Steven Helmer Publications

Synopsis: After his wife is murdered by red wizards, Elgin leaves the order of peacekeepers he had been working with, teams up with Holga and becomes a thief to support his young daughter, Kira. When he learns about a tablet that can bring his wife back from the dead, Elgin and his team of thieves attempt one last heist, but he and Holga are captured. They escape two years later and learn their former friend/colleague, Forge, has partnered with a red wizard to make himself a lord and, while raising Kira as his own, brainwashed the child with lies about her father. Determined to get Kira back and knock Forge down a few pegs, Elgin assembles a team to break into Forge's vault and steal both his treasure and the tablet he had sought two years earlier. Who's in it? The movie stars Chris Pine , Michelle Rodriguez , Hugh Grant , Sophia Lillis and Chloe Coleman. Review: I wasn't a big fan of the Dungeons & Dragons film that came out 23 years ago and, when I saw trailers fo...

Synopsis: The subject of love is explored through the overlapping stories of eight different London couples as they prepare to celebrate Christmas. Who's in it? The movie stars Hugh Grant , Liam Neeson , Colin Firth , Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman. Review: My wife and I have both seen bits and pieces of this movie (sometimes in spoof form) and she had it in our library to watch. We finally got around to doing that tonight and, overall, I thought it was entertaining.  Some of the love stories were compelling, such as the British Prime Minister (Grant) falling in love with one of his assistants ( Martine McCutcheon ) and a business executive (Rickman) needing to choose between his wife/mother of his kids (Thompson) and his alluring secretary ( Heike Makatsch ). A couple others, like the one involving a man ( Andrew Lincoln ) being in love with his best friend's new wife ( Keira Knightley ) and a writer (Firth) trying to overcome a language barrier with the housekeeper he love...