Movie Review: Nonnas
Vince Vaughn loves his grandmother. That’s basically the tagline for this Netflix delight. Nonnas is one of those movies that’s impossible to hate. Unless you …
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Movie Review: The Friend
Ah the dog movie. We’ve used all types of dogs in movies. For the 40s kids it was Lassie. 70s, Benji. 90’s, Shadow (THE GOAT). …
Movie Review: Thunderbolts*
I had no idea what Thunderbolts* was going to be. Specifically, how Marvel was going to treat it. Fantastic 4 is the movie the MCU …
Movie Review: The Room Next Door
Poor Pedro Almodovar. He lives out his feelings in his work. The Room Next Door shows us he’s really worried about death, and how he’s …
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: A Quiet Place: Day One
And we’re back. It’s time to nut up or shut up, as Jesse Eisenberg once said facing his zombie clown fears. Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph …
Movie Review: Robot Dreams
Sometimes words get in the way of a great story. Robots and dogs don’t use a lot of words to communicate what they’re feeling to …
Movie Review: Problemista
Saturday Night Live has its share of strange presences over the years: Andy Kaufman, Jack Handey, Robert Smigel, all left their mark with their strange, …
Movie Review: Cabrini
The last few decades have certainly given credence to the Karl Marx philosophy of religion being the opiate of the masses. Gigantic bureaucracies can lead …
Movie Review: Past Lives
Moviemakers are pretty great at making great romances, but usually out of period pieces. Something about the pre-cell phone era puts nice little simple boundary …