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Jungle Cruise
As safe and by the numbers as any potential Disney franchise. Will please all but amaze none.
Action/Adventure/Comedy - 127 Minutes
As safe and by the numbers as any potential Disney franchise. Will please all but amaze none.
Action/Adventure/Comedy - 127 Minutes
Old
Preposterous and unsettling, Old is middle-of-the-road Shyamalan. Neither a return to greatness nor a target of mockery - let's all appreciate there is a filmmaker out there habitually taking risks on outlandish ideas where he misses as much as he scores. Cinema is all the better for it.
Drama/Mystery/Thriller - 108 min
Preposterous and unsettling, Old is middle-of-the-road Shyamalan. Neither a return to greatness nor a target of mockery - let's all appreciate there is a filmmaker out there habitually taking risks on outlandish ideas where he misses as much as he scores. Cinema is all the better for it.
Drama/Mystery/Thriller - 108 min
Gunpowder Milkshake
The epitome of style over substance - gorgeously shot and framed in such a way for cinephiles to sit up and take notice. Also outrageously knee-capped by a skeletal script with a throwaway plot.
Action/Adventure/Thriller - 114 min
The epitome of style over substance - gorgeously shot and framed in such a way for cinephiles to sit up and take notice. Also outrageously knee-capped by a skeletal script with a throwaway plot.
Action/Adventure/Thriller - 114 min
Black Widow
Action and explosions aplenty, but Black Widow is a family drama at heart. The film soars with the accusatory glares around the dinner table, not with the car chases and big booms.
Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi - 133 Minutes
Action and explosions aplenty, but Black Widow is a family drama at heart. The film soars with the accusatory glares around the dinner table, not with the car chases and big booms.
Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi - 133 Minutes
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
When you see who showed up, the show they put on, and the musical communion shared by an entire, frustrated section of New York City, you will understand why they skipped the moon landing.
Documentary/Music - 117 Minutes
When you see who showed up, the show they put on, and the musical communion shared by an entire, frustrated section of New York City, you will understand why they skipped the moon landing.
Documentary/Music - 117 Minutes
The Forever Purge
I cannot say if you can only see one Purge film, then see this one. However, if you can only see one blood splatter dystopian nightmare this weekend and The Boss Baby is sold out, then The Forever Purge is the one for you. Happy 4th of July America.
Action/Horror/Sci-Fi - 103 Minutes
I cannot say if you can only see one Purge film, then see this one. However, if you can only see one blood splatter dystopian nightmare this weekend and The Boss Baby is sold out, then The Forever Purge is the one for you. Happy 4th of July America.
Action/Horror/Sci-Fi - 103 Minutes
The Boss Baby: Family Business
Parents won't nap through it and the kids will laugh. The not so revolutionary, but entirely capable Boss Baby sequel is a solid escape from oppressive summer heat and a chance to chuckle at goofy one-liners which neither challenge nor lowball anyone watching.
Animation/Adventure/Comedy - 107 Minutes
Parents won't nap through it and the kids will laugh. The not so revolutionary, but entirely capable Boss Baby sequel is a solid escape from oppressive summer heat and a chance to chuckle at goofy one-liners which neither challenge nor lowball anyone watching.
Animation/Adventure/Comedy - 107 Minutes
2021 AFI DOCS Film Festival
Another year and another cavalcade of documentary revelry. Find out my problems with the gala Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Closing Night selections, which films knocked my socks off, and a highly subjective and incomplete list based on which films left their marks.
Another year and another cavalcade of documentary revelry. Find out my problems with the gala Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Closing Night selections, which films knocked my socks off, and a highly subjective and incomplete list based on which films left their marks.
LFG
The biggest difference between the U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Soccer Team is not their gender. It is not their skeletal structure, it is not their muscle composition, and it is not even their unequal paychecks. The most glaring difference between the two teams is that the women’s team wins, habitually. Careful, this documentary may have you yelling, "LFG!"
Documentary/Sport - 105 Minutes
The biggest difference between the U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Soccer Team is not their gender. It is not their skeletal structure, it is not their muscle composition, and it is not even their unequal paychecks. The most glaring difference between the two teams is that the women’s team wins, habitually. Careful, this documentary may have you yelling, "LFG!"
Documentary/Sport - 105 Minutes
Cruella
Folks familiar with the 1961 animated version, who understand the 1970’s aesthetic, the character based on David Bowie, and are primed to absorb the best soundtrack attached to any live action Disney film from the modern era will appreciate Disney making a film for those of us with at least a few decades under our belts instead of just one.
Comedy/Crime- 134 min
Folks familiar with the 1961 animated version, who understand the 1970’s aesthetic, the character based on David Bowie, and are primed to absorb the best soundtrack attached to any live action Disney film from the modern era will appreciate Disney making a film for those of us with at least a few decades under our belts instead of just one.
Comedy/Crime- 134 min
P!nk: All I Know So Far
Pink did not choose between global superstardom and motherhood. Pack up the kids and let's tour Europe's largest stadiums. Watch tens of thousands of people scream while Pink juggles acrobatics, diapers, and bedtime routines.
Documentary/Biography/Music - 99 min
Pink did not choose between global superstardom and motherhood. Pack up the kids and let's tour Europe's largest stadiums. Watch tens of thousands of people scream while Pink juggles acrobatics, diapers, and bedtime routines.
Documentary/Biography/Music - 99 min
Final Account
These were not the Holocaust architects. These were the flunkies, villagers, farmers, and push-overs who went along with it. At such advanced ages and with such shaded memories, director Luke Holland wants to know if they continue to deny what happened, paper over their roles, explain it away, or perhaps continue to champion what they did.
Documentary - 90 Minutes
These were not the Holocaust architects. These were the flunkies, villagers, farmers, and push-overs who went along with it. At such advanced ages and with such shaded memories, director Luke Holland wants to know if they continue to deny what happened, paper over their roles, explain it away, or perhaps continue to champion what they did.
Documentary - 90 Minutes
Profile
Director Timur Bekmambetov’s cinematic ideas are suspect. On one hand, we can all respect the idea of a weaving loom listing out assassination targets and the circular bullet shot in Wanted and perhaps one of the top five movie titles in history, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. On the other hand, Bekmambetov remade Ben-Hur. Get this man a beer and a bar napkin.
Mystery/Thriller - 105 Minutes
Director Timur Bekmambetov’s cinematic ideas are suspect. On one hand, we can all respect the idea of a weaving loom listing out assassination targets and the circular bullet shot in Wanted and perhaps one of the top five movie titles in history, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. On the other hand, Bekmambetov remade Ben-Hur. Get this man a beer and a bar napkin.
Mystery/Thriller - 105 Minutes
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