Checked out The Goldfinch, based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Do they offer Pulitzers for movies? No? Well, that’s ok… this movie wouldn’t have won one anyway. It won’t win any Oscars either… or even Golden Globes. It might … Continue reading
Brittany Runs a Marathon is an indie flick that just went wide over the weekend so I got a chance to check it out. The movie has been getting some very good reviews so I was curious… if for no … Continue reading
The big new theatrical release this week is Hustlers. A movie that sure sounds like a cheap, seedy exploitation movie… but has been getting great reviews, especially for its co-star Jennifer Lopez. It’s a movie about strippers taking their revenge … Continue reading
Also checked out the “I promise you it’s a theatrical release” movie Bennett’s War. This is the second “major” theatrical release they offered up for Labor Day. In other words, they gave up on the weekend… this is just end-of-Summer … Continue reading
Also caught up with The Kitchen… a gangster movie starring Melissa McCarthey, Tiffany Hadish, and Elizabeth Moss. And it’s not a comedy (what with McCarthey and Haddish usually doing comedies). This is a serious, dramatic gangster flick set in the … Continue reading
So I checked out the greatest new movie release of last weekend… number 11 with a bullet, making none of the money and almost none of the recognition… Where’d You Go Bernadette? That’s the name of a movie you probably … Continue reading
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 Art of Racing in the Rain is a movie with a pretty terrible title on the surface. This is a dog movie… a talking dog movie… yet the title doesn’t suggest that at all. I was suspect of yet … 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