I’m not a huge fan of independent movies but when they are done well they are as good or better than most Hollywood product. Still Here is a strong example of that; it tackles a difficult, harrowing subject with honesty […]
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Resistance (2020) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Movies can, and often do, reveal things about our history that we were never taught in school. This is one of them, and the lesson is that the great mime, Marcel Marceau, actually helped rescue hundreds, if not thousands of […]
Continue reading »Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) ☆ ☆
Now here is another alien movie — because Sonic is from another world, you know — with a big budget, and a big star, and yet it still receives the same rating as the low-budget independent flick Useless Humans. That’s because Useless […]
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Few genres of films ignite my interest as much as science fiction, especially when they involve aliens or the threatened destruction of Earth. I can’t help it, it’s just what floats my boat. So when this minor little low-budget independent […]
Continue reading »The Way Back (2020) ☆ ☆ ☆
Sports stories often aim for redemption as their primary goal, whether on a field or off. This film continues that tradition, yet also subverts it in an intriguing, and ultimately, very honest way. It plays like an urban version of Hoosiers, […]
Continue reading »Nomadland (2020) ☆ ☆ ☆
This is one of those hard-to-review movies for me. It is a critically acclaimed adaptation of a non-fiction book, anchored by a two-time Oscar-winning actress, filmed across seven states, offering a unique, challenging, largely unknown perspective of modern American life. […]
Continue reading »Dolittle (2020) ☆ ☆
Loving animals and animal movies as I do, you might think I would be immediately smitten with a movie about a man who can talk to animals and who treasures them above people. But I have always felt ambivalent about […]
Continue reading »Bloodshot (2020) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Another 2020 release I originally missed was the science-fiction action drama Bloodshot. It opened around the time that theaters were being shut down, but I wasn’t that interested in a Vin Diesel based-on-a-comic-book-superhero movie. Now I’ve seen it anyway, and I […]
Continue reading »Land (2021) ☆ ☆ 1/2
As if making a really good movie isn’t hard enough, some films, including this one, place obstacles in their own way. In this case, it’s Edee, the main character, whose decisions are so poorly conceived and executed that she nearly […]
Continue reading »The Mauritanian (2021) ☆ ☆ ☆
Some movies, like this one, are much harder to watch than others. The Mauritanian is not a commercial film, despite its trio of stars; it is a deeply serious story which questions American attitudes following the 9/11 attacks. It’s my guess […]
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