There is something truly smart in the opening of “A Bad Moms Christmas,” the sequel to 2016’s “Bad Moms.” As Mila Kunis’ Amy explains it – Christmas is an incredibly hard time of the year to be a mom. There… Read More ›
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TV Review: “Ozark”
Martin Byrde is a financial advisor, and a good one. He lives a comfortable life with his wife, Wendy, and their two kids, Charlotte and Jonah. His business partner, Bruce, may be a somewhat smarmy guy, but Byrde doesn’t have… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Beatriz at Dinner”
There is good in this world and there is evil and while it isn’t always easy to tell the two apart in real life, in movies and TV it can be more simple. When one sits down to watch Miguel… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Paris Can Wait”
I love big budget spectacle movies… or I love the idea of them anyway; recently I’ve been less impressed with the films themselves (but that’s neither here nor there). It is still nice though, as we head into summer with… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”
One of the reasons the original “Guardians of the Galaxy” works so well is that it, at the time it was released, provided an entirely different feel from other movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Having just rewatched it, I… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer”
If you were to ask me how Norman Oppenheimer, Richard Gere’s character in “Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer,” makes money, I would admit to not having any sort of an idea. The movie… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Your Name.”
Body-swapping movies are a genre all their own and this weekend in the U.S. we’re getting an animated body-swapping feature from Japan, “Your Name.” Directed by Makoto Shinkai, “Your Name.” is the story of two high schoolers, Mitsuha (Mone Kamishiraishi)… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Mine” (2017)
For a significant portion of the new movie “Mine,” a U.S. soldier stands in the desert with one foot on a landmine. The soldier, Mike (Armie Hammer), is forced to wait 52 hours with his foot on the mine, unable… Read More ›
Movie Review: “The Boss Baby”
Some moments in “The Boss Baby” are not just wise, they are brilliant. These moments, and they tend to be frontloaded, offer up a perfect look at just what it’s like to have a baby join a family, of the… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Power Rangers”
It is spoiling absolutely nothing to say that at the end of “Power Rangers,” the big screen update of the long-running television series, the group of five teens at the story’s center will indeed become Power Rangers. That is, after… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Kong: Skull Island”
In an ideal world, a movie is satisfying on all levels – even big spectacle films like “Kong: Skull Island” ought to work across the board. We do not, however, live in an ideal world and therefore it is not… Read More ›
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