Category: Movie Reviews

  • No Sudden Move – A Movie Review

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    I watched No Sudden Move on HBO Max last night frankly because I wanted to watch an actual movie and it seemed like the best option available. I also knew Steven Soderbergh is a celebrated director, and that fact, coupled with an impressive cast, made it an easy choice. Set in the early 1950s, No…

  • Luca – A Movie Review

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    Quite honestly, when I sat down with my daughters to watch this movie, I had virtually no idea what it was about. We wanted to do a movie night, we all generally like Disney Pixar films, Luca was pretty new, and so we decided to go for it. The animation immediately caught my attention–it is…

  • Army Of the Dead – A Movie Review

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    As far as zombie movies set in Las Vegas go, Army Of the Dead was more than entertaining. I can’t claim this film was cinematic genius. I can’t argue it shifted the paradigm regarding zombies. I can’t even say it was the best zombie movie out there. However, I can truthfully proclaim that, if you’re…

  • Tenet – A Movie Review

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    I wish I could say to you that Tenet is an intellectual masterpiece, that Christopher Nolan has broken with cinematic convention to such a degree that he has essentially reinvented the medium, and that the story is so complex it works as the equivalent of a Russian doll. I wish I could say all of…

  • Godzilla vs. Kong – A Movie Review

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    It’s all in the title, right? Let’s start with the positives–the special effects in Godzilla vs. Kong are spectacular. You see every hair on Kong’s body, every scale on Godzilla’s face. It really is very impressive. Also, when the two behemoths clash, it is epic. The falling buildings, the crashing waves, the displaced earth–they’ve got…

  • Emma. – A Movie Review

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    After truly enjoying Little Women with my wife and daughters, I thought Emma. might be another hit with the family. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, we never quite got around to watching it. My wife and I noticed that it was now available on HBO MAX, so at around ten o’clock at night, after the…

  • Zack Snyder’s Justice League

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    As I said with my original Justice League review, I’m going to like a Justice League movie no matter what. I’ve loved these particular characters since I was a small child reading comic books and watching Super Friends. But, even with that stated, Zack Snyder’s Justice League is a vastly superior version of what came…

  • Radioactive – A Movie Review

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    My wife and I tend to enjoy movies based on historical events. Though we’d honestly never heard of Radioactive, we both like Rosamund Pike and I generally find Amazon Originals to be high quality. While we’re glad we watched Radioactive, we agreed that it probably isn’t for everyone. First of all, as expected, it is…

  • The Midnight Sky – A Movie Review

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    I wasn’t quite sure what to make of The Midnight Sky when I saw its title card appear on Netflix. The description and trailer didn’t totally captivate me, but they didn’t repel me, either. In the end, I watched it because I generally like George Clooney and because I enjoy “realistic” science fiction movies about…

  • Black Beauty (2020) – A Movie Review

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    Did you know Black Beauty is based on a book written by Anna Sewell and published in 1877? I sure didn’t. I remember watching a Black Beauty movie as a kid in the early 1980s. Though I don’t remember much about it, I still have fond feelings for it even to this day. When I…