Category: Review

  • Review: Jumanji: The Next Level, Bombshell, and Richard Jewell

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    This week brings some mindless fun in the form of “Jumanji: The Next Level” and some political thrillers with unlikely and possibly unlikable protagonists, based on real life with “Bombshell” and “Richard Jewell.” The joy of “Jumanji: The Next Level” is that it just doesn’t care. Liberated from world building the first half has some…

  • Review: The Aeronauts and Dark Waters

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    This week brings two attempted thrillers in very different settings, “The Aeronauts” and “Dark Waters.” Unfortunately “The Aeronauts” does not soar with excitement. The film spends the majority of its time trying to convince you how high the stakes are instead of actually bothering to raise them. Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones star. ​Meanwhile real…

  • Review: Knives Out

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    “Knives Out” is a classic whodunnit in a modern setting, with an all star cast. ​ While fans of “whodunnits” may not find anything particularly innovative about “Knives Out” there’s something to be said for just seeing a well executed film. Christopher Plummer, Chris Evans, Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon,…

  • Review: Frozen 2, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and The Report

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    “Frozen 2” fails to melt hearts the same way as its smash hit predecessor, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” is more like an okay day that leans too much on an audience being familiar with its source material, and “The Report” is some heavy political fodder about ineffective government inquiries at probably the wrong…

  • Review: Ford V Ferrari

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    “Ford V Ferrari” is an awfully slow movie for a film about cars that go so fast. Do we really need ANOTHER film about the unsung niche accomplishments of straight white men? My answer is no. Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal Caitriona Balfe, Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas, and Noah Jupe star. James Mangold directs.

  • Review: Last Christmas

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    Unfortunately even the great Emma Thompson can’t stretch George Michael’s Christmas song into a feature length film. In spite of the charming cast of Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, and Thompson herself (as well as the directing efforts of Paul Feig), “Last Christmas” is a convoluted bizarro mess. I went in expecting “Love, Actually”…

  • Review: Terminator: Dark Fate, Motherless Brooklyn, and Parasite

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    ​Fan service, ego, and one of the best films I’ve seen all year. “Terminator: Dark Fate” “Motherless Brooklyn” and “Parasite are on deck for review this week. The biggest draw of “Terminator: Dark Fate” is the return of Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger to the franchise. That’s about it. The rest is formula. I did…

  • Review: The Current War: Director’s Cut, The Kill Team and Jojo Rabbit

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    ​This week has three films about war in one way or another with “The Current War: Director’s Cut” “The Kill Team” and “Jojo Rabbit.” “The Current War: Director’s Cut” unfortunately doesn’t do anything to distinguish itself from the countless other films we’ve had about the achievements of rich white men. While it boasts an excellent…

  • Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Zombieland: Double Tap

    Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Zombieland: Double Tap

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    Double sequel week! Both “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”  and “Zombieland: Double Tap” are inferior to their predecessors. This all begs the question: Can we not just stop with the unnecessary sequels please?!  More about Maleficent: Mistress of Evil “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” is about on par with the first, meaning mediocre when it’s at its…

  • Review: Gemini Man and Pain and Glory

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    Alas “Gemini Man” has two times the Will Smith, and yet zero quality. Meanwhile “Pain and Glory” is for Artists with a capital A and Antonio Banderas gives an amazing performance in it. It’s really too bad given that “Gemini Man” is directed by Ang Lee (one of my favorite directors). The film is as…