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Sundance Film Festival Movie Review – How It Ends

March 29, 2021

If you knew it was the last day before the world ended, how would you spend it? That’s the question How It Ends explores. And the answers are funny, touching, and surprising. The movie reminded me of the first half of Seeking a Friend For the End of the World, which which deals with similar […]

Newbie Movie Review – Suicide Squad (2016)

June 11, 2019

Surprise, Surprise. Justice League is Actually a Good DC Flick Movie Truism: Maybe going into a movie with low expectations makes it better. I didn’t bother to see DC’s highly anticipated 2016 Suicide Squad in the theaters because it was so lowly-regarded among critics and viewers alike. So I just let it slip by. Cut […]

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Movie Review – The Upside

January 11, 2019

The Upside was a mixture of heart and humor. (Pun intended.) Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston were superb together. The dynamics that developed between the two characters were so well acted that I didn’t want the movie to end. I just wanted to keep seeing these two guys growing and learning together. The laughs don’t […]

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Rewatch Movie Review – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

December 27, 2018

I kind of remember National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation as funnier than it is, through younger and rosier colored glasses. Sometimes things don’t really stand up to the passage of time, and this ‘Vacation’ movie from 1989 seems darker and a little bit meaner than I remember. It’s rather judgmental, taking potshots at the expense of […]

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Movie Rewatch Review – The Birdcage

December 2, 2018

When The Birdcage opened as a feature film in 1997, I don’t remember people being quite so terrified of gay men…so it surprised me, 21 years later, to see such fear in the hearts of the young straight couple to admit the groom-to-be had two fathers. Or, as this movie made clear, one male father, […]

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Rewatch Movie Review – My Cousin Vinny

November 25, 2018

Even though this movie was a weird choice to show on network TV, it’s still a super good flick holding up beautifully over time. Why is this a weird choice, you ask? I’ll tell you: it features New Yorkers. People who like to curse. In New York, cursing is like breathing, and this movie overflows […]

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The Grinch Who Keeps Stealing Christmas

November 6, 2018

With the newest incarnation of The Grinch in theaters this year, we thought it was time to take a look at the history of this mean green creature, who is both dastardly and oddly sympathetic. How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1957) – The original kid’s book by Dr. Seuss is beloved, and for very good reasons. It […]

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Movie ReWatch Review – RED

November 6, 2018

To start with, the title RED in this film is an acronym for Retired, Extremely Dangerous. As retirees, we see these characters don’t have much of a life anymore. That’s the set-up, starting with Bruce Willis’ Frank Moses, lost in an empty house devoid of personal decor. I can see where it would be tough […]

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Movie Rewatch Review – Deadpool

November 6, 2018

What is it about popular films on TV and their commercials? It seems the more beloved the film, the greater the number of ads. Watching Deadpool with my mother last night, the commercials came hot and heavy every few minutes — I’m positive at least 45 minutes of runtime were aggressively selling something. As opposed […]

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Movie Review – Deadpool 2

May 18, 2018

Deadpool 2. Funny? Without question. As funny as the first? Close, but not quite… Okay, now that I think about it, yeah, it was as funny as the first. Deadpool 2. Great action? Absolutely. Was the action as good as the first? Nope. This has hardly a knock on the movie. The first Deadpool was […]