Movie Review: Barbie (2023)

I did NOT want to see this movie.  From the moment it was announced, to the time I saw the first trailer, I had zero interest.  I may have even had negative interest in it.  When it exploded onto the theaters and became such a massive success with Barbie and

Movie Review: Bad Times at the El Royale

Bad Times at the El Royale is the new tarentinoesque (congrats on the new word!) thriller from director Drew Goddard, whose previous credits include a couple of episodes of The Good Place, and The Cabin in the Woods…I haven’t seen either of those, but I’ve heard good things about Cabin

Movie Review: A Star Is Born (2018)

A Star is Born (1937) starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March.  A Star Is Born (1954) starring Judy Garland and James Mason.  A Star Is Born (1976) starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson.  A Star Is Born (2018) starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.  Shit…I’ve almost filled up an entire

Movie Review: Christopher Robin (2018)

Yes, that Christopher Robin.  The one from the Pooh books.  Winnie the Pooh.  From the books by A. A. Milne with drawings, excuse me, I mean decorations by Ernest H. Shepard, the REAL Pooh artist (oooh…you say that out of context and you will get some stares…).  Not the disneyfied

Movie Review: Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

I’ve been reading about Crazy Rich Asians for a little over a year now in the pages of Entertainment Weekly magazine, so I was quite excited to see it.  The movie fills the same type of cultural role that Black Panther did earlier this year-Black Panther featured a mostly African-American

Movie Review: Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018)

Mission Impossible:  Fallout was a fun movie.  I enjoyed seeing it. That’s it.  That’s all I’ve got.   I simply don’t feel like picking apart another action movie because it was, well, an action movie.  Handsome people saying they’re lines smartly; nice suits and dresses;  great action scenes, well choreographed

Move Review: Love, Simon (2018)

Well, after months of putting it off for no real reason, we finally watched the newest gay-themed film released to theaters, Love, Simon.  Directed by Greg Berlanti (who also directed and wrote The Broken Hearts Club (2000) a movie I really enjoyed), Love, Simon basically tells the story of high

Movie Review: Diner (1982)

After enduring the film Metropolis (1927), I decided it was time for a lighter, funnier movie.  I decided on Diner, and Tommy and I settled in for movie night.  Diner came out in 1982 and was written and directed by Barry Levinson, who also brought us Liberty Heights (a film

Movie Review: Metropolis (1927)

One of the joys of Summer rerun season is getting back into watching films all the time.  On Sunday, Tommy wanted to worship the sun, and I, with my pasty ass white Irish skin told him to have fun and bid him farewell. “Say “Hi!” to cancer!”, I said as

Movie Review: The Black Panther (2018)

I realize I am quite late in the game reviewing this film, the latest entry in the ever growing Marvel Cinematic Universe, and, as it has been at the top of the movie charts for weeks, it is quite possible that I am one of the few who waited to