Author Archives
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EO
Jerzy Skolimowski’s beautiful ode to donkeys. If this donkey embers on a journey where he meets good and bad people, then the new Polish drama “EO” is inspired by Robert Bresson’s 1966 French film “Au Hasard Balthazar,” which was also… Read More ›
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White Noise
Let’s see how Baumbach, Driver, and Gerwig handle their fears of death. Noah Baumbach reunites with his fellow stars Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig for “White Noise,” a movie with various genres that rarely meet. It’s a horror movie, it’s… Read More ›
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The Son
Florian Zeller’s follow-up is too cynical to handle its problems. Mental illness is no laughing matter. People stricken with it can either destroy themselves or clean themselves. And I’m not one to say. I’m just an autistic film critic who… Read More ›
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Strange World
Dazzling colors and so many themes make Disney’s latest a fun ride. Jake Gyllenhaal and Dennis Quaid both collaborate as a son and father for the first time since “The Day After Tomorrow” in “Strange World,” the new Disney animated… Read More ›
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Devotion
Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell both earn their wings. Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell both have a fascinating connection in this Korean War movie called “Devotion.” It opens with the reminder that it was a “Forgotten War,” which lasted for… Read More ›
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
One of the rare sequels to be as fresh as the original. I’ve seen both “Knives Out” movies at the Chicago International Film Festival, and I loved both of them. Each one, written and directed by Rian Johnson, offers Agatha… Read More ›
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Aftersun, She Said, The Menu, and The Inspection Video Reviews
CJ’s video reviews features daughters, Weinstein victims, evil chefs, and gay soldiers. This week’s video reviews consist of the father-daughter drama “Aftersun” with Paul Mescal and newcomer Frankie Corio, the biopic “She Said” with Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan, the… Read More ›
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She Said, Aftersun, and The Menu Podcast Reviews
CJ reviews movies about journalists, trips, and evil chefs on the air. I’ve joined a radio station known as NewHD, which will not only hire people on the Autism spectrum, but will also have me doing podcast movie reviews for… Read More ›
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Disenchanted
A nice little welcome home party for our Andalasia heroine. It’s inevitable Giselle, the young heroine of “Enchanted,” would want her live-action life to have the same kind of fairy tale magic as her animated kingdom of Andalasia. She’s learned… Read More ›
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The Fabelmans
A Spielberg triumph in every way. The humble beginnings for how Steven Spielberg developed a passion for filmmaking includes him filming a train crash with his Lionel train set, and made some short films-a western called “The Last Gunfight” in… Read More ›