Category: Film Reviews
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5 Favorites #128: The Cast and Crew of Firestarter
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. There aren’t a lot of great new releases and I previously covered Stephen King…
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Review: Soul (2020)
Soul Rating Director Pete Docter, Kemp Powers Screenplay Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers Length 1h 40m Starring Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Rachel House, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Phylicia Rashad, Donnell Rawlings, Ahmir-Khali Thompson aka Questlove, Angela Bassett, Cora Champonmmier, Margo Hall, Daveed Diggs, Rhodessa Jones, Wes Studi MPAA Rating PG Original Preview…
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5 Favorites #127: Cumberbatch, Ejiofor, Olsen, Stuhlbarg, Wong
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. This week, the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film releases, one of the few franchises…
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Review: Onward (2020)
Onward Rating Director Dan Scanlon Screenplay Dan Scanlon, Keith Bunin, Jason Headley Length 1h 42m Starring Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, Mel Rodriguez MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites #126: Bruce Willis
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. Normally, I would take the wide releases and pick a topic based on those…
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Review: Red Notice (2021)
Red Notice Rating Director Rawson Marshall Thurber Screenplay Rawson Marshall Thurber Length 1h 58m Starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Ritu Arya, Chris Diamantopoulos MPAA Rating PG-13 Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites #125: Nicole Kidman
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. Robert Eggers’ third film releases this weekend to wide audiences, bringing Alexander Skarsgaard in…
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Review: The Suicide Squad (2021)
The Suicide Squad Rating Director James Gunn Screenplay James Gunn Length 2h 12m Starring Idris Elba, Margot Robbie, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Michael Rooker, Jai Courtney, Peter Capaldi, Alice Braga, Pete Davidson MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites #124: Jude Law
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. The third film in the Fantastic Beasts series releases this weekend with the usual…
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Review: tick, tick…BOOM! (2021)
tick, tick…BOOM! Rating Director Lin-Manuel Miranda Screenplay Steven Levenson (Musical: Jonathan larson) Length 1h 55m Starring Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesus, Vanessa Hudgens, Joshua Henry, Jonathan Marc Sherman, MJ Rodriguez, Ben Levi Ross, Judith Light, Bradley Whitford MPAA Rating PG-13 Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites #123: Jake Gyllenhaal
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. Now that he’s broken away from the Transformers series, director Michael Bay gets back…
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5 Favorites #122: Non-MCU Marvel Movies
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. This week, Jared Leto takes on another comic book role as Doctor Morbius, an…
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5 Favorites Postponed
Skipping this week (and possibly next) with no wide releases and far too much to prepare ahead of the Oscars.
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5 Favorites #121: DC Movies
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. Not long ago, I looked at the state of the Marvel movies in cinemas.…
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Review: 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films (2022)
2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films These short films are available in a program from Shorts.TV, releasing theatrically. Director Joanna Quinn (Affairs of the Art); Hugo Covarrubias (Bestia); Anton Dyakov (Boxballet); Dan Ojari, Michael Please (Robin Robin); Alberto Mielgo (The Windshield Wiper); Maria Brendle (Ala Kachuu – Take and Run); Tadeusz Lysiak (The Dress); Aneil Karia (The…
