Kevin C. Wong

Spot Reviews 12/02/22

Movie - Draft Day (2014) [+] The behind the scenes maneuvering on NFL draft day as Cleveland Browns GM Sonny Weaver Jr (Kevin Costner) makes a big splash trade that might end up ruining the franchise... I previously watched this and reviewed it seven years ago and this is still a great film as I do love the NFL.

Movie - The Italian Job (2003) [/] Five years after being betrayed during a big gold heist, Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) reassembles his old team to take down betrayer Steve Frazelli (Edward Norton). Included in the team is newcomer Stella Bridger (Charlize Theron) whose father died during the first heist. There's a couple of cool scenes when the team drives three mini coopers like getaway cars which I think made mini coopers popular for a bit. It's an ok film maybe a bit too subdued compared to the many over-the-top heist films in the last couple decades.

Movie - Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) [-] Airmand second class Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) arrives in Vietnam to host a radio show and improve troop morale. But his humor and honesty rankles his superiors and he starts becoming embroiled in the politics of Saigon... At base this is a story about a naive guy who doesn't understand the internal conflicts in Vietnam and is surprised when things go badly. Not an interesting story and I guess the movie is remarkable because Robin Williams gets to ad-lib so much humor especially in Cronauer's radio show. But the humor is kind of dated and not really funny today. Overall disappointed with this movie.