Review: Solo: A Star Wars Story
Solo: A Star Wars Story doesn’t exactly break new ground. But it does offer up a pleasant enough excuse for a journey back to a galaxy far, far away. It’s…
Review: Deadpool 2
Deadpool 2 has a lot in common with Deadpool 1: it’s irreverent, self-deprecating, cynical and sarcastic; incessantly mocking the superhero genre, while leveraging the very plot devices and character quirks…
Review: You Were Never Really Here
Joaquin Phoenix is a phenomenal actor, but his choices of roles lately tend to be odd loners in strange situations (Inherent Vice, The Master, Her, to name just a few))…
Spoiler-Free Review: Avengers: Infinity War
I don’t know what to say. Really. There’s little to say, without giving too much away. So here’s the spoiler-free gist: The Avengers - and their superhero allies from across…
Review: Isle of Dogs
What a fun movie! I don't think Wes Anderson has made a film I didn't like, so that's no surprise, but the creative choices he made in this one are…
Review: Rampage
There’s just something about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson that lets him get away with making disastrous disaster movies. Perhaps it’s the twinkle in his eye as his characters defy death…
Review: Ready Player One
Ready Player One is a futuristic homage to the past, circa 1980s, resembling somewhat of a cross between Avatar and Divergent with the added twist of being directed by the ever-popular…
Review: A Wrinkle in Time
I sooo wanted to like this movie. Really, I did. But despite its star power both in front of the camera (Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, etc.) and behind…
Quickie Review: Death Wish
Talk about bad timing. I’m not sure I would have liked this movie on any particular day in any particular year, but this week especially, it feels so… wrong. It’s…
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Quickie Reviews: Annihilation; Game Night; The Party
Annihilation is interesting and weird, slow and methodical, and dare I say, bordering on boring. Hyper-sensitive fans of the film may ream me for not fully grasping or appreciating the…
Review: Black Panther
Yes, it is very good. It's even better if you happen to like the genre - at least to some degree. Black Panther works as both a standalone action drama…
Review: 12 Strong
It's Thor! As a soldier! On a horse! That got my attention. And it helped hold my attention while 12 Strong delivered some fairly standard war drama stuff. It's a…
Quickie ‘Guest Chick’ Review: Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Full disclosure: I don’t know a Glader from a Wader. I’ve never read the books and somehow missed the first two installments of the young adult dystopian sci-fi Maze Runner…
Quickie Reviews: Paddington 2; The Commuter
Paddington 2 - “If you’re kind and polite, the world will be right.” If only it were that simple. In Paddington’s world, it is. That’s why kids and adults could…
Spoiler-free review of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Don’t worry Star Wars junkies. You’ll love The Last Jedi. Problem is, I’m not a Star Wars junkie – I’m just a casual fan - so (gasp!), I wasn’t as…