Movie Review: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
When you elect to unfurl your story slowly, you’re taking a big risk. Audiences today are used to flash, explosions, and fast moving entertainment. A …
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Movie Review: Last Christmas
And so it begins. With Halloween over, here come the Christmas movies! Lifetime Network is making I think 3,487 of them. Netflix has started wallowing …
Movie Review: Yesterday
Yesterday is written by Richard Curtis. Yesterday is also directed by Danny Boyle. While not diametrically opposed, I see 2 competing strong viewpoints at war …
Movie Review: Always Be My Maybe
One small change to a movie formula can make it feel fresh and new, and reinvigorate a genre. One change most people can get behind …
Movie Review: Long Shot
There are a lot of really terrific actresses out there. All of the greats have some sort of versatility in their repertoire: Meryl. Reese. J-Law. …
Movie Review: Someone Great
Someone Great is the surprise of the year so far for me. Fascinating, compelling, and fun, this story of a night in New York City …
Movie Review: The Perfect Date
World, meet Noah Centineo. Netflix can now officially claim it is a star making enterprise in addition to the rest of the content it is …
Movie Review: Isn’t It Romantic
Let me start by saying Isn’t It Romantic is pretty harmlessly fun. Rebel Wilson’s send up of the 1990s romcom has some really fun parts …
Movie Review: If Beale Street Could Talk
Sometimes directors adapting specific writers make so much sense you wish they’d team up more. Michael Lewis’s The Big Short could only have been properly …
Movie Review: The Princess Switch
I wonder how Hallmark Channel Executives will feel about The Princess Switch. Releasing over 70 Christmas movies this year, you’d think getting Vanessa Hudgens playing …