Local theater also got 2018’s On the Basis of Sex, the biopic (and non-documentary) film about Ruth Bader Ginsberg. There’s also a documentary about her called RBG (which I also saw after this one). This film covers the future … Continue reading
Checked out the new Kevin Hart / Bryan Cranston drama/comedy The Upside over the weekend. This is a movie that’s getting heavily Twitter-bombed because Kevin Hart is in it and he hasn’t – or hasn’t enough – apologized for old … Continue reading
And… wooo baby… I also went to see the surprise Keanu Reeves sci-fi flick Replicas. I say surprise because I didn’t see a trailer for the flick and I kept thinking, “that guy sounds like Keanu Reeves.” “Wait… that IS … Continue reading
Somewhere between slightly and majorly embarrassed to say that, not only did I go see the new dog-walks-home movie A Dog’s Way Home, but I also kind of liked it. Despite the look of the film and the narration from … Continue reading
Rented the Ethan Hawke indie film First Reformed on iTunes. This is a film written and directed by Paul Scrader who wrote (among other things) Taxi Driver back in the 70s. This film shares some DNA with that film, though … Continue reading
The new suspense/horror film Escape Room is the first theatrical release of 2019… and it manages to be not so bad. Usually the first release of the year is a bad horror movie that couldn’t hack it over the holidays. … Continue reading
Went to see the Dick Chaney bio-pic Vice…. and with a title like Vice (and not, say, Vice President), you can probably imagine that this isn’t a positive portrayal of the ex-VP. That’s an accurate stance… you might even call … Continue reading
Finally made myself go see the new Clint Eastwood movie The Mule. “Made myself” not because I don’t like Eastwood as an actor and director, but because the trailer had him pronounce “pecan” in two different ways! And, yes, that’s … Continue reading
Also checked out the studio’s weird attempt at a Christmas movie, the comedy Holmes and Watson. I see why they released this pile of garbage on Christmas day… they were trying to trick the audience into thinking it was a … Continue reading
Checked out Mary Queen of Scots, the new British royalty costume drama starring Sairose Ronan (as Mary) and Margot Robbie (as Queen Elizabeth). This is roughly the kind of movie the OTHER British Royalty flick I saw the other day … Continue reading