Tag: Review

  • Incredibles 2, Tag

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    This week brings a sequel 14 years in the making, and a comedy based on real events 30+ years in the making. It’s “Incredibles 2” and “Tag” Disney Pixar’s “Incredibles 2” picks up pretty much right where “The Incredibles” left off. I don’t think folks are going to be disappointed by this sequel. Brad Bird…

  • Ocean’s 8, Hotel Artemis, Won’t You Be My Neighbor

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    This week brings the female lead heist film “Ocean’s 8”, the also criminal centric “Hotel Artemis” and the Fred Rogers documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor.” “Ocean’s 8″ is a fun romp that you really don’t need to have seen any of the predecessors for. It stars Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling,…

  • How to Talk to Girls at Parties, American Animals

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    This week brings the Neil Gaiman/John Cameron Mitchell combo “How to Talk to Girls at Parties” and the (based on true events) crime thriller “American Animals.” f you’re a fan of either Gaiman or Cameron Mitchell, “How to Talk to Girls at Parties” is probably worth checking out. Based on Gaiman’s short story of the…

  • Deadpool 2

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    My boy Ryan Reynolds is back as Wade Wilson in “Deadpool 2”! But does it live up to the first? Ryan Reynolds is back as the Merc with a Mouth in “Deadpool 2”, as are Morena Baccarin’s Vanessa, Brianna Hildebrand’s Negasonic Teenage Warhead, T.J. Miller’s Weasel, Leslie Uggams’ Blind Al, and everyone’s favorite cab driver,…

  • Life of the Party

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    This week brings the latest Melissa McCarthy comedy, “Life of the Party.” I actually like Melissa McCarthy. I get a little tired of the roles she takes sometimes because I think she’s capable of doing comedy that isn’t just about size or homeliness. This film is a step in that direction, with the comedy centering…

  • Tully, Bad Samaritan, Overboard

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    This week brings the third Jason Reitman/Diablo Cody collaboration, “Tully”, the criminal thriller “Bad Samaritan” and the “Overboard” remake. “Tully” stars Charlize Theron as a mom trying her best to make things work. It also stars Ron Livingston, Mackenzie Davis, and Mark Duplass. It serves as a sort of bookend for the trilogy of tales…

  • Red Sparrow, Nostalgia

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    Jennifer Lawrence (like… almost ALL of Jennifer Lawrence) is back on the big screen this week in the spy film “Red Sparrow.” Also way too many famous people waste my time in the limited release “Nostalgia.” It’s easy to compare “Red Sparrow” to Charlize Theron’s “Atomic Blonde” (which I loved). In part because there frankly…

  • Annihilation, Every Day

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    To say “Annihilation” is an adaptation is a loose definition of the word “adaptation.” The film is very much it’s own thing, which made it hard as a book reader to disconnect. “Annihilation” stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, and Oscar Isaac. ​Meanwhile “Every Day” is about as faithful as a…

  • Black Panther, Early Man

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    Ryan Coogler kicks ass and takes names with his Marvel directorial debut. Chadwick Boseman returns as T’Challa, and is joined by Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Forest Whitaker, and Angela Basset. Oh yeah and I guess Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis are there too… Wakanda Forever!…

  • Fifty Shades Freed

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      ​The “Fifty Shades” franchise continues to break records with me, and not in a good way.  This is the third and hopefully final of these trash heaps. I don’t understand the appeal of these films, but this one in particular seems the least sexy of them all. Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson return, as…