A gay father-son drama that knows how to party. There’s a lot of gay pride, drama, humor, and DJ music in “Club Kid,” and it delivers with creativity by Jordan Fistman, who […]
Club Kid
Bitter Christmas
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, […]
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 […]
