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 […]

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 […]

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 — […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Alternative reality stories are intriguing because they offer mirrors to our culture, emphasizing, celebrating or mourning some facet of our society that the storyteller feels needs attention. In Yesterday, the aspect worthy of another look is music, particularly music by […]