James Cameron is finally back on Pandora with Avatar: The Way of the Water – and while we’re all for his message of conservationism that does not mean we love a recycled story… Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Avatar: The Way of the Water: Set more than a decade after the events of the…
David O. Russell brings a spectacular cast to an absolute dud of a movie in Amsterdam. Plus Lena Dunham takes a crack at the literary Catherine Called Birdy to mixed results. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Amsterdam: An original crime epic about three close friends who find themselves at the center of one of…
Poirot is back and as dated as ever with Death on the Nile. Then there are two “romantic comedies” in times for Valentine’s Day with J.Lo’s Marry Me and Charlie Day and Jenny Slate’s I Want You Back. Finally Liam Neeson has his latest anemic attempt at action with Blacklight. Listen on Apple Podcasts. More…
It’s time for the top films of 2021! According to Nicole Kidman the movies are back! Yet there’s no denying it was another strange year. We got a flood of films that were delayed from 2020. There was an abundance of Marvel films and a bevy of streaming indies. Yet for all the fanfare about…
Awards deadlines approach so it’s a supersized episode for the last reviews of 2021! Don’t Look Up, The Lost Daughter, and The Tragedy of Macbeth are all vying hard for accolades. The King’s Man doesn’t seem to be vying for anything (including logic). As for some lighter fare there’s also the Beanie Baby documentary Beanie…
Steven Spielberg takes his shot at West Side Story but is it really a story that needed retelling? Also Sean Baker once again turns his cinematic eye to overlooked communities and wholly formed characters in Red Rocket. More about West Side Story: WEST SIDE STORY is produced and directed by Steven Spielberg from a script…
Denis Villeneuve finally gets to unleash his version of Frank Herbert’s Dune. Also some delightful animated fare with the technocentric Ron’s Gone Wrong and the Mesoamerican epic Maya and the Three. More about Dune: A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born…
While Mulan should have come out in theaters – it’s probably worth a stream, meanwhile this review thinks The New Mutants shouldn’t have come out at all. Read a fuller review of Mulan here More about Mulan: Acclaimed filmmaker Niki Caro brings the epic tale of China’s legendary warrior to life in Disney’s “Mulan,” in…
“Ford V Ferrari” is an awfully slow movie for a film about cars that go so fast. Do we really need ANOTHER film about the unsung niche accomplishments of straight white men? My answer is no. Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal Caitriona Balfe, Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas, and Noah Jupe star. James Mangold directs.
It’s sad and mad Brad in “Ad Astra” and the question of “what is a weekend?” still doesn’t get resolved in “Downton Abbey.” It’s sad Brad Pitt in space. That pretty much sums up “Ad Astra” so if that sounds appealing have at. I however found it unoriginal and dull. Pitt, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler,…