Category: Review

  • Review: Dear Evan Hansen and Foundation

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    How can one adaptation go so horribly awry and one go so “meh” so far? The musical Dear Evan Hansen makes its way to the big screen and Isaac Asimov’s Foundation hits Apple TV+. More about Dear Evan Hansen: The breathtaking, generation-defining Broadway phenomenon becomes a soaring cinematic event as Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award…

  • Review: Cry Macho and I’m Your Man (Ich bin dein Mensch)

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    It’s impressive that Clint Eastwood is alive and capable enough of making a movie at 91 years old, but at this point who is his audience with Cry Macho? Eastwood may give an unintentionally wooden performance in Cry Macho but at least Dan Stevens delivers an intentionally semi-robotic and fully romantic one in Germany’s Academy…

  • Review: Kate, Queenpins, and LuLaRich

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    Ladies committing crimes is the theme of the week with Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s Kate, Kristen Bell and Kirby Howell-Baptiste’s Queenpins, and the LuLaRoe docu-series, LuLaRich. More about Kate: Meticulous and preternaturally skilled, Kate is the perfect specimen of a finely tuned assassin at the height of her game. But when she uncharacteristically blows an assignment…

  • Review: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Spoiler Free) and Cinderella

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    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is finally here! But does it live up to representation expectations? Find out in this spoiler free review. Plus the umpteenth adaptation of Cinderella is out, but does it have anything new to say (or sing)? More about Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: Marvel…

  • Review: Vacation Friends and The Chair

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    This week features two streaming options full of bumbling awkward (and sometimes stupid) scenarios with Vacation Friends on Hulu and The Chair on Netflix. More about Vacation Friends: In this raw and raunchy comedy, straight-laced Marcus and Emily are befriended by wild, thrill-seeking partiers Ron and Kyla at a resort in Mexico. Living in the…

  • Review: Reminiscence and Annette

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    It’s a trippy AF week with Lisa Joy’s sci-fi crime thriller, Reminiscence, and the Sparks musical, Annette. More about Reminiscence: From writer/director/producer Lisa Joy comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ action thriller “Reminiscence,” starring Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson and Thandiwe Newton. Nick Bannister (Jackman), a private investigator of the mind, navigates the darkly alluring world of the…

  • Review: Free Guy, CODA, The Green Knight, John and the Hole, and Nine Days

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    It’s a summer movie / independent film bonanza with Free Guy, CODA, The Green Knight, John and the Hole, and Nine Days. More about Free Guy: When a bank teller discovers he’s actually a background player in an open-world video game, he decides to become the hero of his own story — one that he…

  • Review: The Suicide Squad and Vivo

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    James Gunn takes a crack at The Suicide Squad and thankfully doesn’t ask much of his audience. Meanwhile Lin-Manuel Miranda brings his talents (and Hamilton and In the Heights collaborators) to the new animated film, Vivo. More about The Suicide Squad: Welcome to hell—a.k.a. Belle Reve, the prison with the highest mortality rate in the…

  • Review: Jungle Cruise and Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

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    You won’t want to The Rock the boat when it comes to Disney’s Jungle Cruise and consider yourself lucky if you skip Snake Eyes: G.I Joe Origins. More about Jungle Cruise: Join fan favorites Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt for the adventure of a lifetime on Disney’s “Jungle Cruise,” a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon…

  • Review: Jungle Cruise and Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

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    You won’t want to The Rock the boat when it comes to Disney’s Jungle Cruise and consider yourself lucky if you skip Snake Eyes: G.I Joe Origins. More about Jungle Cruise: Join fan favorites Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt for the adventure of a lifetime on Disney’s “Jungle Cruise,” a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon…