I have to admit that I am a big fan of Po and his goofy animated adventures. I think I have liked each of the three previous films and this one is no different. Being a bit roly-poly myself I […]
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Wicked Little Letters (2023) ☆ ☆ 1/2
It’s not a whodunit. It’s a who-wrote-it. That’s the tagline for Wicked Little Letters, the most recent comedy to explore how one person’s personal letters can upset and divide an entire community. This premise has been explored before, though usually regarding […]
Continue reading »Deep Fear (2023) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Monsters of another sort lurk in the ocean-going drama Deep Fear, monsters of a far more realistic and menacing sort than the kaiju and ghosts of the previous two reviewed movies. Sharks. Big, hungry, aggressive sharks. These apparitions are what keep […]
Continue reading »Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) ☆ ☆
As much as I enjoyed the recent Godzilla Minus One, a monster movie as absolutely rooted in reality as it could be (considering it is about Godzilla), I cannot say the same about this new American monster mash. It goes in […]
Continue reading »Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) ☆ ☆
I was looking forward to this new “Ghostbusters” adventure after really enjoying 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which I felt was a wonderfully fresh, nostalgic and emotionally powerful re-introduction to that story. This new movie tries to conjure the same type of nostalgia, […]
Continue reading »Dune, Part Two (2024) ☆ ☆ ☆
I don’t love director Denis Villeneuve’s science-fiction oeuvre because, unlike, say, Steven Spielberg’s, Villeneuve’s movies are more intellectual and symbolic than emotional adventures of wonder. Since Sicario (2015), the writer-director has worked exclusively in the sci-fi domain — Arrival, Blade […]
Continue reading »To Review or Not to Review . . . That is the Question
After my first review of Labyrinth posted earlier today it was suggested to me that perhaps I should not see or review fantasy films, as I am particularly averse to them. There is logic in that suggestion, but I don’t want […]
Continue reading »Labyrinth (1986) ☆ 1/2 (review 2)
It has been suggested to me that my personal aversion to fantasy films overwhelms my earlier review of Labyrinth, even negating whatever worth it may have. I cannot argue that point; it is clear and obviously true. In my reviews […]
Continue reading »2023 Academy Awards Predictions
While I have been a big fan of the Oscars since the 1970s I have paid less attention to them in recent years. I cannot say why, except that some of the nominated films have not piqued my interest. This […]
Continue reading »Madame Web (2024) ☆ 1/2
There must be an awful lot of comic book material, weird characters with weird superpowers and such, which has not been adapted to film yet. This is one such adaptation, I think, and one which really should have been avoided. […]
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