Movie Review - The Incomer

Movie: The Incomer
Executive Producers: 

• Trevor Noah
• Moby

Producers: 

• Shirley O'Connor
• Emily Gotto

Director:  Louis Paxton
Cast: 

• Domhnall Gleeson as Daniel
• Gayle Rankin as Isla
• Grant O'Rourke as Sandy
• Michelle Gomez as Roz
• John Hannah as Fin Man / Father
• Emun Elliott as Calum

Genre: Comedy
Synopsis: Sundance Award winning comedy, The Incomer is a modern folk fairy tale set on a remote Scottish island, where two siblings survive by hunting seabirds, retelling the stories of their ancestors, and defending the isle from dreaded Incomers'. Their world is upended with the arrival of an awkward council worker who has come to uproot them from their homeland on behalf of the government.

Trailer: The Incomer

My Rating: 👍👍👍👍
My Review: This movie caught my attention for several reasons - 

• First, it takes place in Scotland where some of my ancestors came from. 
• Second, it was a comedy that sounded quirky and fun. 
• Third, it was on Discount Day at the local Kiggins theater where they offer pizza and local craft beer. 

This movie was definately quirky and fun. The setting was remote and reminded me of places I visited in Scotland back in 2012. The people who lived in places like that must have been tough and I imagine the hardships they endured made them distrustful of new comers. This movie takes that distrust to the extreme but that's what makes it quirky and fun. I enjoyed this movie and think it qualifies to be at the top of my quirky, fun movie list.   

Movie Review - Mr Nobody Against Putin

Movie: Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Producer Companies: Made in Copenhagen, PINK ZDF/Arte

Directors: David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin
Cast: Pavel Talankin
Movie Trailer
My Rating: 👍👍👍👍👍
My Review: I first learned of this movie on the 2026 Academy Awards where it won Best Documentary Feature Film. I am a fan of documentaries and this one is one the best I've seen. The Russo-Ukrainian war is tragic and this movie does an excellent job of showing how an authoritarian government can manipulate people into believing things that logic would never allow. Also, the relevance of this movie to what's going on in the United States is frightening. I loved this movie.

Review: The Guardian

  

Movie Review - Hoppers

Movie: Hoppers
Producers: Nicole Paradis Grindle
Production Company: Pixar
Director: Daniel Chong
Cast: Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm, Kathy Najimy, Dave Franco
Movie Trailer
My Rating: 👍👍👍👍
My Review: I'm a Pixar fan and the Toy Story movies are my all time favorite Pixar animated movies. This movie doesn't rank quite as high as Toy Story but I still enjoyed it. I especially love that it actually has a message beyond mere entertainment. In this case the message is humans need to protect the earth and preserve places that provide habitat for all creatures. I also like that because it is an animated movie, this message will hopefully be seen and absorbed by a younger audience. 

Movie Review - Paul McCartney - Man On The Run

Movie: Paul McCartney - Man On The Run
Producers: Morgan Neville, Chloe Simmons, Meghan Walsh, Scott Rodger, Ben Chappell, Michele Anthony, David Blackman
Director: Morgan Neville
Cast: Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney and too many others to list here
Genre: Documentary
My Rating: 👍👍👍👍👍
My Review: The Beatles are one of my all time favorite rock bands and Paul McCartney is my favorite Beatle. So, I may be just a wee bit biased in my review. The movie begins with a short introduction of the Beatles from their beginings in 1960 up to the time they broke up in 1970. It then goes on to cover Paul's life from that time up to around the time John Lennon was assassinated on December 8, 1980. I never really  knew much about Paul's life after the Beatles broke-up. So, this movie was particularly satisfying in that way. It was fortunate that Paul's wife Linda was a photographer because much of the footage is the result of piecing together a collage of her 1970s home movies and photographs. The movie also uses archive and gig footage, plus some voiceover interviews with various celebrities. Of course, the 1970's home movies and photographs were not up to todays quality but that didn't bother me. I really enjoyed this movie and give it a hearty thumbs up. But, as I said, I may be a wee bit biased.

Fresh Air - Interview with producer, Morgan Neville on the making of  the movie, "Man on the Run".

Rotten Tomatoes: What happens when you wake up the morning after leaving the most important rock band of all time? In April 1970, Paul released his first solo album, McCartney, alongside a shocking press release that announced the beloved band had split. When asked what he'd do next, he said his only plan... was to grow up. Man on the Run captures Paul's transformative decade in the wake of The Beatles' break-up. Through stunning archival footage, Linda McCartney's exceptional photographs, and interviews with Mick Jagger, Chrissie Hynde, Sean Ono Lennon, Mary and Stella McCartney, all the living Wings members, and of course Paul himself, the film examines this time through a uniquely vulnerable lens.

Movie Review - Marty Supreme

Movie: Marty Supreme

Producer: Timothée Chalamet, Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas
Director: Josh Safdie
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A'zion

Genre: Comedy, Drama
My Rating: 👍👍👍.5
My Review: My first movie for 2026 wasn't really my first pick but, it was senior discount Tuesday at the local theater, so what the heck? The movie is about a young man, Marty Mauser, who loves playing ping-pong and becomes obsessed with becoming the world's best ping-pong player. His obsession takes him on a pretty wild ride that eventually ends up in a staged ping-pong competion that would decide the world's best ping-pong player where, SPOILER ALERT, after purposley loosing the staged competition, he reveals that it was staged and challenges his opponent to a real match and wins.  The character is a fictionalized version of the real person, Marty Reisman who was the 1958 and 1960 U.S. Men's singles champion and the 1997 U.S. hardbat champion. I felt the movie was a bit choppy and sometimes hard to follow. I also had a hard time understanding the dialog but that may be my old age showing. Overall, I enjoyed Marty Supreme and give it a 3.5 out of 5 thumbs-up. 

Rotten Tomatoes: Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.

Trailer: Marty Supreme

Movie Review - Feet of Death

I’m a little quirky and perhaps even a little eccentric. So it's no surprise that I am a huge fan of Bigfoot and when I found out the Bigfoot movie “Feet of Death” would be having its premiere theatrical showing at the local Kiggins theater, I knew I had to go.  Plus, the movie was filmed around Mt. Saint Helens, an area that I love.

Based on the trailer, it was obvious the movie would be a low budget campy thriller which, in some way, made it even more attractive to me.The movie didn’t disappoint but I was a little surprised how seldom Bigfoot appeared in the movie and how difficult it was to see him/her/them. One of the highlights of the premiere was Bigfoot physically appeared at the theater giving people an opportunity to snap a selfie with him/her/them. Overall, I would give the movie a thumbs up, but of course, I may be a little biased…

Bigfoot selfie

Carol and Petrina with Bigfoot

Bigfoot outside Kiggins theater

Bigfoot outside Kiggins theater

• Willamette Week article
• Chickflick Films YouTube
• Feet of Death Instagram