Fake documentary about a news cameraman whose neighbor comes to him and asks him to film a confession. The neighbor confesses to having been the second shooter in the JFK assassination. From there, the two visit Dealey Plaza and try to track down other principles in the case. This movie is so terrible that I can't believe I made it all the way through. Good grief. 1/10.
Stuff like this is why I love Netflix. This is a movie I've never heard of and would never have paid to see in the theater. But it's on Netflix, it's "free" so I check it out. Story revolves on the maturing of young golfer Timmy Price, the son of a rather rigid father who loves golf. Dad has Timmy become a caddy at their country club so he can learn some lessons about work and Timmy takes up the game, only to discover he's really, really good. Netflix does viewers a disservice by leading you to believe that the movie is about the relationship Timmy has with a wayward former golfer and instructor played by Gary Sinise. It's not. Sinise is on-screen less than 5 minutes total. In the end, however, the movie ends up falling short of its promise. There's unnecessary stuff thrown in - a molestation angle that seems way out of place and a very forced "Racist old white guy yells at a black employee!" scene there to show that Timmy's dad will stand up for himself unlike what we'd seen before. The point is needed, the scene is just badly done. Anyway, this is a decent little movie but could have been a lot more. 6/10.
Remember when Jennifer Lopez was trying to become a big movie star and thought that a female empowerment vehicle was the way to go? Yeah, this is that movie. Anyway, J-Lo plays "Slim", a waitress swept off her feet by a millionaire into a wonderful life. There are signs early on that he's a creep but nothing too obvious. Years later, she learns he's being unfaithful. When confronted, he becomes physically abusive and tells her, basically, learn to live with it, Jenny From the Block. Well, Jenny ain't havin' it, so she flees. It all comes to a head with a showdown at his house after she's had roughly a month of training - becoming a super-awesome ninja/MMA god/assassin in the process. Anyway, this is essentially a big budget Lifetime "woman gets revenge on abusive man" movie. There are some gigantic plot holes and leaps in logic along with some weird side things (J-Lo is called, essentially, unattractive a couple times in the movie. WTF?) This is a dumb movie but not exactly terrible to watch. Wonder if her new movie, which undoubtedly will play out almost exactly the same, will be much different or better? Anyway... 4/10.
Mel Gibson leads a group of soldiers in this based-on-a-true-story Vietnam War movie. Well-done, well-acted, war movie with a terrific story. Very good movie. 8/10.
