Category: Film Reviews
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The Morning After: Dec. 2, 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 Farewell Lulu Wang’s second…
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5 Favorites Redux #6: Favorite Films Starring the Cast of Knives Out
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 Knives Out, director Rian Johnson tries to go small after the blockbuster Star…
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5 Favorites Redux #5: Disney Animated Heroines
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. Frozen II enters multiplexes this weekend, so I’m going to take a look at…
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The Morning After: Nov. 18, 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: Abominable When the film begins,…
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5 Favorites Redux #4: TV Show 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, the latest cinematic adaptation of a small screen venture makes its way…
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The Morning After: Nov. 12, 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: Us Jordan Peele’s sophomore outing…
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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…
