Category: Film Reviews
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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…
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The Morning After: Feb. 28, 2022
Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what movies I’ve seen over the past week. Below, you will find short reviews of those movies along with a star rating. Full length reviews may come at a later date. So, here is what I watched this past week: 2022 Oscar-Nominated Shorts Every year,…
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5 Favorites #120: Joe Wright
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. Director Joe Wright has only made nine film since his first in 2005, Pride…
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5 Favorites #119: Banderas, Fleischer, Holland, Lebenzon, Wahlberg
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 weekend, we get three new wide releases, but the one most likely to…
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Review: Encanto (2021)
Encanto Rating Director Jared Bush, Byron Howard Screenplay Charise Castro Smith, Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Jason Hand, Nancy Kruse, Lin-Manuel Miranda Length 1h 42m Starring Stephanie Beatriz, Maria Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo, Jessica Darrow, Angie Cepeda, Carolina Gaitan, Diana Guerrero, Wilmer Valderrama, Rhenzy Feliz, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Adassa, Maluma MPAA Rating PG Original Preview…
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5 Favorites #118: Agatha Christie Adaptations
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 weekend, Kenneth Branagh adapts his second Agatha Christie novel for the big screen.…
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5 Favorites #117: Disaster 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 weekend, Roland Emmerich, the finest purveyor of trashy disaster flicks, has his latest…
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Review: West Side Story (2021)
West Side Story Rating Director Steven Spielberg Screenplay Tony Kushner (Play: Arthur Laurents) Length 2h 36m Starring Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Rita Moreno, Brian d’Arcy James, Corey Stoll, Mike Faist MPAA Rating PG-13 Original Preview Click Here
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The Morning After: Jan. 31, 2022
Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what movies I’ve seen over the past week. Below, you will find short reviews of those movies along with a star rating. Full length reviews may come at a later date. So, here is what I watched this past week: West Side Story On the…
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5 Favorites #116: Living Nonagenarian Actors
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. It’s another week where nothing in the release window for the coming weekend interests…
