Queens

Strong movies with plenty to admire, even when a few flaws keep them from the top of the deck. A very good hand, but not royalty without reservations.

Cool Filmz: Wolf of Wall Street — A Great Movie or Scorsese Playing an Old Hand?

Leonardo DiCaprio gives everything he has, but Martin Scorsese’s Wall Street epic feels less like a revelation than a familiar gangster movie wearing expensive loafers.
Cool Filmz: Fire in the Sky Review — A Logger, a UFO, and One Very Bad Night in Arizona

I recently came across an old review I wrote back in 2007 for CoverUps.com, and it felt like the perfect artifact to dust off and add to the Cool Filmz collection.
CoolFilmz: Atlas (2024) Review — A Queen With a Side of Sci-Fi Cheese

Sometimes you scroll through Netflix looking for something familiar, and sometimes you decide to roll the dice on something new.

Like Movies About Hidden Truths, Strange Power, and Impossible Secrets?

The Midas Files book series by Matt De Reno

Step from the screen into The Midas Files, a Pittsburgh-rooted sci-fi thriller series where ancient technology, alien mystery, secret history, corporate ambition, and humanity’s dangerous hunger for power collide.

Start the journey with The Midas Protocol: Midas Files Book One by Matt De Reno.

Start Reading on Amazon

Queens

Cool Filmz: Wolf of Wall Street — A Great Movie or Scorsese Playing an Old Hand?

Cool Filmz: Fire in the Sky Review — A Logger, a UFO, and One Very Bad Night in Arizona

CoolFilmz: Atlas (2024) Review — A Queen With a Side of Sci-Fi Cheese

Like Movies About Hidden Truths, Strange Power, and Impossible Secrets?

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