Jake's Cinema Room

  2024 | R | 102 mins | Directed by James Madigan Over the last few years Josh Hartnett has slowly made his way back into the limelight. While never completely leaving acting, for a while he was only popping up in a few things here and there. None of which was all that noteworthy. Now with roles in movies like Wrath of Man, Oppenheimer and Trap, Hartnett is starting to make a name for himself once again. Fight or Flight sees him taking a different role than he's played in a while, as a mercenary who is skilled in hand-to-hand combat. Unfortunately, a committed performance by Hartnett isn't enough to make Fight or Flight worthwhile. The movie follows Josh Hartnett plays Lucas Reyes, a mercenary who is hired for a job where he must board a plane to track down a target. While on the plane he ends up having to protect the target from many killers who are not only trying to kill his target, but also Lucas himself. Together, Lucas and Isha (Charithra Chandran), must join forces to ta...

  2025 | R | 96 mins | Directed by Eli Craig Clown in a Cornfield marks the return of director/writer Eli Craig. In 2010, Craig struck gold with the cult classic Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. After doing only a handful of projects since then, Craig returns with this which is based on a novel of the same name. Leaning in heavily to the dark comedy and horror elements, Clown in a Cornfield ends up being a surprisingly fun movie that subverts your expectations. The movie follows Quinn (Katie Douglas), as her and her dad (Aaron Abrams) move to a small town called Kettle Springs to find a fresh start. Kettle Springs has seen some recent issues since the town's corn syrup factory closed after a fire, things just haven't been the same. Adults in the town are trying to make their once great town like it used to be while the kids in the town just want to party, make prank videos and get out of the town as quickly as they can. There's a strong back and forth between everyone in the town....

  2025 | PG-13 | 126 mins | Directed by Jake Schreier Thunderbolts* is the latest movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and one of the first in a while that feels unique and tries to do its own thing. When Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) hires Yelena (Florence Pugh) for a mission where she must take down a new threat, she arrives to complete her mission and is met by four foes, all of whom are now trapped. Once they realize they were all hired to take each other out, they decide to work together to escape their current situation. Along with Yelena there's John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) and Bob (Lewis Pullman). They are joined by Yelena's dad Alexei (David Harbour) and Bucky (Sebastian Stan) as they embark on a new mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their past. The team assembled here is an interesting one. Taking a bunch of secondary characters in the MCU, all of whom are anti...

  2025 | 9 Episodes | Starring: Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio, Margarita Levieva, Genneya Walton, Wilson Bethel, Deborah Ann Woll, and Jon Bernthal. Plot:  Matt Murdock finds himself on a collision course with Wilson Fisk when their past identities begin to emerge.

  2025 | PG-13 | 127 mins | Directed by Scott Derrickson The Gorge follows Levi (Miles Teller) and Drasa (Anya Taylor-Joy), two operatives that are hired to protect opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. Only being told that the gorge is considered to be "the opening to hell" both Levi and Drasa have no idea what they are in for. While protecting each side of the gorge, no contact is allowed between the two. Once the evil within starts to emerge, the two must come together to do whatever they can to survive and not let the evil escape. Director Scott Derrickson is mostly known for films in the horror and thriller genres. He has dabbled in the sci-fi area as well with films like Doctor Strange and the 2009 version of The Day The Earth Stood Still. In The Gorge, Derrickson and writer Zach Dean do a great job of blending multiple genres together. While there are elements of horror, thrillers and sci-fi present this also adds plenty of action sequences and, surprisingly, a romanti...

2025 | PG-13 | 118 mins | Directed by Julius Onah The newest movie from Marvel has a lot on its plate. Between some behind the scenes issues involving reshoots and script rewrites to trying to introduce audiences to a new Captain America, the odds have not been in their favor. Fortunately, enough, Captain America: Brave New World manages to be an entertaining outing despite not reaching the heights of some of the previous entries in the MCU. Director Julius Onah takes over behind the camera and is able to put together a surprisingly straightforward movie which is a rare sight for a Marvel movie. Anthony Mackie steps into the role of Captain America and is able to make it his own. Over the years he has done a great job of playing Sam Wilson and him as Falcon has been one of the better secondary characters in the MCU. Now getting to see him take on a lead role and get his chance to shine, Mackie gives one of his best performances to date. As the movie points out, Sam is not Steve Rodgers...