Tag: Movie
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Review: Cherry and Genera+ion
After watching Cherry perhaps Tom Holland and the Russo Brothers should keep their collaborations to comics only. Also the Youths take center stage in Genera+ion on HBO Max. More about Cherry: “Cherry” follows the wild journey of a disenfranchised young man from Ohio who meets the love of his life, only to risk losing her…
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Review: Raya and the Last Dragon, Coming 2 America, Moxie!, Boogie, and Chaos Walking
This week brings a smorgasbord of diverse films but that doesn’t automatically mean they’re good. Raya and the Last Dragon, Coming 2 America, Moxie!, Boogie, and Chaos Walking are all up for review! More about Raya and the Last Dragon: “Raya and the Last Dragon” takes us on an exciting, epic journey to the fantasy world of Kumandra,…
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Review: Minari and Tom & Jerry
Minari might be the perfect film to watch during this horrid wave of Anti-Asian and Anti-Asian American crime in the US to help others understand that we’re not different, we’re all human. Then there’s the visually unsettling and unnecessary Tom & Jerry to consider. Find resources on #StopAsianHate – https://stopaapihate.org/ More about Minari – A…
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Review: I Care a Lot, Supernova, and Flora & Ulysses
Unfortunately you will probably not care much for I Care a Lot. In spite of the star power of Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci is not enough to make Supernova a stellar film. Finally there’s the family friendly Flora & Ulysses. More about I Care a Lot: Poised with sharklike self-assurance, Marla Grayson is a…
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Review: Judas and the Black Messiah, Barb & Star go to Vista del Mar, To All the Boys: Always and Forever, and Dead Pigs
Judas and the Black Messiah gives a skillful lesson for Black History Month. Barb & Star Go to Vista del Mar is the right brand of weird (for some). To All The Boys: Always and Forever stretches their characters too thin. Finally Cathy Yan’s Dead Pigs is finally available in the US (just in time…
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Review: Malcolm & Marie, Bliss, and Earwig and the Witch
Zendaya shows off her Ácting skills in Malcolm & Marie but does the movie live up to her talents? Bliss is far from delightful, and Earwig and the Witch lacks the spellbinding charm normally found in Studio Ghibli films. More about Malcolm & Marie: Writer/Director Sam Levinson teams up with Zendaya and John David Washington…
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Review: The Little Things, Palmer, The Dig, and Penguin Bloom
Three Academy Award winners do not an interesting film make in the crime thriller The Little Things. Justin Timberlake tries to put his progressive acting hat on in Palmer. Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes dig up some dirt (but not the interesting kind) in The Dig. Finally, Naomi Watts is wheelchair bound (but certainly not…
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Jim Gaffigan Interview: Troop Zero
A blast from the archives with actor Jim Gaffigan on Troop Zero, are hot dogs sandwiches, and finding your tribe. Filmed at the Sundance 2019 Film Festival More about Troop Zero: In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl (Mckenna Grace) dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance at…
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Review: Outside the Wire and WandaVision (Spoiler Free)
Netflix is bringing us a movie a week in 2021 but if Outside the Wire is any indication that might not be a good thing. Also the highly stylized WandaVision hits Disney+. Plus One Night In Miami… and Promising Young Woman are now available to stream! More about Outside the Wire: Set in the future,…
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Review: Tenet, Wolfwalkers, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, and The Forty-Year-Old Version
On the first day of 2021 let’s take an opportunity to watch some films that you may have missed (or weren’t available to you yet) in 2020! Enjoy a spoiler free review of Tenet, the animated Wolfwalkers, the painfully honest Never Rarely Sometimes Always, and the self realized The Forty-Year-Old Version. More about Tenet: Armed…