Also went to see the new music-infused film Blinded by The Light. This is a movie positively dripping with the music of Bruce Springsteen but isn’t actually either a jukebox musical or a biopic. I’m sure it was made with … Continue reading
The new movie Good Boys is about a trio of sixth graders. It’s rated R with the MPAA labeling it as having strong crude sexual content, drug and alcohol content, and language throughout – all involving tweens. That’s an accurate … Continue reading
I also checked out The Angry Birds Movie 2 (or the Angry Birds 2 Movie… or 2 Angry 2 Birds… har!). I hated, hated, hated the first Angry Birds movie but this sequel has been getting some inexplicably good reviews … Continue reading
Checked out the new indie darling The Farewell. This movie stars Awkwafina in a more dramatic roll than we’ve seen her in so far. I’m not super familiar with her other than she’s a stand-up comedian and has been in … Continue reading
So.. I went to see Quentin Tarantino’s latest movie Once Upon a Time In Hollywood waaay back on Thursday and I’ve been wrestling with my thoughts and dreading writing a review since then. But here we are, on Tuesday, with … Continue reading
Checked out the new dark comedy The Art of Self Defense. Small movie, probably won’t be noticed by many… but a good movie… assuming you like odd, kind of violent, kind of spoofs of sports movies and toxic masculinity. Or … Continue reading
The new action comedy buddy cop film Stuber has a very bad title and not particularly good trailers. So I went anyway because that’s what I do. And my low expectations were, surprisingly, surpassed. The movie is getting pretty bad … Continue reading
The new movie Yesterday is in love with The Beatles… and hopefully you are too if you go see it. This is a high-concept comedy / romantic comedy written by the guy who wrote fine romantic comedies like Notting Hill … Continue reading
I went into Toy Story 4 thinking it really didn’t need to exist. Toy Story 3 was a perfectly good send-off to the series, packing an emotional punch and a conclusion that reminded us all we have to grow up … Continue reading
The new film Shaft is the third film called Shaft following the original 1971 classic and the 2000 soft reboot. That 2000 film was a semi-sequel as it starred Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft, nephew of John Shaft from … Continue reading