This post WWII movie offers typical soap opera cliches World War II dramas are usually compelling, whether they take place before, during, or after. Sometimes they’re not even about fighting, but instead, […]
The Aftermath
Five Feet Apart
CF Patients have a teary and flimsy forbidden love story I have respect for sick patients, I really do. But I also have to be the film critic in these cases. “Five […]
Gloria Bell
Julianne Moore has a difficult love story in entertaining remake As I was watching “Gloria Bell,” I realized something: this is a remake of the 2013 Spanish movie “Gloria,” both of which […]
Gone With the Wind
The Best Picture Winner Turns 80 What kind of a critic would I be if I never saw “Gone With the Wind?” A lousy one at that. But not me. I’ve found […]
Isn’t It Romantic?
Rebel Wilson is the star of her own Rom-Com Last week, I panned the “What Women Want” remake, “What Men Want,” because of its mean-spirited and annoying humor. But this week, I […]
Alita: Battle Angel
A cyborg becomes a hero in a Sci-Fi guilty pleasure I had my doubts about “Alita: Battle Angel,” a magna film adaptation from director Robert Rodriguez and producers James Cameron and Jon […]
What Men Want
A sweet-hearted romantic comedy gets a mean-spirited remake “What Men What” is the African-American/opposite sex remake of the 2000 Mel Gibson/Helen Hunt romantic comedy “What Women Want.” In that movie, Gibson could […]
What Women Want
To prepare you for “What Men Want,” here’s my review of the original. I know for a fact that the mind is a complicated thing, and some of us wish we had […]
If Beale Street Could Talk
To become poetic in the times and discrimination, is to resonate with how the characters in “If Beale Street Could Talk” think and feel. They’re given dialogue that moves and inspires you, […]
A Star is Born (2018)
You recall the recent article I wrote called “3 Stars are Born?” Those were the original versions before Bradley Cooper directed and starred in the latest version. The first movie, with Janet […]
