This run-of-the-mill hijacking thriller will leave you jet lagged. For the record, the title “7500” is pronounced “Seven Five Zero Zero,” just to avoid confusion with “seventy five hundred” or “seven thousand […]
7500
The Midway Point 2020
The Best and Worst Movies of 2020 So Far It’s time for my annual Midway Point list when I commemorate the best and worst movies I’ve seen so far this year. These […]
King of Staten Island, Da 5 Bloods, and Artemis Fowl video reviews
This week’s video reviews consist of Judd Apatow’s latest comedy “The King of Staten Island,” Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods,” and Kenneth Branagh’s “Artemis Fowl.” The Final Verdict “The King of Staten […]
Artemis Fowl
The theme is green, but is the movie really clean? Not really. Because of the COVID-19 (here we go again) closing the movie theaters, “Artemis Fowl,” Kenneth Branagh’s first take on Eoin […]
Da 5 Bloods
I love the smell of Spike Lee in the morning. Spike Lee’s latest opus “Da 5 Bloods” couldn’t have arrived at a more auspicious occasion. George Floyd’s death has continued to turn […]
The King of Staten Island
Pete Davidson and Judd Apatow are a match made in Comedy Heaven. I’ve got some good news, bad news, and better news. Let’s start with the bad news. The bad news is […]
Shirley, Becky, and Tommaso video reviews
This week’s video reviews consist of Elisabeth Moss as Shirley Jackson in “Shirley,” Kevin James as a Neo Nazi in “Becky,” and Willem Dafoe collaborating with Abel Ferrara in “Tomasso.” The […]
Tommaso
Willem Dafoe is basically Abel Ferrara in disguise. “Tomasso” feels like a personal film to writer/director Abel Ferrara, because he guides his wife Cristina Chiriac and daughter Anna inside his own apartment […]
Becky
Kevin James is the only good thing about this home invasion bomb. In Kevin James’ next movie “Becky,” he plays a goofball, who becomes a superhero, with diabetes as a weakness, and […]
Shirley
All work and no play makes Shirley a crazy girl. When you see the name “Shirley” as the movie’s title, don’t expect it to be about Shirley Temple, Shirley Jones, or Shirley […]
