Whether it is “The Goonies” or “WarGames” or “E.T.” or “Labyrinth” or “Flight of the Navigator” or any number of other movies, the 1980s were a great time for a kid to watch other kids on the big screen and fall… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Adult Life Skills”
In 2016, writer/director Rachel Tunnard’s “Adult Life Skills” won the Nora Ephron Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival. Now, in 2019, the film finally is being released in theaters and on demand here in the United States (it is a… Read More ›
Movie Review: “The Standoff at Sparrow Creek”
It has become very popular to offer up shades of grey in both movies and television, to blur the lines between which group of folks are the good guys, and which group are the bad. Sometimes this is the result of… Read More ›
Movie Review: “An Acceptable Loss”
There are difficult, terrible, decisions that have to be made by the individuals in our government; decisions with massive ramifications and unknown outcomes. That knowledge has to weigh upon those making said decisions, and the new film by writer/director Joe… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Fyre: The Greatest Party that Never Happened”
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines schadenfreude as “enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others.” It is an idea that will be in the viewer’s minds well before the Chris Smith documentary, “Fyre: The Greatest Party that Never Happened,” discusses anything remotely… Read More ›
Movie Review: “A Dog’s Way Home”
If you are on the fence about wanting a dog, the Charles Martin Smith directed “A Dog’s Way Home” is likely to push you into a new four-legged friend. Voiced by Bryce Dallas Howard, the adorable pooch, Bella, at the… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Glass” (2019)
For better or for worse, but certainly by his design, M. Night Shyamalan’s films are largely defined by their “twist,” that moment late in the movie where the story is suddenly turned on its ear, forcing the audience to reassess… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Second Act” (2018)
All movies, to a greater or lesser degree, require suspension of disbelief. It is a necessary part of the experience and the mere need for it does not make a movie a disappointment. That said, sometimes what is asked of… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Vice” (2018)
In case anyone is unsure prior to that moment, in its final minutes, writer/director Adam McKay’s “Vice” lays the problems of today’s world squarely at Dick Cheney’s feet. The preceding two hours aren’t incredibly kind to the man, but the summation… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Welcome to Marwen”
Robert Zemeckis’s “Welcome to Marwen’ opens with a waxy-looking Steve Carell flying over Belgium during the Second World War. He is Cap’n Hogie, and soon finds himself on foot and ambushed by Nazis. The sequence is beautiful, but there is… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Stan & Ollie”
Some biopics can spend three hours talking about a person, or people, and never seem to get to the heart of the matter. No matter how deeply they delve, there is always something just intrinsically missing. Other films, even with a… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Bumblebee”
What if there were a “Transformers” live-action movie that was actually good? A movie where the story made sense, where there were some good emotional beats, where there were some decent laughs, where the audience could discern what was going… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Mortal Engines”
There is something incredibly impressive about the visuals that have been put on the screen for “Mortal Engines.” Directed by Christian Rivers, the film has the grand sense of scale one expects from the work of Peter Jackson, who is… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
It may sound impossible, but what if we really did have room for another Spider-Man origin story? Watch “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” and you’ll be convinced that this new movie was absolutely worth making. Directors Bob Perischetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes”
More than halfway through the Alexis Bloom documentary, “Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes,” an interesting question comes to the fore – did Roger Ailes believe the stories he had Fox News peddle, or was he just in… 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 ›
Movie Review: “The American Meme”
What if there is a dark side to fame? What if money does not always buy happiness? What if there are actual real-world consequences to one’s actions? Such are the supposedly shocking revelations put forth by the new documentary, “The American… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Anna and the Apocalypse”
Perhaps the inevitable upcoming zombie apocalypse won’t be all bad. Assuredly loved ones will be lost and brains will be on the menu (it is a zombie apocalypse after all), but there might be singing and dancing, too, and who… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Creed II”
There is a basic formula for “Rocky” movies and the “Creed” films are very much “Rocky” movies even if they focus on Apollo Creed’s son, Adonis (Michael B. Jordan), with Rocky’s story taking a backseat. Due to this formula, the… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”
One of the biggest problems with “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” the first of the Harry Potter universe prequel movies, is that it isn’t telling the story it wants the audience to think it’s telling. Or, rather, it is… Read More ›
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