A stop-motion gem hand made with wizardry. “Wildwood” is the latest feature from the Laika stop-motion animation company. “Coraline” was the first from the studio to take the hand-made animation to new […]
Wildwood
I Play Rocky
Until you start believing in this movie, you ain’t gonna have a life. It’s amazing that in the same year he made the awful comedy “Balls Up,” Peter Farrelly of the Farrelly […]
Wicker
A fun mixture of fairy tale and sex comedy. How this basket maker can bring his wicker people to life is beyond me. It’s never really explained how they gain consciousness, other […]
You Can See Everything
The best documentary of the decade so far. I’m sure a portion of you have seen the Hulu series “The Dropout” with Amanda Seyfried playing Elizabeth Holmes, and now, you have to […]
Sense and Sensibility, Whalefall, Street Fighter, Tenzing, and VisionQuest Podcast Reviews
CJ reviews a variety of iconic characters and survivors on the air. I’m part of a radio station known as NEWHD Radio, which not only hires people on the Autism spectrum, but […]
Street Fighter
Lots of fights and campy humor, not enough development. The movie opens and has flashbacks and a mid credit scene in the style of anime. And it all looks and feels stylish, […]
Whalefall
No belly aches in the belly of the whale. “Whalefall” is the second thriller out this fall to star Austin Abrams, after “Resident Evil,” and there’s a difference in intelligence and similarities […]
VisionQuest
A worthy follow-up to “WandaVision.” In the new Disney+ series “VisionQuest,” Paul Bettany reprises his Marvel role of Vision, who was murdered by Thanos in “Avengers: Infinity War,” recreated by his witchy […]
Sense and Sensibility (2026)
Another film version of a classic story suitable for our times. Every now and then, I catch a surprise screening, which only gives us two hints: its PG rating and length (unless […]
The North
It has more gorgeous views and less character development. It’s too bad “The North” wasn’t shown at this year’s Boulder International Film Festival, because it would have been an ideal movie. I […]
