Taking a beloved (?) character from the Pixar Toy Story franchise and giving him his own prequel story seems like a great idea to me. Maybe Woody or the Potato Heads will get their own origin stories, too. Plus, Lightyear is pure […]
Continue reading »Category: Recent Releases
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) ☆
I suspected that I would hate this movie before I saw it, and of course I was right. I know someone who watched it and then complained that she didn’t understand any of it, or why it was made. And […]
Continue reading »C’mon C’mon (2021) ☆
Although they are manufactured and designed to be seen by wide audiences motion pictures lead to very personal reactions. Sometimes they are wonderfully positive, but sometimes they are overwhelmingly negative, and that can have little to do with the filmmaker. […]
Continue reading »13 Minutes (2021) ☆ ☆ ☆
Those who know me know that I thrill to disaster movies. Always have, probably always will. 13 Minutes is a disaster movie, chronicling the arrival in an Oklahoma town of a massive tornado — yet the tornado itself is not […]
Continue reading »Jurassic World: Dominion (2022) ☆ ☆ ☆
Few movie series have ever been as popular, influential or profitable as the Jurassic Park / World double trilogy. Dinosaurs are the reason, of course, but also because of the top talent recruited to make the films as impactful as possible. […]
Continue reading »The Phantom of the Open (2021) ☆ ☆ ☆
It is rare that I go to a theatre to see a movie of which I have never heard anything, but that is the case with The Phantom of the Open, a British comedy based upon true events of the 1970s […]
Continue reading »Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) ☆ ☆
No gastrointestinal distress this time, but things are just as weird or weirder in this installment of what is bound to become a franchise. It’s another movie based upon a video game, but at least this concept has characters to […]
Continue reading »Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) ☆ ☆ ☆
This is the second feature film inspired by and featuring the same cast as the acclaimed television series, “Downton Abbey,” which I have never seen. But after an initial period of confusion I liked the first film, and I like […]
Continue reading »Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) ☆ ☆ ☆
I’m including this review of the first theatrical Star Trek movie as a Recent Release because I just saw it again in a theater thanks to a Fathom Events presentation. I had to talk myself into it — I do own […]
Continue reading »Intrusion (2021) ☆ ☆
Another film that telegraphs its surprises is Intrusion, a rather slow-paced drama-turned-suspense film from last year. Very few things are as intense or frightening as a home invasion, as anyone who has ever experienced one can testify. The dramatic possibilities created […]
Continue reading »