COLPARKER

COLPARKER

Retired Army guy trying to find his missing home in New England. Have always loved movies more than is socially acceptable.

Favorite films

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • Deadpool
  • Stardust
  • Field of Dreams

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  • Novocaine

    ★★★★½

  • Captain America: Brave New World

    ★★★½

  • Flight Risk

    ★★★

  • The Gorge

    ★★★★

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  • Novocaine

    Novocaine

    ★★★★½

    This is incredibly funny, very dark comedy about a guy who cannot feel physical pain. Jack Quaid continues in his nerd persona from The Boys as a mild mannered bank manager. He falls for a fellow employee only to see her kidnapped as part of a robbery. The rest of the film has him in hot pursuit of his lady love, sustaining injuries which he can’t feel, some of very graphic type. The funniest sequence is in the booby-trapped house…

  • Captain America: Brave New World

    Captain America: Brave New World

    ★★★½

    This is seemingly a step back in the right direction for Marvel. Anthony Mackie, while no Steve Rogers, effortlessly carries the movie and more than holds his own with Harrison Ford, no mean task. The plot harkens back to some earlier Marvel efforts bringing former subplot villains to the fore. The head villain turns out to be a guy with a misshapen head and some serious anger issues. There are the usual plots within plots which culminate with Ford becoming…

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  • Gardens of Stone

    Gardens of Stone

    ★★★½

    Well acted with the added benefit of my participation! I am actually in this movie! Don’t blink or you’ll miss me. I was in the Old Guard when they were shooting this movie and I was in a couple of scenes, including a close up. Catch me at the 34 minute mark, tightening a casket on the horse drawn hearse. I can’t honestly review a movie I was in but this really does a good job of capturing the angst…

  • The 300 Spartans

    The 300 Spartans

    ★★★

    An outdated 1960s epic that starts really slow but is generally well done. This film was shot on scene at Thermopoli and much more historically accurate than later attempts. Clichés are more than out of control.