Following last year’s Freddie Mercury / Queen biography Bohemian Rhapsody, which I really enjoyed, films about famous musicians and their music are now all the rage. Yesterday and Blinded by the Light celebrate the music of the Beatles and Bruce […]
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Brightburn (2019) ☆ ☆ ☆
The Superman legend has become cultural mythos, especially due to the wonderful 1978 movie that so beautifully presented the formative years of Clark Kent / Superman. But what if things had gone differently? What if the superboy had developed different […]
Continue reading »Men in Black: International (2019) ☆ ☆ 1/2
I have enjoyed all three of the earlier Men in Black comic cosmic adventures and this one is no different. While I miss Will Smith and especially Tommy Lee Jones, it is clear that the new team, Tessa Thompson and […]
Continue reading »Godzilla, King of the Monsters (2019) ☆ ☆ ☆
I have a strong affinity for the Big Guy, especially when he was portrayed by some poor schlub in a rubber suit, stomping around on model cities in Japan. To my mind he is, indeed, King of the Monsters, and […]
Continue reading »Poms (2019) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Back in the day, I liked Diane Keaton as an actress, since she is a very likable, appealing, kind of kooky performer who proved herself savvy at drama as well as comedy. She seems to be working harder than ever […]
Continue reading »The White Crow (2018) ☆ ☆ ☆
I am at a disadvantage here because I know next to nothing about ballet, Russian ballet and Rudolf Nureyev (I do know that Nureyev stars in the reviled 1977 biography, Valentino, and appeared in a few other movies). But I […]
Continue reading »Avengers: Endgame (2019) ☆ ☆ ☆
The ultimate Marvel superhero movie concludes its 22-film arc that began with Iron Man in 2008 — except that there are more to come. But this series begins and ends with Robert Downey Jr.’s spectacular performance as Tony Stark / […]
Continue reading »John Wick — Chapter 3: Parabellum (2019) ☆
This trilogy finale (gosh, I hope it is the end) represents a conundrum for me. I kind of liked the first one, wherein hitman John Wick (Keanu Reeves) doles out lethal retribution to the meanies who shot his dog. The […]
Continue reading »The Hustle (2019) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Ruprecht the Monkey Boy is one of my favorite movie characters of the 1980s. Recognize him? Ruprecht is one of the several people imagined by Freddy Benson (Steve Martin) in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, perhaps the funniest comedy of 1988. That […]
Continue reading »The Intruder (2019) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Ever buy a new house and then have weird things begin to happen? No, not me either, but it sure happens in movies, from the spooky occurrences in The Amityville Horror to the psychotic neighbors in Pacific Heights or Unlawful […]
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