The Digital Movie Collector

A Historical Race Car Movie? This film is based in actual events. Some of the movie embellishes some of the events of the movie but for the major events remain historically accurate. As for it being a race car movie, there is car racing but a lot of the movie deals with the characters. If you enjoy the Fast and Furious movies, this movie has a similar blend of character development and car racing. This movie of course is grounded more in reality with its car racing. Review I definitely did not have this movie on my list to get. Fortunately, my son did have it on his list. Deciding on what to watch (and possibly review) this weekend, I found myself interested in Ford v Ferrari. At 153 minute run time, I surprised myself by starting to watch it when I was more interested in a 95 minute movie. I found myself pulled into the movie and didn't end up seeing how much time was left until I was well over the two hour mark in the movie. There are a few characters in this movie I truly ...

Another Sequel? The original Dragonheart movie came out in 1996 with Dennis Quaid and Sean Connery. The movie told a great story with impressive special effects for its time. Since then, there have been now four direct to video/disc/digital. The first sequel was Dragonheart: A New Beginning in 2000. These two are essentially the final stories even though they were the first movies released. When they started releasing the new movies, the stories are actually based in the past making these all prequels to the original movie which was the only one to be shown in theaters. Each new movie is a sequel to the third movie, Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse released in 2015. In 2017, Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire was released. In 2020, Dragonheart: Vengeance was released. Review In each of the movies, a well know actor has played the voice of the dragon in the movies. What made this movie different was the dragon was female this time played by Helena Bonham Carter. The ...

The Wait Is Over Almost 40 years later, The Shining gets a sequel with Doctor Sleep. To be honest, Doctor Sleep is the reason I ended up getting The Shining. Ready Player One also influenced my decision to get The Shining. I ended up watching both this week and thought it would be appropriate to have a double feature review. The Shining Over the years, I feel like I have seen almost the entire movie but watched it for the first time this week from beginning to end. I don't recommend watching this movie at night by yourself. Don't get me wrong, I slept as well as I normally do but I would not recommend it. The all star cast includes Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Scatman Crothers. The movie is over two hours long and the thrills begin in less than 1/2 hour from the start. The movie has many twists and turns that keep you guessing until the end. For those who enjoy suspense or horror, I would give this movie a HD rating. You can find the movie typically on sal...

Breaking Their Molds I have seen Emilia Clarke in Game of Thrones and Solo. I have seen Michelle Yeoh in Star Trek Discover. Neither would be considered a romantic comedy roll for either actress. I found it refreshing to see them in this movie.  Review I have a varied taste in movies. Trailers give me a good sense of what a movie has the potential to be. This one was interesting even if it may have been done a variety of ways. Half way through the movie, I had determined one of the plot points but was surprised when the movie provided a twist to what I was originally thinking. If I have not stated it before, I like it when a movie provides me with a surprise I was not expecting. The movie did have a slow start for the first 10-15 minutes. Not a painfully slow start. I managed to make it through the slow part and then the movie just started moving. I really enjoyed seeing Emilia's character evolve in the movie. If I had not, this movie would have been a dud. Rating I wou...

Reboot or Sequel Terminator: Dark Fate is a sequel to Terminator and Terminator 2. This most likely is due to the rights for the franchise reverting back to James Cameron who did the first two movies but none of the subsequent sequels which were owned by various other companies. The movie did gross more than it cost but not by much. This begs the question if the movie will spawn a trilogy or if it will simply be another standalone movie that fails to revive the franchise. Review I truly questioned bringing back Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger but in the end, I believe it worked well with the story. The movie was a bit predicable with future threats and potential allies being sent to the past. I would say it was a spoiler to tell you that but let's face it, that is almost every Terminator movie out there. I did enjoy the casting choices and felt the movie kept a good pace with the action through most of the film. If you were hoping for something drastically different ...