This couldn’t be more respectful to this young transgender’s drama. Trace Lysette is a transgender actress, who gives one of the best on-screen performances in “Monica,” a film too sentimental for her […]
Monica
Eight Mountains, Starling Girl, What’s Love, BlackBerry, and It Ain’t Over Video Reviews
CJ’s video reviews consist of coming-of-age stories, arranged marriages, and true stories. This week’s video reviews consist of the Italian film “The Eight Mountains,” the religious drama “The Starling Girl” with Eliza […]
The Mother
J. Lo runs out of bullets here. The latest Jennifer Lopez vehicle “The Mother” makes it to Netflix, the streaming site guaranteed to make it a hit, even though it doesn’t amount […]
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
This doc has the Power of Love. Michael J. Fox has been an idol for years, whether we saw him in the 80s or see him only attending “Back to the Future” […]
Fool’s Paradise
What the Hell were you thinking Day? Charlie Day is one of my favorite comic talents, but his directorial debut of “Fool’s Paradise” is one of the stupidest and pointless comedies I […]
What’s Love Got to Do with It, Starling Girl, BlackBerry, Hypnotic, and It Ain’t Over Podcast Reviews
CJ reviews movies about arranged marriages, religious teens, cellphones, mind games, and baseball legends on the air. I’ve joined a radio station known as NewHD, which will not only hire people on […]
Hypnotic
A mind game that’s missing some brain cells. Robert Rodriguez’s latest movie “Hypnotic” has entered Hitchcock territory, especially since he was inspired by a restored widescreen re-release of “Vertigo.” It has a […]
The Starling Girl
Is it puberty or the devil talking? Good question. “The Starling Girl” is something I’ve been curious about since I’ve seen it at the Sundance Film Festival. Writer/director Laurel Parmet makes her […]
It Ain’t Over
A home run of a baseball doc. Yogi Berra was the baseball player, who was ridiculed for having a cartoonish appearance with his face and height (5’7), that he field name inspired […]
Blackberry
A movie you should text and talk about. “BlackBerry” is another brutally funny and consistently entertaining biopic about an idea that transcended from cynicism to success after Ben Affleck’s “Air.” That was […]
