Both well-acted time periods don’t have the pay-offs they deserve. I’ve been to the Chicago International Film Festival last month, and I have seen Pedro Almodovar’s last two entries there. In 2024, […]
Bitter Christmas
Paper Tiger
James Gray delivers a gritty family crime drama. “Paper Tiger,” James Gray’s latest take on the American Dream in the 1980s, is a major improvement on his last film “Armageddon Time.” It […]
The Cat in the Hat, Godzilla Minus Zero, Mouse, Wild Horse Nine, and I Play Rocky Podcast Reviews
CJ reviews movies about iconic characters and new characters in pairs on my website and on the air. I’m part of a radio station known as NEWHD Radio, which not only hires […]
La bola negra
Three gay main protagonists, one fabulous movie. “La bola negra” is an odyssey of a three gay men-two of them in the 1930s and one in the 2010s, and all of which […]
Hen
Almost like “Au hasard Balthazar,” but with a chicken. Why did the chicken cross the road? To dodge that hungry fox and because the local gas station wouldn’t protect him. And I […]
The Cast and Crew of Mouse
Great talents talk about a great movie. I spoke with Katherine Mallen Kupferer and Sophie Okenedo, the leading actresses of “Mouse,” and real-life couple and filmmaker Alex Thompson and Kelly O’Sullivan, who […]
The Cat in the Hat
The kids will have fun, until the movie says it’s done. I’d like to read Homer Simpson’s insult, if you would please, on the live-action “Cat in the Hat” movie from 2003. […]
Mouse
Another winner for Alex Thompson and Kelly O’Sullivan. When I first reviewed “Saint Frances” during the COVID-19 pandemic, I had great faith in Kelly O’Sullivan and her spouse Alex Thompson. I’ve mentioned […]
Being Heumann
Siân Heder delivers another fresh entry with disabled actors and a strong spirits I don’t think I’ve seen a movie begins with a woman in a motorized wheel chair flipping off an […]
Wild Horse Nine
Martin McDonagh once again brings on the laughs, crime, and politics. Martin McDonagh’s latest entry “Wild Horse Nine” continues the filmmaker’s fearless skills. Coming on the heels of “In Bruges,” “Seven Psychopaths,” […]
