Category: Film Reviews
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5 Favorites #181: Best of the 2000s
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. As my taste in film matured throughout the 1990s, the 2000s was the decade…
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Review: Midnight in Paris (2011)
Midnight in Paris Rating Director Woody Allen Screenplay Woody Allen Length 1h 34m Starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Tom Hiddleston, Alison Pill, Corey Stoll, Adrien Brody, Kathy Bates, Michael Sheen, Nina Arianda, Carla Bruni, Kurt Fuller, Mimi Kennedy, Léa Seydoux MPAA Rating PG-13 Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites #180: Best of the 1990s
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 1990s were the first decade I really made an effort to watch all…
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Review: Werewolf by Night (2022)
Werewolf by Night (Short Film) Rating Director Michael Giacchino Screenplay Heather Quinn, Peter Cameron Length 52m Starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Laura Donnelly, Harriet Sansom Harris, Kirk R. Thatcher, Eugenie Bondurant, Leonardo Nam, Daniel J. Watts, Al Hamacher, Carey Jones, David Silverman, Rick Wasserman, Richard Dixon MPAA Rating TV-14
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5 Favorites #179: Best of the 1980s
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 1980s had a lot of big blockbusters, but I didn’t have nearly as…
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Review: The Bad Guys (2022)
The Bad Guys Rating Director Pierre Perifel Screenplay Etan Cohen, Yoni Brenner, Hilary Winston Length 1h 40m Starring Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, Richard Ayoade, Zazie Beetz, Alex Borstein, Lilly Singh MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites #178: Best of the 1970s
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 closer we get to the decade in which I started watching movies as…
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Review: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Rating Director Rian Johnson Screenplay Rian Johnson Length 2h 19m Starring Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Noah Segan, Jackie Hoffman, Dallas Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Hugh Grant MPAA Rating PG-13 Original Preview Click Here
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The Morning After: May 15, 2023
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: The Bad Guys Unlike Disney’s…
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5 Favorites Postponed
This week has gotten a bit out of control, so I’m not able to write this post this week. I should have it done by next week.
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5 Favorites #177: Best of the 1960s
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 inexorable march of time proceeds for all of us, leading us into another…
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Review: Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
Minions: The Rise of Gru Rating Director Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson, Jonathan del Val Screenplay Matthew Fogel, Brian Lynch, Matthew Fogel Length 1h 27m Starring Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin, Alan Arkin, Taraji P. Henson, Michelle Yeoh, Julie Andrews, Russell Brand, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo, Lucy Lawless MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click…
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5 Favorites #176: Best of the 1950s
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. We move forward just a little bit further to the 1950s, a decade that…
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Review: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Rating Director Joel Crawford, Januel Mercado Screenplay Paul Fisher, Tommy Swerdlow, Tom Wheeler Length 1h 42m Starring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Harvey Guillen, Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone, Samson Kayo, John Mulaney, Wagner Moura, Da’Vine Joy Randolph MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites #175: Best of the 1940s
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 toughest selection yet with films like The Magnificent Ambersons, Mrs. Miniver, Gaslight, The…
