, unknown 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York City with his guitar. He forges relationships with music icons of Greenwich Village on his meteoric rise, culminating in a [...]

A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. Chuck says: Among horror film aficionados, Robert [...]

A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much-younger intern. Chuck says: I’m not sure just what Nicole Kidman is trying to prove with [...]

The story of Claressa ‘T-Rex’ Shields, a boxer from Flint, Michigan who trained to become the first woman in her country’s history to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport. [...]

855 women joined the war to fix the three-year backlog of undelivered mail. Faced with discrimination and a country devastated by war, they managed to sort more than 17 million pieces of mail [...]

While serving as a juror in a high-profile murder trial, a family man finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma, one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict or [...]

3 trailblazers: a young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media, and medical establishment in their pursuit of the world’s first [...]

A mysterious traveler blackmails a young TSA agent into letting a dangerous package slip through security and onto a Christmas Day flight. Chuck says: Though it shamelessly cribs from numerous [...]

Just in time for the Holiday Season, Criterion has released a handsome edition of, arguably, the Coen Brothers best movie. Adapted from the novel by Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men took [...]

What with the disadvantages of streaming and cloud services being realized, a turn towards physical media is coming about. Though the sales numbers of DVDS, Blu-Rays and 4K discs have not reached [...]