Reviews – Movie Mavericks Podcast

Coming 2 America (2021) – Review

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2021, Arsenio Hall, Coming 2 America, Eddie Murphy, James Earl Jones, Jermaine Fowler, KiKi Layne, Leslie Jones, Nomzamo Mbatha, Shari Headley, Teyana Taylor, Tracy Morgan, wesley snipes

Coming 2 America continues the recent trend of sequilizing franchises from the ’70s and ’80s. This includes some successful attempts

Horror Reviews

Child’s Play (2019) – Review

March 5, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2019, Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry, child's play, Gabriel Bateman, Lars Klevberg, Mark Hamill

The Child’s Play franchise was in a strange spot during the summer of 2019. The original series is still running,

Action Family Reviews SciFi

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) – Review

March 2, 2021March 1, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Brian Thompson, Irina Pantaeva, james remar, John R. Leonetti, Lynn "Red" Williams, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Robin Shou, Sandra Hess, Talisa Soto

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation isn’t the worst film adapted from a video game, that dis-honor goes to Street Fighter: The Legend

Action Reviews

Skin Trade (2014) – Review

March 1, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2014, dolph lundgren, Ekachai Uekrongtham, Michael Jai White, Peter Weller, ron perlman, skin trade, Tony Jaa

The lowbrow world of B-level action films usually doesn’t produce flicks like Skin Trade. Sure, sex, nudity, and violence are

Action Reviews

Walking Tall: The Payback (2007) – Review

February 19, 2021February 26, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments Haley Ramm, kevin sorbo, Richard Dillard, Tripp Reed

How do you follow up Walking Tall featuring the charismatic Dwayne Johnson? Certainly not by making a cheap direct-to-DVD follow-up

Action Drama Reviews

Borderline (1980) – Review

February 18, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1980, Bert Remsen, Borderline, Bruno Kirby, charles bronson, ed harris, Jerrold Freedman, Michael Lerner, Wilford Brimley

Borderline contains another monolithic performance from the workhorse that is Charles Bronson. By the dawn of the 1980s, Bronson’s star

Horror Reviews

Wishmaster (1997) – Review

February 17, 2021February 9, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Andrew Divoff, Kane Hodder, Robert Englund, Robert Kurtzman, Tammy Lauren, Tony Todd, Wishmaster

Andrew Divoff gets a star vehicle to display his uniquely engaging screen presence in Wishmaster, another routine horror film from

Comedy Family Reviews

Home Alone 3 (1997) – Review

February 16, 2021February 9, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Alex D. Linz, Haviland Morris, Home Alone 3, Raja Gosnell, scarlett johansson

Home Alone 3 abandons the Christmas time setting of the first two. It also features a new child actor who

Comedy Drama Reviews

Breast Men (1997) – Review

February 15, 2021January 31, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Breast Men, Chris Cooper, David Schwimmer, Emily Procter, HBO Films, Lawrence O'Neil, Matt Frewer, Terry O'Quinn

Breast Men tells the true story of two Texas plastic surgeons who performed and perfected the breast augmentation procedure. It’s

Action Reviews

Hidden Agenda (2001) – Review

February 12, 2021January 29, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2001, Brigitte Paquette, dolph lundgren, Hidden Agenda, Maxim Roy, Ted Whittall

In a return to former glory screen idol Dolph Lundgren top-lines the sturdy action thriller Hidden Agenda. Movies like this

Action Reviews SciFi

Hotel Artemis (2018) – Review

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2018, Brian Tyree Henry, charlie day, Dave Bautista, Hotel Artemis, jeff goldblum, Jenny Slate, jodie foster, Sofia Boutella, Sterling K. Brown, Zachary Quinto

Hotel Artemis disguises a thin concept by wisely casting recognizable faces in nearly every role. The performers bring their defined

Drama Reviews SciFi

Starman (1984) – Review

February 9, 2021January 25, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1984, Charles Martin Smith, jeff bridges, john carpenter, Karen Allen, Richard Jaeckel, Starman

Director John Carpenter turns away from the horror genre that made him famous and instead focuses his immense talent on

Action Comedy Reviews

American Ultra (2015) – Review

February 8, 2021January 19, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2015, American Ultra, Bill Pullman, Connie Britton, jesse eisenberg, john leguizamo, kristen stewart, Nima Nourizadeh, Tony Hale, Topher Grace, Walton Goggins

American Ultra is the junior varsity version of Jason Bourne and Mr. & Mrs. Smith. It features a young cast

Comedy Reviews

Just Getting Started (2017) – Review

February 5, 2021January 19, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2017, Elizabeth Ashley, George Wallace, Glenne Headly, Graham Beckel, Jane Seymour, Joe Pantoliano, Just Getting Started, morgan freeman, Rene Russo., ron shelton, Sheryl Lee Ralph, tommy lee jones

Just Getting Started is a big disappointment from a group of very talented individuals. Ron Shelton (Bull Durham, White Men

Action Reviews

S.W.A.T. (2003) – Review

February 4, 2021January 11, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2003, Brian Van Holt, Clark Johnson, colin farrell, jeremy renner, Josh Charles, LL Cool J, michelle rodriguez, Olivier Martinez, S.W.A.T., samuel l. jackson

“You’re either S.W.A.T. Or you’re not.” – Samuel L. Jackson in S.W.A.T. That little nugget of dialogue is representative of

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