Generally speaking, movies give us someone(s) to root for. Whether that’s two people getting together or folks saving the world or cops catching a killer or any number of other scenarios, when we sit down to watch a movie we… Read More ›
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“Frozen II” Leaves us Cold
I love the first “Frozen” movie that Disney put out. I thin it’s different in all the right ways while still hewing to some aspects of the Disney Animation traditions. Why then should “Frozen II,” which is oh-so-very similar to… Read More ›
“The Hustle” (2019) is Kind of Like a Beach Wine
Not every comedy is funny. With apologies, that’s just the way it is. We would, of course, like every comedy to be funny, but things happen. Sometimes stuff just doesn’t work out. Take the subject of this week’s podcast, “The… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Mary Queen of Scots” (2018)
At its outset, “Mary Queen of Scots” is a slow-paced chess match between two queens — Mary Stuart of Scotland (Saoirse Ronan) and Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie)of England. In fact, at points it seems curious that the film is not… Read More ›
New York Film Festival Review: “High Life”
The opening title for Claire Denis’s 2018 New York Film Festival entry appears almost 15 or 20 minutes after the movie starts. It comes up as a series of dead bodies float in space, having been pushed out of… Read More ›
“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” Draws out Emotions at NYCC
Whether or not the original “How to Train Your Dragon” looked incredible when the movie was first released to theaters in 2010, having watched it on Saturday night I can tell you that it is most certainly dated at this… Read More ›
“Alita: Battle Angel” and “Dark Phoenix” Storm NYCC
My Friday at New York Comic-Con this year ended with 20th Century Fox’s showcase and Q&A. On tap for those in the audience were looks at “Alita: Battle Angel” and “Dark Phoenix,” the latter of which is the latest entry… Read More ›
“Lass is More” Interviews “The Last Laugh” Director and Examines “Moana”
There are just some things you don’t joke about. We have all heard people tell us just that — it’s wrong, it’s too serious, it’s inappropriate, it’s disrespectful. Whatever the reasoning might be, each and every one of us has either… Read More ›
Movie Review: "Jason Bourne"
Imagine, if you will, our hero, a superspy who just wants to learn the truth. He doesn’t know all of his own history and every time he learns something new, the world around him crumbles just a little bit more…. Read More ›
"The Purge: Election Year" – I Vote Yes
Yesterday, I wrote about a movie that’s really not good which you should probably avoid this weekend. Today, I’m linking to an entire different movie that opens this weekend and is good. Of course, it is less of a movie… Read More ›
Black and White Films: The Next Generation
We had an interesting movie related moment here over the holidays, one that has made me question my daughter’s viewing choices. As I have written about previously, she voraciously consumes TV series on Netflix. She loves going to theaters to… Read More ›
"The 33" & "By the Sea" – I say Pass on Both
If you head over to IGN today, you can read my reviews of both “The 33” and “By the Sea.” Not to spoil those pieces, but I’ll tell you right here and now that I was disappointed by both movies…. Read More ›
"The Martian" has Landed… or Will Soon
Some movies just amaze you, they blow you away. It doesn’t really matter if you’ve seen something else kind of, sort of, almost like them before, they just make it work. Case in point, Matt Damon’s “The Martian.” Or, maybe,… Read More ›
Christopher Nolan Made a Documentary Short. Really.
When you think of Christopher Nolan–or at least when I think of Christopher Nolan–I tend to think of labyrinthine films, generally with longish runtimes. I think of “Inception” and “The Dark Knight” and “Interstellar” and “Memento” but more as well…. Read More ›
How Young is too Young: "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial"
Previously, as you may recall (and you can totally read it and remind yourself if you don’t), I ruminated on whether my daughter, age nine, was too young to see “Jurassic Park” on the big screen. The screening hasn’t yet… Read More ›
My Biggest Movie Disappointment of the Summer
One of the questions I’m never asked is which film I’ve been most disappointed by over the past few months. And yet, the end of summer feels like the perfect moment to talk about film’s that have disappointed. Sure, I… Read More ›
"Hitman: Agent 47" in My Sights
Once again I come to you with a voice other than mine reading my IGN review of “Hitman: Agent 47.” Not to spoil my review too much, but I gave it a score of “okay.” Yup, the movie is “okay.”… Read More ›
"Cop Car" or the Agony of Kids Doing Dumb Things
Kids do stupid things. It is just one of those things about being a kid – you’re going to do something you shouldn’t do and that has the potential for injury (bodily, mentally, emotionally). Part of my job as a… Read More ›
Good Media Manners – Friends Don’t let Friends Motion-Smooth
Dear GMM, I know that it’s been a while since you last responded to any letters, but I’m desperately hoping you can help me, I’m in dire straits. You see, I was at a friend’s place recently and they had… Read More ›
Robin Williams’ Final On-Screen Performance in "Boulevard"
So, here we are, another Monday. The Monday after Comic-Con. The Monday before… Tuesday. Listen, okay, they can’t all be winners, but sometimes there’s an undeniable truth to them, something you see and then can’t stop staring it. Sometimes you… Read More ›
