Prior to this motion picture I had not watched one minute of the acclaimed television series upon which it is based — but that will change. The movie has persuaded me that the series is worth investigating, something millions of […]
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Ad Astra (2019) ☆ ☆ 1/2
“Ad Astra” is latin for “To the Stars,” which is exactly where this movie tries to go. As a lifetime space enthusiast, I am thrilled to see a movie that tries, and largely succeeds, depicting space travel as a viable […]
Continue reading »Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood (2019) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Another film I was trepidatious about is Quentin Tarantino’s newest opus. Tarantino is an acquired taste, one which I have never fully accepted. I know he is revered but his style-first melodramatics are hit or miss with me. Tackling one […]
Continue reading »The Lion King (2019) ☆ ☆
When the animated version of this story became, in 1994, one of the most successful animated films of the Disney studio, I was surprised. I enjoyed it, yet I never felt the love so many people have for it, and […]
Continue reading »Angel Has Fallen (2019) ☆ ☆
While I have enjoyed Secret Service Agent Mike Banning’s previous two action-adventures (Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen), I think it is safe to say that they have finally run their course. The geo-political stakes are still very high — […]
Continue reading »After the Wedding (2019) ☆ ☆ 1/2
I was intrigued to see this drama, which is being advertised as more of a suspense film, almost a thriller. But such marketing makes this movie a sheep in wolf’s clothing, for it is not suspenseful at all, except for […]
Continue reading »The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019) ☆ ☆ ☆
After a review hiatus to recover from knee surgery, I am back with a look at a sentimental dog-centric drama. Based on a Garth Stein novel that I have not read, this rather unusual story follows a Golden Retriever named […]
Continue reading »Toy Story 4 (2019) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Pixar Studios changed feature film animation when they burst on the scene in the early 1990s, and the product that perhaps best illustrates their genius is the Toy Story franchise. The first film was marvelous; the second one even better. […]
Continue reading »Where’d You Go, Bernadette (2019) ☆ ☆ 1/2
This is another movie based on a book that I have not read, so I cannot compare film to book. I have a feeling that in this case I would have benefitted from reading the book, because the movie bothered […]
Continue reading »Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) ☆ ☆ 1/2
The memory of Tony Stark looms large over this latest Marvel adventures, the first after the Avengers finally dispatched Thanos and reset humanity’s destiny. Now that “the Blip” has come and gone (the five-year period during which half of the […]
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