Category: Film Reviews
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5 Favorites Redux #3: Favorite Stephen King 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. With the release of the latest adaptation of a Stephen King work, I want…
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The Morning After: November 4, 2019
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 Lighthouse For once, I’m…
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5 Favorites Redux #2: Films About Major Historical Figures
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 this week’s release of Kasi Lemmons’ Harriet starring Cynthia Erivo as…
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5 Favorites Redux #1: Inventive Horror Premises
Five years ago, we wrapped up a long-running feature where visitors submitted their five favorites in a specific category each week. While I’m not bringing back THAT particular feature, I am reviving the title for a new feature that I intend to release weekly on Thursdays. This new feature will be my list of 5…
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Review: Contact (1997)
Contact Rating Director Robert Zemeckis Screenplay James V. Hart, Michael Goldberg (Novel by Carl Sagan) Length 150 min. Starring Jodie Foster, Tom Skerritt, William Fichtner, Geoffrey Blake, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, Angela Bassett, Jena Malone, Rob Lowe, Jake Busey, John Hurt MPAA Rating PG for some intense action, mild language and a scene of sensuality
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Review: Toy Story 4 (2019)
Toy Story 4 Rating Director Josh Cooley Screenplay Screenplay: Andrew Stanton, Stephany Folsom; Story: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Josh Cooley, Valerie LaPointe, Rashida Jones, Will McCormack, Martin Hynes, Stephany Folsom Length 1h 40m Starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Madeleine McGraw, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Ally Maki, Jay…
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The Morning After: Sep. 9, 2019
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: Toy Story 4 A film…
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Review: Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
Spider-Man: Far from Home Rating Director Jon Watts Screenplay Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers Length 2h 9m Starring Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revolori, Angourie Rice, Remi Hii, Martin Starr, JB Smoove, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Cobie Smulders, Numan Acar MPAA Rating PG-13 for sci-fi action violence,…
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The Morning After: Aug. 5, 2019
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: Spider-Man: Far from Home We…
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Review: Moonlight (2016)
Moonlight Rating Director Barry Jenkins Screenplay Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney Length 111 min. Starring Alex Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, Trevante Rhodes, Jaden Piner, Jharrel Jerome, Andre Holland, Mahershala Ali, Janelle Monáe, Naomie Harris MPAA Rating R for some sexuality, drug use, brief violence, and language throughout Original Preview Click Here
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Review: Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Nocturnal Animals Rating Director Tom Ford Screenplay Tom Ford (Novel: Austin Wright) Length 116 min. Starring Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Ellie Bamber, Armie Hammer, Karl Glusman, Robert Aramayo, Laura Linney, Andrea Riseborough, Michael Sheen, India Menuez, Imogen Waterhouse, Jena Malone MPAA Rating R for violence, menace, graphic nudity, and…
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Review: Passengers (2016)
Passengers Rating Director Morten Tyldum Screenplay Jon Spaihts Length 1h 56m Starring Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Julee Cerda MPAA Rating PG-13 for sexuality, nudity and action/peril Original Preview Click Here
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Review: Bad Moms (2016)
Bad Moms Rating Director Jon Lucas, Scott Moore Screenplay Jon Lucas, Scott Moore Length 1h 40m Starring Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn, Kristen Bell, Christina Applegate, Annie Mumolo, Jada Pinkett Smith, Oona Laurence, Emjay Anthony, Clark Duke, Jay Hernandez, Wendell Pierce, Leah McKendrick, Megan Ferguson, Lyle Brocato, Wanda Sykes, Cade Cooksey, JJ Watt, MPAA Rating R…
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Review: Jackie (2016)
Jackie Rating Director Pablo Larraín Screenplay Noah Oppenheim Length 100 min. Starring Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, John Hurt, Richard E. Grant, Caspar Phillipson, Beth Grant, John Carroll Lynch, Max Casella MPAA Rating R for brief strong violence and some language Original Preview Click Here
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Review: Dark Phoenix (2019)
Dark Phoenix Rating Director Simon Kinberg Screenplay Simon Kinberg Length 1h 53m Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Evan Peters, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jessica Chastain, Scott Sheperd, Ato Essandoh, Brian d’Arcy James, MPAA Rating PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action including some gunplay, disturbing…
