movie reviews
Movie Review: Funny Pages
4 stars out of 5You have to hand it to Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates — they’ve churned out a couple of super-talented kids. Greta Kline has been a fave of mine for a while, via her band Frankie Cosmos. And now Owen Kline has written and directed a self-assured feature debut which is by […]
Movie Review: Vengeance
2.5 stars out of 5I should’ve trusted my gut. The trailer for this seemed pretty good, and yet, possibly not good. And I had the same reaction watching B.J. Novak’s Hulu anthology series The Premise. But I do have to move the car on Tuesdays, and it was 8,000 degrees outside, and I’m a member […]
Movie Review: Nope
3.5 stars out of 5Did I enjoy this movie as much as Get Out and Us? Nope. The good news is, Jordan Peele is becoming a more skilled filmmaker with each outing. The bad news being, artfulness does not always result in pure viewing satisfaction. Opening segment: creepy, weird, and awesome; no spoilers. After that, […]
Movie Review: Crimes of the Future
4 stars out of 5Be careful what you wish for, they say. The last time I reviewed a David Cronenberg movie, A Dangerous Method over a decade ago, I said that the talky film made me “long for the twistedness of Dead Ringers, etc.” At age 79, my crony Croney is back with maybe his […]
Movie Review: Jurassic World—Dominion
4 stars out of 5Spoiler alert: This whole movie is about Liz Cheney and her Deep State cronies hiding all the compromised Dominion voting machines on Isla Nublar where they’re attacked by velociraptors and the TRUTH. OK, no, it’s just another installment in the Jurassic Park/World series, and if we can believe the hype, it’s […]
Movie Review: Montana Story
4 stars out of 5Maybe you have a work husband or work wife. Back in 2012–13, I had an unemployment wife. Laid-off Lex and I would go to the movies, often ending up at the Crocodile Lounge on 14th Street where you’d get a free pizza with every drink. (Toppings extra.) One of the movies […]
Movie Review: The Bob’s Burgers Movie
4 stars out of 5 In its decade-plus on the air, Bob’s Burgers has never reached the giddy pop-culture heights of The Simpsons, South Park, and that one with the sassy baby and the dog. But, like King of the Hill before it, Bob’s is one of those IYKYK deals, with a secret society of […]
Movie Review: Happening
4.5 stars out of 5Hmm, how to get Kavanaugh, Coney Barrett, Thomas, Gorsuch, and Alito to see this movie? Because they really need to. And yet, are any of them bright enough to read subtitles? Happening is a French film which takes place in 1963, though it may as well be Red State America, fall […]
Movie Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
4 stars out of 5Can we please just can it with the multiverse for a hot minute? Couple of pals said, “you gotta see Everything Everything All at Once,” yet three words into the summary I read, it said multiverse, and I was all, thank you but no; myself and my parallel selves are outta […]
Movie Review: The Outfit
2.5 stars out of 5I texted my friend Lex Burling right after seeing the trailer for this movie a while back. I needed to tell her that, on the front window of a tailor shop in the film, it prominently says “L. BURLING.” I also said in that text exchange that initially The Outfit looked […]
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