Night at the movies with Lance

Hello everyone again.  I know I have been all over the place on different kind of movies but I am trying to write reviews of movies you may like.  There is one film I came across on the Tubi app today and it seemed very interesting.  It is called Heritage falls.  It stars David Keith as an aging coach who retires who has a fractured relationship with his son.  I can relate to this because my father was a coach and also coached me in High School.  This movie takes place where the father and son relationship is strained and then the grandson is also having the same kind of relationship with his father.  So the coach takes his son and his grandson into the woods to his cabin where his team went to train for their preseason.   This is a film for fathers and sons.  I would recommend it for any father and son to watch together.   It is really moving and it has a little faith mixed in but not to preachy.  It just shows th...

Hello everyone this is Lance here responding to a request from one of my friends to review Onward by Disney.  Onward is an adventure of two teens trying to find their father or the remnants of what is left of him.  It can be very entertaining and shows how important Family can be.   Now addressing the controversy surrounding this film and all the backlash it has had, I don't really know what the controversy was all about.  Yes the film is more aimed on preteen/teen demographic there is nothing really offensive or foul language of any kind.  The one 3 second line that got everyone up was "My girlfriends daughter has me pulling my hair out."  I don't understand that one line from a film would get everyone all bent out of shape.   The character is only two scenes and is not a focal point on the story at all.  It was blown out of proportion.  Disney's way of trying to keep up with other movie studios has led them to do things...

Hey everyone,  I hope all of your are enjoying your Memorial Day weekend. I watched these films a couple of weeks ago but didn't get around to doing the reviews. The first one Underwater starts Kristen Stewart from Twilight fame as one of the crew of underwater researchers who are studying underwater life near the bottom of the ocean. The film starts out at the facility.  But there is not background story or any kind of introduction.  It makes you have questions about the script:  What are they doing down there?  What is happening?  There is no real introduction to why they are there or what is really happening down on the ocean floor. It is a whirlwind of action and suspense throughout the film.  With various members of the team in peril.  It definitely will keep you on your toes and wondering what will happen next.  I believe you will enjoy the film but asking many questions after you watch it.  I was satisfied with the film ...

Many of you who are reading this post are around my age, when we were kids there was a company called Canon Films.  It was the brainchild of Yoram Globus and Menahem Golan.  These two Isreali film makers came to American in the late 70's and most of the 80s before their company went belly up in the 90s.  But in 1985 they made a film that many believe that it was one of the best movies they ever made.  American Ninja.  This film features Michael Dudikoff as the Joe Armstrong the American Ninja.  Now the title seems far fetched but the film is not really a serious movie at all.  It is a low budget action movie from the 80's but Michael Dudikoff has the look of a James Dean in the 80's with spiked up hair and an overall cool demeanor.  The story goes that Joe shows up on the army base in the Philippines and notices that there is something fishy going on.  It seems every time there is a shipment in this movie there are ninjas try...

Hey everyone I found 21 Bridges and a couple of other movies I maybe reviewing in the next few days.  Parental Caution if you want your kids to watch this movie it is filled with violence and language watch at your own risk.  21 Bridges stars Chadwick Boseman as the films main character.  He is a detective in a dirty New York Police Department.  He has a reputation of shooting first and asking questions later.  He comes to a crime scene where 2 gunman rob a local drug dealer.  They are expecting 30 kilos of cocaine to be a the drop site when they arrive.  But when they get there he finds 300.  The gunman take what they can and leave but not after killing 7 NYPD officers.  Boseman arrives and tries to figure out the motive of the robbers and what seems more and more like a setup.  He winds through roller coaster type action and some of the most brilliant shooting I have seen in quite a while.  But it does have its own flaws....

Richard Jewell is the newest film of Clint Eastwood. This film examines the events and the trials and tribulations that Jewell was subject to by the FBI. Something that started with Richard Jewell being a hero becomes a railroading of a hero. It is interesting to hear the story told through a film makers eyes. This film is way over do. Throughout the years I had wondered why they haven’t made a film about this subject matter. This film is very well done and very entertaining. I was never bored and was amazed on the job one of the greatest actors and film makers of our lifetime did on this film. This is a great movie but it does have its downfall with family friendliness. It has language you probably would not want your children hearing, but it does help to make the subject matter more authentic. The film also seems realistic in its tone and view of trying to get an innocent man free. The actor who plays Richard Jewell: Paul Walter does an amazing ...

Here is my one Easter movie review. The movie Risen follows the experience of a Roman Tribune named Clavius.  Clavius is at Jesus' crucifixion.  This Romans think he knows all he needs to about this religious leader when he goes to the cross and looks at the body of Jesus.  He comes to a Roman centurion who cries "this man is innocent!"  The tribune comes the next day and the centurion does not come to his post because he is so distraught.  It is a very interesting take on the Bible in the Easter season I know that Easter was yesterday but I just thought I would give my perspective on it as a pastor and a movie reviewer. It can be very grotesque with the various bodies that are seen by the tribune and the thieves who were on the cross with Jesus.  I would advise you if you would like to watch it with your children to advise them that the bodies they see are not real so that no child maybe effected.  That is not the main point of this movie, it...