Over the past five years I have seen The Meg a few times, and my rating for it has risen from two stars to a solid two-and-a-half. It still isn’t a good film, but it is more enjoyable and exciting than […]
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The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) ☆ ☆ ☆
Because hundreds of vampire movies have been made (thousands? perhaps) genuine originality — or even a fresh approach — is difficult to find. Yet sometimes creativity can be sparked by a return to an original source and finding inspiration there. […]
Continue reading »Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part One (2023) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
I have to admit that I don’t love the first two of Tom Cruise’s now-seven-film franchise; the first one unnecessarily betrayed Mr. Phelps and the second one I recall as just godawful. But since then they’ve figured it out. While […]
Continue reading »Oppenheimer (2023) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Writer-director Christopher Nolan is revered in Hollywood, which I find curious because I don’t love his movies. But others do, from his “Dark Knight” trilogy to Dunkirk, Tenet and Interstellar, all of which I thought were overrated. On the other hand […]
Continue reading »Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) ☆ ☆ 1/2
I’m also not a big fan of fantasy, especially when it involves magic, dragons, witchcraft, sword fighting, mystical creatures and lute playing. All of those elements are present here, and, because of the beguiling efforts of the cast, it almost […]
Continue reading »Elemental (2023) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
I haven’t been the biggest fan for Pixar’s films for more than a decade now, and I wasn’t looking forward to this one based upon its previews. I thought it looked far too much like Inside Out, with its separation of […]
Continue reading »Barbie (2023) ☆ ☆ ☆
Then there is Barbie. Once in a while I don’t feel qualified to write a review about a specific film and this is one of those times. I’m not a Barbie person. I knew of the dolls, of course, but […]
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