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THEATRES – “You Hurt My Feelings” (2023) & “About My Father” (2023) – A Tale of Two Movies
Okay, this is a bit different for me. Ever since I started this film blog – way back in 2019 – I, like all reviewers,…
IN CINEMAS #14: “Cocaine Bear” (2023) – Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
Can a movie with a title like “Cocaine Bear” be called conventional? Yes, sadly, it can. Believe it or not, CB is based on a…
IN CINEMAS #13 – “Beast” (2022) – Jaws, Jaws, Jaws of the Jungle…
It’s nighttime. The carcass of a zebra is hanging by a tree in the middle of a South African nature preserve. A few lions cautiously…
IN CINEMAS #12 – “The Menu” (2022) – As the Stomach Turns
For f**k’s sake. A group of wealthy food snobs climb aboard the SS “Aren’t We Special” on their way to an island upon which sits…
AT HOME #33 – “He Even Has Your Eyes” (2016) – The Look of Love
A young French couple applies for adoption and months later ends up the proud parents of a baby boy named Benjamin. Only catch – he’s…
IN CINEMAS #11: “Empire of Light” (2022) – Olivia is Oh-so-good
Something tells me Sam Mendes is a big fan of Giuseppe Tornatore’s “Cinema Paradiso” (1998). Either that or he thought the film was garbage and…
AT HOME #32 – “All About Nina” – (2018)
I tried stand-up, once. Big mistake. I was in my mid-twenties and I could make people laugh in social settings without much trouble, so, I…
IN CINEMAS #10: “Top Gun: Maverick” 2022 – Fast Food Cinema
I know – what’s the point? Reviewing a movie like “Top Gun: Maverick” (2022) is like a food critic walking into a local McDonald’s and…
2022 YEAR IN REVIEW
2022 YEAR IN REVIEW Going Back to the Movies Covid has steamrolled us for the past two years and counting. During that time, we’ve lost…
AT HOME #31 – “Angel of Mine” (2019) – Halo can you go?
Seven years after the tragic death of her new born baby, Rose, in a hospital fire, mentally fragile forty-something Lizzie is still a mess. She…