Aaron Sorkin’s love letter to the actors behind “I Love Lucy,” and their lives outside the show. Aaron Sorkin’s “Being the Ricardos” focuses on the marriage and collaboration between Lucille Ball and […]
Being the Ricardos
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Back to the Outback
These deadly Australian creatures are cuter than this lame script, weak jokes, and annoying koala. Pretty much the only reason why I would review the animated “Back to the Outback” on Netflix […]
Red Rocket
Simon Rex excels as porn star with bad decisions. Simon Rex is known for being in the “Scary Movie” sequels: 3, 4, and yes, 5. Ugh. And he’s also appeared in other […]
Licorice Pizza, Flee, West Side Story, and Try Harder Video Reviews
CJ’s video reviews feature lovers, Hollywood, refugees, and students This week’s video reviews consist of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza,” starring Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, and Sean Penn, the animated documentary “Flee,” […]
West Side Story (2021)
Spielberg’s vision of the classic play is more than Okay By Me in America When word got out that lyricist Stephen Sondheim passed away, it broke everyone’s hearts, because of how he […]
Citizen Ashe
This well-meaning doc should have done more with Arthur Ashe’s story. It used to be white people playing tennis, until an African-American named Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) changed that perspective. Despite all the […]
8-Bit Christmas
Like “A Christmas Story,” but with Nintendo. I wasn’t really interested in seeing “8-Bit Christmas,” made for HBO Max, because I felt like it was going to be a tedious version of […]
The Sleeping Negro
What the world of racism does to a man. “The Sleeping Negro” is a short movie that runs for an hour and 12 minutes, but it still wisely tackles on one African-American […]
The Hand of God
Newcomer Filippo Scotti carries Paolo Sorrentino’s next movie. I’m told Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Hand of God” is a personal film for this acclaimed Italian filmmaker and based in the story on his […]
Try Harder
#StopAsianHate, you racist educational systems! Lowell High has been ranked the #1 public school in San Francisco with a Majority Asian-American student body. However, over the past 15 years, acceptance rates for […]
