video review : Disclosure Day

video review : Disclosure Day

This doesn’t begin like a Steven Spielberg flick; it starts with a wrestling match; but it ends like one. The last ten minutes, when the title concept finally comes into play, are engrossing. That’s also when, considering the recent real-life release of UFO files from the US government, it starts to seem authentic.

The preceding story is mostly hackneyed Hollywood movie fare. The bad guys; members of a secret agency known as Wardex; are dutifully inept. The protagonist; a Kansas City weatherwoman; is given psychic powers that allow her to escape danger, and even avoid a traffic ticket, when convenient.

my rating : 3 of 5

2026

video review : Bridge Of Spies

video review : Bridge Of Spies

Bridge Of Spies, based on the real-life incident of a US spy plane being shot down by Soviet Armed Forces during The Cold War in 1960, is a case of style over substance. It’s an elegant and polished production; expect no less from Steven Spielberg; plagued by tedious storytelling. There is tension at parts, but it’s mostly a middling affair as those of us who slept in Political History class wonder, but don’t care much one way or the other, if protagonist Rudolf Abel will be set free.

my rating : 3 of 5

2015