41 years later, and they’re still not on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?! See this graphic above this review? Well, that’s Spinal Tap spoofing the Crosby, Stills & Nash debut […]
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Code 3
A working comedy that’s committed to its job. The poster for “Code 3” makes it look like a cheap, under the radar action comedy. But on the inside, it’s a funny and […]
Only Murders in the Building (Season 5)
A fun fifth season with gangsters and doormen. When we last saw Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin), Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), and Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez), Oliver has been married, the doorman Lester […]
Rabbit Trap
It sounds like we need to elevate this horror movie a lot more. We start seeing voices on a transmission, as if “Rabbit Trap” was supposed to be a Sci-Fi survival thriller. […]
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)
Summer’s over, but this anthology is still warm. Last year, Yorgos Lanthimos made the anthology film “Kinds of Kindness,” which had big names like Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe. This year, Joanna […]
The Paper
No Scranton Stranglers, just the wonderful, wacky world of journalism. Disclaimer: this is not a series remake of the Ron Howard comedy “The Paper.” 20 years ago, NBC gave us “The Office,” […]
The Conjuring 4, Highest 2 Lowest, Splitsville, Thursday Murder Club, and The Paper Podcast Reviews
CJ reviews has demons, ransoms, relationships, murder, and newspapers on the air. I’m part of a radio station known as NEWHD Radio, which not only hires people on the Autism spectrum, but […]
The Conjuring: Last Rites
The emotions have better spirits than the demons do. It’s 1986, and Ed and Lorraine Warren would be asked by a student of theirs: “So are you guys like Ghostbusters?” Their answer: […]
Twinless
Twice as emotional and honest as you’d expect. The only twins I know personally are my cousins, and they don’t look alike, but they both have ambitious goals and free spirits. But […]
Griffin in Summer
On a small scale, we get a nice combo of sexual awakening, stage work, and possibly autism. As we start to watch “Griffin in Summer,” we see some tweens performing in a […]
