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The Menu or The Sociopath?
I don’t know which title is more apropos. Perhaps both as this film is certainly about a dedicated foodie (pardon me for this) as well as a dedicated sociopath (no apologies here. To say the “plot” is an intricate web of what becomes, IMHO, a disturbing story of narcissism and self-aggrandizement spread evenly across all […]
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“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery?” More Like an III-Fated Whodunnit Without the Who!
I understand what Rian Johnson was trying to do and that was try my patience for caring! First, don’t start the movie by creeping me out with a Zoom call featuring the late Angela Landsbury and the later Stephen Sondheim. I know the film was in the can before their demise but really? The film […]
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Putting the Oscars on Notice!
Notice to The Academy Awards nominating committee, and this is my final notice, LOL. You need not proceed with any nominations for Cinematography, Production Design, and Editing. Those will most certainly be awarded to Damien Chazelle’s “Sodom and Gomorrah.” Oops, I mean “Babylon” the penultimate cinematic Bacchanalia. The movie provides a 3+ hour (the time […]
“George and Tammy” movie review
OK y’all, time for a little bit of Texas two-step. Go Stand By Your Man or your German Shepherd or perhaps your local dive bar! It doesn’t really matter. Just put on your shit kickers with your spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle and sit back and enjoy the Showtimes mini-series “George and Tammy”. You don’t […]
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“Spirited” movie review
Sean Anders directed “Spirited” is absolutely the new “Go-To” Holiday Season/Christmas movie. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell (who I absolutely loathed in the movie Elf – talk about chewing the scenery) and, the always wonderful Octavia Spencer. A full-blown, over-the-top (I mean this as a huge compliment) musical version of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” […]
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“The People We Hate at the Wedding” movie review
“The People We Hate at the Wedding” introduces us to a new genre of movie, “The Raunch-Com”! And I for one am a huge fan. Not just because it stars Allison Janney, Kristen Bell and Ben Platt but because it is so over-the-top funny, raunchy (delightful use of the F-bomb and adult scenes) and poignant […]
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“The Fabelmans” movie review
Fasten your seatbelts as here we go with my review of “The Fabelmans”, Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical paean (some like the word homage better) to his adolescence and family. I so wanted to love this film, but alas, I came away only liking it at a 3 out of 5 stars level. Michelle Williams as Mitzi […]