Perhaps the greatest attribute of Pixar Studios is that they take chances. Risks. Surprising paths. Nowhere is this more apparent than with their latest film, Coco. It takes place on Mexico’s annual Day of the Dead, and concerns the souls of […]
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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
I am not a fan of the first Jumanji from back in 1995, which I feel is overproduced hokum with brutish special effects. And why does so much modern “adventure” mean putting children in peril so often? I don’t get it. So […]
Continue reading »The Post (2017) ☆ ☆ ☆
With all the anti-media bias coming from the White House these days, a film like The Post could not be more timely. Governments keeping non-essential secrets and blatantly lying to the public is, and must be, fair game for all journalists […]
Continue reading »I, Tonya (2017) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Revisionist history is a threat to any movie about real people, especially if they are still alive and kicking. As wildly entertaining as I, Tonya is, it certainly feels as if history is being rewritten for Tonya Harding’s behalf. Perhaps she […]
Continue reading »Molly’s Game (2017) ☆ ☆ ☆
Some movies, no matter how intricately detailed or complexly structured they are, don’t connect with viewers because of what they are about. Molly’s Game is one of those movies for me. Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain) is a woman in legal […]
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