JoeMama's Movie Reviews

Leviticus Starring Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Mia Wasikowska, Jeremy Blewitt Directed by Adrian Chiarella Leviticus 18:22 states: "Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable." It's no surprise why first-time director Adrian Chiarella chose to name his first horror movie "Leviticus" because it a visual representation of this verse in the modern era, where radical right-wing Christian Nationalists use this verse like it's the only gospel truth in order to condemn and vilify the LGBTQ community. To make anyone going through this feel like they're wrong, wicked, vile and detestable, making them hate themselves simply for who they want to love. In a sense, although our main characters are hunted down by a demonic-like spirit only they can see, the main villains in this movie are the unfeeling, overly-religious townspeople and family members who've forced them to travel such dark roads when they didn't need to. N...

Stop! That! Train! Starring Ginger Minj, Jujubee, Brooke Lynn Hytes, RuPaul Charles Directed by Adam Shankman Spoof comedies are making a comeback in cinema thanks to the surprise success of 2025's remake of "The Naked Gun" with Liam Neeson playing the son of the man the great Leslie Nielsen played in the 80s. That year ended with the equally hilarious "Fackham Hall" and then this year brought back the mother of all 2000s spoofs, "Scary Movie 6" to rousing success. Now "Stop! That! Train!" continues to chug ahead with the laughs that doesn't tread new territory, but it doesn't need to. Best friends Tess (Ginger Minj) and DeeDee (Jujubee) work as train stewardesses for a failing train line, but wish to work on the glamorous Glamazonian Express and get their shot when two of their stewardesses don't show up for work, so they disguise themselves and find themselves on board. Unfortunately, they don't know they're heading into...

The Furious Starring Xie Miao, Joe Taslim, Yang Enyou, Brian Le Directed by Kenji Tanigaki Jason Statham has had a string of mediocre films lately, most of which involve him saving children from predatory monsters, including the upcoming "Mutiny" where he does this on a boat. Each film is bland, mediocre, and just what you'd expect from a Statham movie. However, if you're looking for an action movie featuring heroes saving the lives of children who are about to be trafficked, look no further than "The Furious," a film that is 99% action and 1% story, but that doesn't matter - we know the basics, and that's all we need. We come for these movies for the action, and this one defines the word "action." Wang Wei (Xie Miao) is a tradesman with a young daughter Rainy (Yang Enyou), and life is rather idyllic until Rainy is kidnapped, forcing Wang to embark on a quest to find her. Aiding him is journalist Navin (Joe Taslim) who's searching for h...

Disclosure Day Starring Josh O'Connor, Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson Directed by Steven Spielberg Growing up I always had a fascination with the supernatural - ghosts, aliens, cryptids, and so on to the point where I wouldn't sleep upstairs because I thought aliens would come through the window and abduct me. Then during my late teen years I became a Christian and went to Bible college to study scripture, but never lost my wonder in the supernatural - even though I was told that there were no such things as ghosts or aliens, and if they existed they were purely demonic creatures. Much like with science, there always appeared to be a disconnect between supernatural and religion, as well as science and religion, with most religious experts claiming you can't believe in science (or the supernatural) and God - but what if it's not supposed to be separate, but the supernatural and the science answers the "why" of religion? "Disclosure Day" doesn...

Scary Movie Starring Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris, Regina Hall Directed by Michael Tiddes Back in 2000, The Wayans Brothers brought "Scary Movie" to the big screens focusing on parodying iconic horror films such as "Scream," and it was a huge success - so much so it spawned numerous not-so-great imitators like "Dance Movie," "Date Movie," "Epic Movie," and the like. They followed up their original hit with another banger in 2001's "Scary Movie 2," but then the Wayans left the franchise for the PG-13 friendly "Scary Movie 3" and "Scary Movie 4" in 2003 and 2006 respectively. Then the franchise took its seemingly death knell with 2013's abysmal, unfunny, all-around horrible "Scary Movie 5," and with that the parody subgenre essentially came to an end. Then 2025's "The Naked Gun" re-vitalized the subgenre, and then the Wayans Brothers returned (along with Anna Faris a...

Masters of the Universe Starring Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes, Idris Elba, Jared Leto Directed by Travis Knight Growing up in the 80s was an amazing time. "Transformers," "G.I. Joe," "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," "Thundercats," "Voltron," "He-Man" and many other animated shows filled my young mind with wander and excitement, and the toys gave me countless hours of entertainment before the age of technology. In recent times, some of these iconic hits have tried to make their way into modern society with mixed results, to say the least. Michael Bay's "Transformers" series was just an excuse for him to create CGI robots to smack each other. His "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" franchise turned them into grotesque CGI abominations. The live-action "G.I. Joe" franchise never really got its footing after the acceptable first movie. The one amazing movie that came out of this was director Travis...