Month: June 2017

‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ is a nightmare

Jeff Mitchell

“Transformers: The Last Knight” –  Have you ever walked into a classroom, sat down and the instructor hands out final exams to all the students, but you recoil in horror, because you haven’t attended one lecture all semester? I have never felt such despair in real life but have encountered an occasional dream depicting the aforementioned, dreadful scenario.   Apparently, this type of nightmare stems from feeling anxiety or discomfort about a life situation during one’s waking hours.  During sleeping hours, a brutal sense of unpreparedness can temporarily rush over a…

‘Whisky Galore!’ does not have enough comic spirit

Jeff Mitchell

“Whisky Galore!” – World War II impacted hundreds of millions of people.  Sure, most did not fight on the front lines, but the war affected those at home.  Men, women and children were sick with worry about their loved ones milling in foreign lands, and federal governments demanded that food, clothing, metals, gasoline, and more be rationed.  On the island of Todday, 100 miles from Great Britain’s mainland, its residents are not immune to the aforementioned sacrifices, and in director Gillies MacKinnon’s new picture, he focuses on one specific commodity,…

’47 Meters Down’ raises the bar despite some silliness

Jeff Mitchell

“47 Meters Down” – Just briefly glancing at the “47 Meters Down” poster, one can easily discern the plot of this nifty – but flawed – new thriller from director Johannes Roberts.  Two young women sit in a cage at the bottom of either a very, very large aquarium or the ocean, and a number of sharks (five to be exact) are hovering just above their iron crate. Lisa (Mandy Moore) and Kate (Claire Holt) are sisters vacationing in Mexico, and after a brief heart-to-heart at the pool, they decide…