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Review - Field of Dreams (1989)

        Hey guys, Chuck here. And, it's time to talk about, quite arguably, one of the best baseball drama films ever made: Field of Dreams . Based on the bestselling novel Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella, this film from Universal Pictures was written and directed by Phil Alden Robinson, and stars Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Amy Madigan, Timothy Busfield, Dwier Brown, and Burt Lancaster.        The movie tells the story of Ray Kinsella, an Iowa farmer living with his wife, Annie, and daughter, Karin. One night, while walking in his cornfield, Ray hears a voice telling him "If you build it, he will come," and sees a baseball diamond in his cornfield. With the blessings of Annie, but to the confusion of others in town, Ray clears out a decent section of his cornfield to make space for a baseball field. Unfortunately, the cost of making the baseball field and lack of corn to recoup the cost leaves the Kinsella family in danger of losin...
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Review - F1 (2025)

        Hey guys, Chuck here. F1  is the latest film from director Joseph Kosinski, who of course had a massive success a few years ago with Top Gun: Maverick. This movie, released by Warner Bros. and produced by Apple Original Films and Jerry Bruckheimer, stars Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Kerry Condon, Damson Idris, and Tobias Menzies.         So, the movie focuses on Sonny Hayes, who finds himself brought back into the world of racing in Formula One as part of the APXGP racing team, which includes young upstart named Joshua "Noah" Pierce, who is both Sonny's teammate and rival in racing Formula One.         So, I will admit that I am far less familiar with Formula One by comparison to my familiarity with NASCAR. But, I will say that I absolutely LOVED this movie. First off, this is easily Ehren Kruger's best screenwriting work, and the fact that he co-developed the story with director Joseph Kosinski is absolutel...
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Review - Carmen Sandiego (2025)

         Hey guys, Chuck here. Well, it's been a while since we talked about the Netflix animated series Carmen Sandiego , and it was in my review of the series that I mentioned that a new Carmen Sandiego video game was being made for a 2025 release. Well, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Carmen Sandiego  franchise, the game is officially here, and I have a few thoughts on it.         So, the game sees the player take control of Carmen, marking the first time in the game franchise that Carmen herself is the central protagonist. With help from her long-time ally, the White Hat Hacker known as Player, Carmen embarks on a globetrotting journey to follow clues, gather Intel, and help ACME bust the various capers being carried out by operatives of VILE. And, Carmen gets another ally in this game in the form of Agent Hyde, who is a new recruit for ACME.         Each caper is pretty straightforward. C...
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My Thoughts on the 2025 Kids' Choice Awards

       Hey guys, Chuck here. Well, it's finally time to dive in to Nickelodeon's annual event: the Kids' Choice Awards,  which were hosted this year by international music star Tyla. There were tons of celebrities, slime, and orange blimps being handed out, so let's see who the big winners were this year.       So, in the Movies category, the winners were as follows: Wicked (Favorite Movie), Jack Black (Favorite Movie Actor for A Minecraft Movie ), Ariana Grande (Favorite Movie Actress for Wicked ), Inside Out 2  (Favorite Animated Movie), Dwayne Johnson and Auli'i Cravahlo (Favorite Male and Female Voice from an Animated Movie for Moana 2 ), Jim Carrey (Favorite Villain for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 ) and Emma Myers (Favorite Butt-Kicker for A Minecraft Movie ).      In the Television category, the winners were as follows: The Thundermans: Undercover (Favorite Kids' TV Show), Jack Griffo and Kira Kosarin (Favorite Male and Fem...
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Review - Jaws (1975)

       Hey guys, Chuck here, and today marks the official fifty-year anniversary of the release of the Universal Pictures classic: Jaws . The movie that made audiences afraid to go into the water, this 1975 classic, often dubbed "the original blockbuster," was directed by Steven Spielberg, and stars Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gray, and Murray Hamilton.          The movie is set on Amity Island, which is preparing for it's annual Independence Day celebration, which means a lot of beachgoers. However, multiple individuals have been victims of a shark attack, prompting concern from Amity Island's police chief Martin Brody, who wants to hold off on any festivities and close the beaches until the matter is properly investigated. This doesn't sit well with Amity Island's mayor Larry Vaughn, who urges Brody to reconsider closing the beaches, as their closure could lead cause the summer economy to suffer. But, when a bounty...
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Review - Licence to Kill (1989)

        Hey guys, Chuck here. And, it's certainly been a while since I've talked about one of the James Bond movies, hasn't it? So, just for fun, I'd like to take a look at the 1989 Bond film Licence to Kill , starring Timothy Dalton as James Bond, and also starring Robert Davi, Carey Lowell, Anthony Zerbe, Talisa Soto, Benicio del Toro, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Everett McGill, Grand L. Bush, David Hedison, Wayne Newton, with Desmond Llewellyn as Q, Caroline Bliss as Moneypenny, and Robert Brown as M.         So, the movie opens with the DEA getting ready to arrest Latin-American drug lord Franz Sanchez. The DEA is joined by ex-CIA agent, currently a DEA agent, Felix Leiter, who is getting married that very day, and MI6 agent James Bond, who is to be Leiter's best man. The arrest is successful, and Leiter's wedding goes off without a hitch. Unfortunately, another DEA agent named Ed Killifer manages to help Sanchez escape from custody, and Sanche...
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Review - Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)

        Hey guys, Chuck here. Back in November, I talked about the '90s family classic Free Willy , and how the led to a grassroots movement by fans, specifically children, to convince marine wildlife experts to put the film's animal star, an Orca named Keiko, on the path to freedom. Well, while the Free Willy-Keiko Foundation worked tirelessly on the ambitious project, Warner Bros. capitalized on the success of the film by producing sequels, which certainly helped keep the public aware of the ongoing efforts to rehabilitate and eventually free Keiko.          The first of these sequels was the 1995 film Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home , which would be directed by Dwight H. Little, and would see the return of cast members Jason James Richter, August Schellenberg, Michael Madsen, Jayne Atkinson, and Mykelti Williamson. New cast members for this movie would include Francis Capra, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Elizabeth Peña, Jon Tenney, and M. Emmett...
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