MOVIE PREVIEWS
TERMINATOR: DARK FATE
Rated: R
Release Date: 11/01/2019
Production Company: Paramount Pictures

Cast:
Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna and Diego Boneta.

Crew:
Director: Tim Miller. Producers: James Cameron and Dave Ellison. Executive Producers: Bonnie Curtis, Eward Cheng, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, John J. Kelly and Julie Lynn. Screenwriters: James Cameron, Charles H. Eglee, Josh Friedman, David S. Goyer, Justin Rhodes, Billy Ray and Gale Anne Hurd. Cinematographer:Ken Seng.
Plot:
By: Lana K. Wilson-Combs

She?s back. After 28 years, it sure is great to see Linda Hamilton return to the big screen again as Sarah Connor in the sci-fi action thriller ?Terminator: Dark Fate.?

Hamilton is just the shot in the arm needed to ignite this movie and the franchise in general. She?s just as fearless and fierce as she was in ?Terminator 2: Judgment Day? and wears her toughness well.

Also making a noticeable and welcome return is James Cameron who co-wrote "Terminator: Dark Fate? and produced it with David Ellison (?Star Trek Beyond? and ?Annihilation?).

Then of course there?s Arnold Schwarzenegger as the old Terminator T-800 ?Model 101?/Carl. He?s exceptionally funny playing a married, drapery salesman. Old Arnold needed more screen time since he and Hamilton are a dynamic duo.

Sarah Connor and Carl (Schwarzenegger) must band together to thwart a massive attack from a revolutionary Rev-9 Terminator (Gabriel Luna, TV?s ?Dark Web? and ?Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D?). He?s a liquid mass of destruction and has been ordered to kill a young Mexican woman named Dani (a very good Natalia Reyes, ?Running with the Devil?) who works at an automotive factory in Mexico.

Dani and her brother Diego (Diego Boneta, ?Monster Party?) are being protected by a half human/half cyborg super-soldier named Grace (Mackenzie Davis, ?Blade Runner 2049? and TV?s ?Halt and Catch Fire?). She?s been sent from the future (2042).

But, Rev-9 is virtually unstoppable. It?s going to take everything and then some to keep him from wiping out civilization. But you should never bet against Sarah Connor or an aging Terminator itching to blow things up and put on some cool shades.

The action is relentless in ?Terminator: Dark Fate? and features jaw-dropping car chases, plane crashes and vicious, fighting robots.

?Terminator: Dark Fate? is quite a spectacle and pretty spectacular.

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Lana K. Wilson-Combs is a member of the Broadcast Film Critics? Association (BFCA), The Black Film Critics Circle (BFCC), The Alliance Of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) and a Nominating Committee Voting Member for the NAACP Image Awards.

OLD SCHOOL VIDEO PICK OF THE MONTH

<b>MAHOGANY</b> Title: MAHOGANY
Year Released: 1975
Running Time: 109
Production Company: Paramount Pictures
Director: Berry Gordy, Tony Richardson and Jack Wormser
Director of Photography: David Watkin
Screenwriter: John Byrum and Toni Amber
Author: Lana K. Wilson-Combs

REVIEW: DIANA ROSS AND BILLY DEE WILLIAMS DAZZLE IN "MAHOGANY"

Do you know where you're going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you? Where are you going to?
Do you know?
Do you get what you're hoping for? When you look behind you, there's no open doors. What are you hoping for? Do you know? "Theme from Mahogany...
  MOVIE TRIVIA
 
The "Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" was sung by Diana Ross in the 1975 movie "Mahogany." But, who initially recorded the song in 1973?
"Roberta Flack"
"Natalie Cole"
"Deniece Williams"
"Thelma Houston"