Category: Film Reviews
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5 Favorites Redux #28: Favorite Alfred Hitchcock Films
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 master of suspense has made far more films than most people realize, having…
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Review: Frozen II (2019)
Frozen II Rating Director Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee Screenplay Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez Length 1h 43m Starring Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Sterling K. Brown, Evan Rachel Wood, Alfred Molina, Martha Plimpton, Jason Ritter, Rach Matthews, Jeremy Sisto, Ciaran Hinds, Alan Tudyk, Hadley Gannaway, Mattea Conforti, Aurora MPAA…
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5 Favorites Redux #27: Favorite Steven Spielberg Films
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. A handful of my favorite directors have directed very few films. Stanley Kubrick, who…
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Review: Downton Abbey (2019)
Downton Abbey Rating Director Michael Engler Screenplay Julian Fellowes Length 2h 2min Starring Michelle Dockery, Maggie Smith, Matthew Goode, Tuppence Middleton, Imelda Staunton, Joanne Froggatt, Elizabeth McGovern, Mark Addy, Allen Leech, Kate Phillips, Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Stephen Campbell Moore, Max Brown, Sophie McShera, Robert James-Collier, Geraldine James, Philippe Spall, Penelope Wilton, Raquel Cassidy, Susan…
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5 Favorites Redux #26: Favorite Stanley Kubrick Films
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. My all-time favorite director is one who worked rather infrequently once he got into…
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Review: The Irishman (2019)
The Irishman Rating Director Martin Scorsese Screenplay Steven Zaillian (Book: Charles Brandt) Length 3h 29min Starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jack Huston, Kathrine Narducci, Jesse Plemons MPAA Rating R for pervasive language and strong violence Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites Redux #25: Original Stage Musical 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. As a companion piece to last week’s list, I wanted to take a look…
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Review: Little Women (2019)
Little Women Rating Director Greta Gerwig Screenplay Greta Gerwig (Novel: Louisa May Alcott) Length 2h 15min Starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel, Jayne Houdyshell, Chris Cooper, Meryl Streep MPAA Rating PG for thematic elements and brief smoking Original Preview Click…
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5 Favorites Redux #24: Favorite Stage 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. While novels have been adapted more frequently for film than stage plays, the latter…
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Review: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Rating Director J.J. Abrams Screenplay J.J. Abrams, Chris Terrio, Derek Connolly, Colin Trevorrow Length 2h 22min Starring Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran,…
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5 Favorites Redux #23: Favorite Sci-Fi Films
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. Hope for the future is a powerful concept and when looking into history to…
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Review: Knives Out (2019)
Knives Out Rating Director Rian Johnson Screenplay Rian Johnson Length 2h 10m Starring Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, LaKeith Stanfield, Christopher lummer, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, Riki Lindhome, Edi Patterson, Frank Oz, K Callan, Noah Segan, M. Emmet Walsh, Marle Forte MPAA Rating PG-13…
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5 Favorites Redux #22: Comfort Films
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 being the second week of the movie theater shut down, I’d like to…
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Review: Parasite (2019)
Parasite Rating Director Bong Joon-ho Screenplay Bong Joon-ho, Jin Won Han Length 2h 12min Starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Jeong Cho-yeo, Shik Choi-woo, Park So-dam, Lee Jung-eun, Chang Hyae-jin MPAA Rating R for language, some violence and sexual content Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites Redux #21: Post-Apocalypse Films
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. With COVID-19 an ever-present threat, there are no new wide releases at theaters this…
