Posts Tagged ‘movie review’
Harriet | Movie Review
The new movie “Harriet” sets the record straight on one of history’s great heroines. History has done a disservice to Harriet Tubman. Indeed, many of us remember the photos of Ms.…
Read MoreZombieland: Double Tap | Movie Review
After it premiered in October 2009, “Zombieland” earned a mostly positive critical and audience response on its way to making over $100 million at the box office. In the 10…
Read MoreAd Astra | Movie Review
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy said it should be America’s goal to put a man on the moon “before this decade is out.” In the 2010s, it seems someone…
Read MoreOnce Upon a Time in… Hollywood | Movie Review
My first thought after seeing “Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood” is that I think I might like hanging out with Quentin Tarantino. We seem to have a lot in…
Read MoreYesterday | Movie Review
‘Yesterday’ a movie for today Most of us who are fans of Beatles tunes, even a few of them, most likely feel that a movie highlighting their music can’t have…
Read MoreToy Story 4 | Movie Review
Toy Story 4 is Delightful, Fast-Paced and Only a Little Tired Woody and the gang return in this fourth and final installment of the 25-year-old franchise as they travel on…
Read MorePOMS | Movie Review
As with many movies casting older ladies or gentlemen, I always wonder if great actors are going to be relegated to a barrage of bathroom humor, sex jokes and “flipping…
Read More‘Mary Poppins Returns’ | Movie Review
It’s difficult to go into a sequel with high expectations, especially if the sequel is for a classic movie like “Mary Poppins.” The sequel, “Mary Poppins Returns,” opens today with…
Read More‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ | Movie Review
I am constantly bemoaning the issues with the attention span of the general public, and how movies have been cut and pasted to appeal to the ever dwindling ability of…
Read More‘First Man’ | Movie Review
Damien Chazelle is one of the best and most promising filmmakers working today. His first three films, including “Whiplash” and “La La Land,” focused on the world of musicians and…
Read More‘The Hate U Give’ | Movie Review
‘The Hate U Give’ is one of year’s best and most important Anytime I read a fantastic book, I walk into the theater hoping the film does the book justice. I…
Read More‘A Star Is Born’ | Movie Review
“Is this the most remade movie ever?” Thus wrote some sardonic Twitter troll on my timeline shortly before this remake (the fourth or fifth, depending on your interpretation of cinema…
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