Review – No Time to Die

Looks like Daniel Craig and the Bond franchise may be done with each other, which is a good thing if this movie is where they were headed together. Plot and character development provide thin fabric for holding the action sequences together. As usual, the studio spent a lot of money on the production. But a little more time on the script might have helped. Mildly amusing

Review – Johnny Frank Garrett’s Last Word

I hated watching this movie come up short when the people who made it obviously worked so hard on it. Even when elements such as the quirky editing fail, at least they tried doing something creative. Setting the well-intentioned effort aside, this suffers from two fatal flaws. First, it’s the umpty-thousandth rehash of the executed-criminal-seeks-revenge-from-beyond-the-grave story. And worse, it applies this hackneyed plot to a real crime rather than keeping things strictly in the realm of fiction. Nice try, but nope. See if desperate

Review – The Battle of Chosin

I don’t suppose there’s ever been a happy battle where the weather was nice and everyone had a good time. But Chosin Reservoir most definitely wasn’t. Between the freezing cold and relentless attacks, all the marines and soldiers caught up in the fight should have gotten the Medal of Honor just for being there. This documentary would have benefitted a bit from interviews with North Korean and Chinese veterans, though perhaps that was outside the scope of an American Experience episode. Otherwise this is a reasonably comprehensive account of some miserably bad times. Mildly amusing