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2023’s first Rom Com – Not cute and no cigar!
Jonah Hill and Kenya Barris must have thought they were tackling an overlooked cultural issue and doing it with a fresh twist but alas and alack, this is not the case. This is a story that has been around forever and this attempt brings nothing new to the dialogue. Yes, the script/storyline has some clever […]
Is this a movie or an LSD trip? Hard to tell!
Everything, Everywhere, All At Once is a supremely complicated Timothy Leary-esque LSD trip! As convoluted as the storyline (s) is/are, just hang in there and it will all become crystal cloudy the deeper you go. It is a gross understatement to say Michelle Yeoh is fabulous, she is scintillating. And who knew that the little […]
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Shame on the Oscars!
Sarah Polley, the director of Women Talking, was robbed of a much-deserved Oscar nomination for Best Director. What was the Academy thinking? Oh, right, a very uncomfortable subject being addressed and done so brilliantly. She skillfully demonstrated an incredible ability to deftly navigate the complexity of the subject matter and masterfully management of the all-star […]
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The Menu or The Sociopath?
I don’t know which title is more apropos. Perhaps both as this film is certainly about a dedicated foodie (pardon me for this) as well as a dedicated sociopath (no apologies here. To say the “plot” is an intricate web of what becomes, IMHO, a disturbing story of narcissism and self-aggrandizement spread evenly across all […]
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“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery?” More Like an III-Fated Whodunnit Without the Who!
I understand what Rian Johnson was trying to do and that was try my patience for caring! First, don’t start the movie by creeping me out with a Zoom call featuring the late Angela Landsbury and the later Stephen Sondheim. I know the film was in the can before their demise but really? The film […]
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Putting the Oscars on Notice!
Notice to The Academy Awards nominating committee, and this is my final notice, LOL. You need not proceed with any nominations for Cinematography, Production Design, and Editing. Those will most certainly be awarded to Damien Chazelle鈥檚 鈥淪odom and Gomorrah.鈥� Oops, I mean 鈥淏abylon鈥� the penultimate cinematic Bacchanalia. The movie provides a 3+ hour (the time […]
“George and Tammy” movie review
OK y’all, time for a little bit of Texas two-step. Go Stand By Your Man or your German Shepherd or perhaps your local dive bar! It doesn’t really matter. Just put on your shit kickers with your spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle and sit back and enjoy the Showtimes mini-series “George and Tammy”. You don’t […]
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“Spirited” movie review
Sean Anders directed “Spirited” is absolutely the new “Go-To” Holiday Season/Christmas movie. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell (who I absolutely loathed in the movie Elf – talk about chewing the scenery) and, the always wonderful Octavia Spencer. A full-blown, over-the-top (I mean this as a huge compliment) musical version of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” […]
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“The People We Hate at the Wedding” movie review
“The People We Hate at the Wedding” introduces us to a new genre of movie, “The Raunch-Com”! And I for one am a huge fan. Not just because it stars Allison Janney, Kristen Bell and Ben Platt but because it is so over-the-top funny, raunchy (delightful use of the F-bomb and adult scenes) and poignant […]
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“The Fabelmans” movie review
Fasten your seatbelts as here we go with my review of “The Fabelmans”, Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical paean (some like the word homage better) to his adolescence and family. I so wanted to love this film, but alas, I came away only liking it at a 3 out of 5 stars level. Michelle Williams as Mitzi […]
