Category: Film Reviews
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Review: Midsommar (2019)
Midsommar Rating Director Ari Aster Screenplay Ari Aster Length 2h 27min Starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe, Henrik Norlen MPAA Rating R for disturbing ritualistic violence and grisly images, strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and language Original Preview Click Here
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Review: Abominable (2019)
Abominable Rating Director Jill Culton Screenplay Jill Culton Length 1h 37m Starring Chloe Bennett, Albert Tsai, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Joseph Izzo, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson, Tsai Chin, Michelle Wong MPAA Rating PG for some action and mild rude humor Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites Redux #20: The Best of Guy Pearce
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. Guy Pearace arrived on the acting scene in 1990 and quickly rose to prominence…
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Review: Judy (2019)
Judy Rating Director Rupert Goold Screenplay Tom Edge (Stageplay: Peter Quilter) Length 1h 58m Starring Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock, Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon, Gaia Weiss, Bella Ramsey, Lewin Lloyd, Phil Dunster, Andy Nyman, Gemma-Leah Devereux, Richard Cordery, Darci Shaw, Gus Barry MPAA Rating PG-13 for substance abuse, thematic content, some strong language, and…
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5 Favorites Redux #19: Favorite Pixar 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. Over time, doing duplicate lists will be a challenge, especially how frequently Pixar and…
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Review: Missing Link (2019)
Missing Link Rating Director Chris Butler Screenplay Chris Butler Length 1h 33m Starring Hugh Jackman, David Walliams, Stephen Fry, Matt Lucas, Zach Galifanakis, Timothy Olymphant, Zoe Saldana, Amrita Acharia, Ching Valdes-Aran, Emma Thompson MPAA Rating PG for action/peril and some mild rude humor Original Preview Click Here
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The Morning After: Mar. 2, 2020
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: Birds of Prey: And the…
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Review: The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
The Secret Life of Pets 2 Rating Director Chris Renaud Screenplay Brian Lynch Length 1h 26m Starring Patton Oswalt, Kevin Hart, Harrison Ford, Eric Stonestreet, Jenny Slate, Tiffany Haddish, Lake Bell, Dana Carvey, Bobby Moynihan, Hannibal Buress, Chris Renaud, Ellie Kemper, Pete Holmes, Henry Lynch, Nick Kroll MPAA Rating PG for some action and rude…
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Review: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Rating Director Dean DeBlois Screenplay Dean DeBlois (Book Series: Cressida Cowell) Length 1h 44m Starring Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, F. Murray Abraham, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kristen Wiig, Kit Harington, Justin Rupple MPAA Rating PG for adventure action and some mild…
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5 Favorites Redux #18: The Films of Bill Nighy
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. Last weekend, Emma opened in limited release. It expands wide this week and in…
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Review: Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Jojo Rabbit Rating Director Taika Waititi Screenplay Taika Waititi (Novel: Christine Leunens) Length 1h 48m Starring Roman Griffin Davis, Thomason McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi, Sam Rockwell, Rebel Wilson, Alfie Allen, Stephen Merchant, Archie Yates MPAA Rating PG-13 for mature thematic content, some disturbing images, violence, and language Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites Redux #17: Favorite Harrison Ford 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. In honor of the impending release of The Call of the Wild, the latest…
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Review: I Lost My Body (2019)
I Lost My Body Rating Director Jérémy Clapin Screenplay Jérémy Clapin, Guillaume Laurant Length 1h 21min Starring Hakim Faris, Victoire Du Bois, Patrick d”Assumcao MPAA Rating None Original Preview None
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5 Favorites Redux #16: Best of the Decade, Part 5
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 are finally at the end. The best films of the decade reach their…
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The Morning After: Feb. 10, 2020
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: Jumanji: The Next Level When…
