All too many Christmas movies are infused with a saccharine sweetness – a cloying, fake, forced sense of happiness and joy. Every year there are new entries into this disappointing cadre of works and 2021 is no exception, one only… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar”
Comedy can be subjective. What one person finds funny, another will not. I have no doubt that it is possible to go out and read many reviews which describe “Barb & Star go to Vista Del Mar” as a “comedic… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Wonder Woman 1984”
The 1980s, we are often told, was a decade of excess, a decade of nonstop movement centered around a push for more; for bigger, which is always better. That ethos seems to be the guiding principle of Patty Jenkins’ new… Read More ›
Is There an Upside to “Downsizing?”
Alexander Payne’s “Downsizing” arrives on Blu-ray this week and with that arrival we have some important questions to ask. Chief amongst these is why exactly does the film take a sharp turn to the bad after it starts off so… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Despicable Me 3”
The first “Despicable Me” was, if not a revelation, quite enjoyable. It was exceptionally funny, featured a clever plot, and had these crazy yellow things that spoke in a funny fashion (I love the Minions, if you’re against them you… Read More ›
Movie Review: "Sausage Party"
The fear I have when I go into an R-rated comedy is that the R-rating won’t be used to do more than drop in extra curses (see: Zac Efron and Robert De Niro in “Dirty Grandpa). Although that is an… Read More ›
Movie Review: "Ghostbusters" (2016) and a Tangled Web of Thoughts
I take my daughter to a decent number of movies. Some are press screenings and some are regular showings, but we see a lot of movies together. She actually has a running list of what she wants to see for… Read More ›
Movie Review: "Zoolander 2"
There have been almost 15 years between “Zoolander” films, with the first releasing in late September of 2001 and the second hitting theaters this week. Put another way, there have been not one, not two, but three “Star Wars” films… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Looks at "Welcome to Me"
Sometimes when you watch a movie, you’re not sure what to make of it. Welcome to “Welcome to Me.” It is funny, it is serious, it makes you feel and think and then… it ends and it does so without… Read More ›
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