There’s a lot of fun and ambition in writer/director Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird.” She shows us life in 2002, the year after 9/11, and the life of a girl entering adulthood. It’s […]
Lady Bird
Wonderstruck
Director Todd Haynes’s latest Indie “Wonderstruck” is an interesting splice between a coming-of-age story and a silent movie. Based on the book by Brian Selznick, who also wrote the screenplay, the movie […]
Thor: Ragnarok
There’s a jolly tone in “Thor: Ragnarok” that reminds you of how entertaining and very funny “Guardians of the Galaxy” was. It’s nice to have a Sci-Fi franchise get a sense of […]
A Bad Moms Christmas
The “Bad Moms” from just last year was a big surprise for me. It turned out to be a sweet-hearted and funny chick flick with nice work by Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, […]
LBJ
I’m not too familiar with President Lyndon B. Johnson, so I can’t talk about my opinion of him, the way I pray Donald Trump will be impeached. But what I can say […]
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
There’s an Autistic approach in “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” that I find most intriguing. Being a young man with Autism, it’s easy for me to determine that based on the […]
Thank You For Your Service
Just last week, Miles Teller starred in the heroic drama “Only the Brave,” which apparently didn’t perform well at the box office. It was beaten by crappy films like “Boo 2! A […]
Only the Brave
Man, do these forest fires keep happening, or what? I keep seeing them on the news and on the internet. It’s sickening. What you expect from a heroic drama about firefighters battling […]
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Ever since “Blended” and “Pixels” both underperformed at the box office, Adam Sandler has been placing his stinkers on Netflix, and I never watched a single one of his latest entries. But […]
Professor Marston & The Wonder Women
Last June, we had the entertaining female superhero movie “Wonder Woman.” Now, we have “Professor Marston & The Wonder Women,” which focuses on how the phenomenon was created. Be there’s a catch. […]
