Turning Red, the expensive Pixar animated film from 2022, is finally receiving a theatrical release, and I made sure to see it in a theatre. It is incomprehensible to me how Disney / Pixar decided to bypass a theatrical release […]
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Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) ☆ ☆ ☆
While Killers of the Flower Moon is an expertly produced, directed and acted film, it isn’t one that lends itself to viewer adoration and the kind of love that leads to repeat viewings. I doubt that I’ll ever see it again. […]
Continue reading »The Zone of Interest (2023) ☆
I’ve mentioned in other reviews how the most acclaimed films use ambiguity to their advantage; one sees what one sees, or wants to see, and the same circumstances can be interpreted in many ways. This is one of those films, […]
Continue reading »The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (2023) ☆ ☆ ☆
William Friedkin’s final film is a stark retelling of the famous Herman Wouk story and play. Rather than opening it up, to make it more cinematic (perhaps in the fashion of the similarly-themed drama A Few Good Men), the director […]
Continue reading »The Boys in the Boat (2023) ☆ ☆ ☆
Every few years a sports movie comes along to uplift audiences with a great story and a powerful message, which is almost always this — work together as a team and good things will happen. It worked for Hoosiers; it worked […]
Continue reading »Lift (2024) ☆ ☆ 1/2
For a while superhero movies were all the rage. Now I think it is a toss-up between creepy horror stories and shiny, slick caper movies like Lift. It seems everyone is making them these days, all attempting to find the coolest […]
Continue reading »The Equalizer 3 (2023) ☆ ☆ 1/2
I have liked each of the first two “Equalizer” movies, although I’ve never seen either the original television series or the new one. These first two movies have established ex-CIA guy Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) as a fastidious man with […]
Continue reading »The Beekeeper (2024) ☆ ☆
We’ve all seen action movies where the action is so unbelievable that any suspension of disbelief is impossible. I had thought action star Jason Statham had moved past this kind of sloppiness. Not so. The Beekeeper is action as its […]
Continue reading »Poor Things (2023) ☆ ☆
Some critics argue that the greatest art is defined by its ambiguity; that a film in which viewers can interpret things in myriad ways is more valuable and important precisely because of its many facets. Perhaps that is true, but […]
Continue reading »On Sacred Ground (2023) ☆ 1/2
When it comes to certain subjects a film can easily turn into a diatribe, a full-fledged political statement. Sometimes that’s fine; exposés like All the President’s Men and Spotlight are better for the agitation they cause in viewers. Yet sometimes hit-job storytelling […]
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