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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 ›
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Spirited
Ferrell and Reynolds both feel the holiday sprit in this fun musical comedy. The story of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” has been transcending in various versions on TV and in theaters. You know the story. The rich and grumpy… Read More ›
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A Christmas Story Christmas
A sequel that knows it’s the thought that counts. “Mama’s Little Piggy,” “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid,” “I Triple Dog Dare You,” “BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR OVALTINE,” and “Fra-gee-lee.” Some of the quotes that made the 1983 holiday… Read More ›
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The Menu
Tonight’s course is laughs with a side of blood. I can tell “The Menu” would be a gourmet cooking horror satire that requires people to be the main course. But maybe not in the way I’m describing it. Dinner is… Read More ›
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Sr
A love letter to Robert Downey, Jr’s dad I often say that it’s the little things that help make the big things. It can pertain to caterpillars becoming butterflies, nobodies becoming somebodies, or independent filmmakers taking their movies to new… Read More ›
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She Said
The emotional (it not perfect) biopic about how The New York Times exposed this horrible monster. What Harvey Weinstein did to a number of women is so disgusting that he deserves the 23-year prison sentence. This producer of a number… Read More ›
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