Movie Review: Paddington in Peru
Keep em coming, England! My heart gets giddy with each new Paddington film that shows up. This one is no different, making the world a …
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Movie Review: Bring Them Down
Most people I know list the Irish as the nicest people on the planet. The last decade or so of movies have shown that underneath …
Movie Review: I’m Still Here
If there were a subtitle for I’m Still Here, it would be A Family Affair. Every Brazilian family was affected by the military dictatorship that …
Movie Review: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Consistently OK. Do you know how many trilogies have wide variations in quality. Or are consistently excellent like the LOTR and Before Trilogies. It takes …
Movie Review: Mufasa: The Lion King
There’s a lot of reasons I was ready to hate Mufasa. The 1994 Lion King is one of the best animated movies Disney ever made…only …
Movie Review: Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point
Why do people love A Christmas Story so much? My assertion is that the movie feels like you’re watching a home movie, perhaps the best …
Movie Review: Blitz
Blitz boasts one of the most anticipated mergings of story and director. Steve McQueen, the great UK director, making a movie about the London Blitz …
Movie Review: A Real Pain
I’m glad A Real Pain wasn’t Jesse Eisenberg’s first movie. A film like this requires a delicate touch that most first time directors don’t quite …
Movie Review: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
With Halloween in the rear view mirror, the avalanche of Christmas movies is about to begin. Amidst the endless “overworked female city dweller falls in …
Movie Review: Exhibiting Forgiveness
I remember walking through the Wells St. Art Festival in Chicago, enjoying one of the many amazing summer festivals the city has to offer. And …