Coded Bias (2020): Movie Review (NETFLIX)

                                                                                                  

Jim's Review

Director Shalini Kantayya takes you a journey following researcher Joy Buolawini's experience in discovering racial bias in facial recognition algorithms.

Cathy O'Neil Author of Weapons of Math Destruction is also featured in this film as she assist Joy in going all the to Washington, DC to share with Congress her findings

In the end there are still more questions than answers as to how algorithms are used all over the world.

You are being watched! (you have been warned)

10 out of 10 stars

Movie plot:

An exploration into the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's discovery of racial bias in facial recognition algorithms.

Bill and Ted Face the Music (2020): Movie Review

                                                                                              

Jim's Review

The Wyld Stallion are back to Face the Music and travel throughout time again!

5 out of 10 stars

Movie Plot:

The ruler of the future tells best friends Bill and Ted they must compose a new song to save life as we know it. But instead of writing it, they decide to travel through time to steal it from their older selves. Meanwhile, their young daughters devise their own musical scheme to help their fathers bring harmony to the universe.

 

 

Darkest Mind (2018): Movie Review

                                                                                                    

Jim's Review

Teenage children with superpowers are imprisoned but a few of them decide to fight against it. 

For the Game of Throne fans Lady Jane (Gwendoline Christie) has a small role in the film

7 out of 10 stars

Movie plot:

In a dystopian USA where teenage children with superpowers are imprisoned, Ruby Daly escapes her prison and joins a resistance group to fight for her future.

Altitude (2010); Movie Review

                                                                                                      

Jim's Review

Fear in the air is real or may be coming from a source from someone on the plane!

6 out of 10 stars

movie plot:

A plane full of teens with a rookie pilot battles against a supernatural force.

Ragnarok Season 2: Movie Review (NETFLIX)

                                                                                                    

Jim's review

Ragnarok Season 2 delivers more insights into all the characters and the spellbinding climax will leaving waiting for Season 3!

10 out of 10 stars

Movie plot:

A small Norwegian town experiencing warm winters and violent downpours seems to be headed for another Ragnarok -- unless somebody intervenes in time.

Games of Thrones Season 8: Movie Review

                                                                                                 

Jim's Review

The climatic end to Game of Thrones series at Iron Throne is ready for the taking by someone. Who shall it be?

10 out of 10 stars

Movie plot:

Nine noble families wage war against each other in order to gain control over the mythical land of Westeros. Meanwhile, a force is rising after millenniums and threatens the existence of living men.

Awake (2021): Movie Review (NETFLIX)

                                                                                               

Jim's Review

Global hysteria hits as people ability to fall asleep is taken away and world goes of the deep end

5 out of 10 stars

About film

Global hysteria ensues after a mysterious catastrophe wipes out all electronics and takes away humanity's ability to sleep. Scientists race against the clock to find a cure for the unexplained insomnia before its fatal effects eliminate the human race. When Jill, a former soldier, discovers her young daughter may be the key to salvation, she must decide whether to protect her children at all costs or sacrifice everything to save the world.

 

Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind : Book Review

                                                                                              

Jim's Review

Yuval Noah Harari is a gifted writer and share insights in Sapiens that will have you interested, amazed and wanting to learn more even after reading the spectacular book

10 out of 10 stars

about book:

Destined to become a modern classic in the vein of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Sapiens is a lively, groundbreaking history of humankind told from a unique perspective.
     100,000 years ago, at least six species of human inhabited the earth. Today there is just one.
     Us.
Homo Sapiens.
     How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations, and human rights; to trust money, books, and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables, and consumerism? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come?
     In Sapiens, Dr. Yuval Noah Harari spans the whole of human history, from the very first humans to walk the earth to the radical -- and sometimes devastating -- breakthroughs of the Cognitive, Agricultural, and Scientific Revolutions. Drawing on insights from biology, anthropology, palaeontology, and economics, he explores how the currents of history have shaped our human societies, the animals and plants around us, and even our personalities. Have we become happier as history has unfolded? Can we ever free our behaviour from the heritage of our ancestors? And what, if anything, can we do to influence the course of the centuries to come?
     Bold, wide-ranging and provocative, Sapiens challenges everything we thought we knew about being human: our thoughts, our actions, our power...and our future.learn and buy book

Cellular (2004): Movie Review

 

Jim's Review

Ryan (Chris Evans) gets a phone call from Jessica Martin ( Kim Basinger) who has been kidnapped and needs help. The adventure begins to save her as Ryan seeks help from Bob Mooney (William H Macey).

The cat and mouse game is amazing and it goes all the way to the climate high octane end that will have you glued to your seat in anticipation as to who will win the race to the truth.

10 out of 10 stars

Movie plot:

Ryan receives a call on his cellular phone from Jessica Martin saying she's been kidnapped and is going to be killed soon. However, she does not know where she is and his cellphone's battery is low,

Ma (2019): Movie Review

                                                                                                       

Jim's review

Sue Ann (Octavia Spencer) stops to help some teenagers get some booze from then the devious intent begins and nobody is safe

7 out of 10 stars

About film:

Sue Ann, a middle-aged woman, allows a group of teenagers to party in her basement but on some conditions. Though the friends are elated with the idea, they soon discover her true character.

The Clearing (2004): Movie Review

                                                                                                         

Jim's Review

Wayne Hayes (Robert Redford) is kidnapped by Arnold Mack (Willem Dafoe) and the adventure and negotiations begin for his life

7 out of 10 stars

About film
Wayne Hayes (Robert Redford) and his wife, Eileen (Helen Mirren), seem to have it all. Over the years, they've built a prosperous business together while raising their two children, Tim and Jill. But the family's dream life becomes nightmarish when disgruntled employee Arnold Mack (Willem Dafoe) kidnaps Wayne and holds him for ransom. The FBI invades their home and scrutinizes every detail of their life -- and ultimately, it is left to Eileen to deliver the ransom and rescue her husband.

 

Woman in the Window (2021): Movie Review

                                                                                                  

                                                                                 Jim Review

                   Dr Anna Fox (Amy Adams) is a agoraphobic who thinks she saw a murder of her neighbor. It begins to unravel for when nobody believes her

                                                                                         7 out of 10 stars

                                                                             About film:

    Agoraphobic Dr. Anna Fox witnesses something she shouldn't while keeping tabs on the Russell family, the seemingly picture perfect clan that lives across the way.    

                                                                         

Spenser Confidential (2020): Movie Review

                                                                                                 

Jim's Review

Spenser (Mark Wahlberg) gets out of prison and begin to seek out information on twisted murder conspiracy. He very quickly begins to piece everything together and he is the number one target everyone is after.

8 out of 10 stars

Movie plot:

To unravel a twisted murder conspiracy, a former police detective returns to Boston's criminal underworld.

Aftermath (2017): Movie Review

                                                                                                      

Jim's Review

Roman (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is grieving the loss of his wife and daughter after a plane crash. Seeking closure he seeks out the person involved as the way to move on in his life

8 out of 10 stars

Movie plot

Two strangers' lives become inextricably bound together after an error by an air traffic controller (Scoot McNairy) causes the death of a construction foreman's (Arnold Schwarzenegger) wife and daughter.