Category: Review

  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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    I would be doing the Harry Potter community a disservice if I spoiled anything for this film, so consider this more of a reaction than a review. Also let’s be honest, almost anything I say about the film is not going to deter general audiences from seeing this film. So the good news is, overall…

  • Arrival, Loving

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    This week marks and uptick in quality of films, which gives me hope for the upcoming awards season. “Arrival” starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest Whitaker. I love a good and original SciFi film. It’s based on the short, “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang. Aliens land on earth and we don’t know what they…

  • Doctor Strange, Trolls

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    This week brings Doctor Strange and Trolls! It’s here, it’s finally here! My beloved Benedict Cumberbatch as a superhero! Not to mention any superhero, but the Sorcerer Supreme himself. Those not familiar with the Marvel universe may have no idea what I’m talking about or why I’m excited. Doctor Strange is one of the more…

  • Inferno

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    This week brings one review and one review alone, “Inferno.”I will start by saying I love the book “The Da Vinci Code” when it first came out. I was obsessed with puzzles and mysteries. Did the whole running around Westminster Abby thing reliving where the plot pointed to etc. So when I found out they…

  • Keeping Up with the Joneses, Moonlight

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    This week brings up “Keeping Up with the Joneses” and “Moonlight.” “Keeping Up with the Joneses” has a cast that are unquestionably talented, just not in this. Gal Gadot (our new Wonder Woman), Jon Hamm, Isla Fisher, and Zach Galifianakis star in this “comedy.” What was upsetting is it’s directed by Greg Mottola, who has made…

  • The Accountant, Desierto

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    This week brings “The Accountant” and “Desierto” to review. “The Accountant” was nothing spectacular, but nor was it terrible. Which is probably a sadder reflection on the films being pumped out now versus the film itself. There were considerable plot issues and editing issues, at times you’d forget a B and C plot existed.  Ben…

  • The Girl on the Train, The Birth of a Nation, American Honey

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    This week brings three films.  The first was “The Girl on the Train” which I was by far the most excited for. I loved the book, it was a far from perfect book, but certainly a page turner. Unfortunately the translation to screen did not turn out so well. The suspense was stripped out of…

  • Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Masterminds

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    This week brings the new Tim Burton film “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” and Jared Hess’s “Masterminds”. I haven’t loved Tim Burton’s last handful of films (“Frankenweenie” excluded), and while I enjoyed “Miss Peregrine” more than I have some of his others, it still felt like a student trying to imitate Tim Burton than the…

  • The Magnificent Seven, Queen of Katwe

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    Up this week is the 8 millionth remake of the year, “The Magnificent Seven” starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onfrio and Peter Sarsgaard. It was directed by Antoine Fuqua. So it had potential, but ultimately I didn’t feel it brought much new to the table. More in the audio review.  Alas a slight…

  • Bridget Jones’s Baby

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    This week’s review is “Bridget Jones’s Baby” – the first film, “Bridget Jones’s Diary” is one of my favorite guilty pleasure movies. I will watch it any time it’s on TV. The second one was a disaster that I even tried to find and rewatch before this and was thwarted as it appears to have…