EnglishMovie Review
Unstable? YES! Totally Unstable & Great Fun
Rob Lowe’s new Netflix series, Unstable, is a joyful romp that provides hours of over-the-top fun entertainment! Lowe, probably best known for his ill-fated sex tape from years gone by, proves he is more than just a pretty face! IMHO, he has gone well beyond his term as one of the original Brat Pack. Also […]
Transatlantic – A Real Life Journey of Heroism and Compassion
Transatlantic, the new Netflix series based on The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer, is a heartwarming series depicting the heroic efforts of ‘real-life” American Varian Fry and his cadre of British Intelligence operatives helping refugees escape the Nazi persecution of intelligentsia, artists and ‘enemies of the state’ escape to the United States during the early […]
White House Plumbers – White House Bumblers?
OMG, director David Mandel’s new political miniseries on HBO Max, White House Plumbers, chronicling the ill-fated 1970’s Watergate break in, is a thoroughly engaging comedy (remember a comedy is a play on or about life) of errors. I wonder, given the poetic license of portraying the events, how could any of those involved not be […]
Being Mary Tyler Moore – Who Cares?
I admit it. I was suckered into watching the new documentary that touted it included access to her vast archives and never before seen footage discovered in her basement after her passing. Maybe it should have remained lost for the ages? As charming as some of the footage was (the new foal or maybe the […]
The Diplomat is OUR new fave rave Diplomat!
The incredibly wonderful Keri Russel is brilliant with her wonderfully nuanced performance as an unwilling British Ambassador amid an international crisis juggling her high-profile, albeit grudgingly accepted, position as the new ambassador to the UK while navigating her downward spiraling marriage to a former political star, brilliantly portrayed by Rufus Sewell. Netflix has hit yet another […]
Celebrity, Movie critic, Sports
Up Up and Away with AIR!
Ben Affleck’s latest directorial effort, AIR, leads me to believe that he is currently and will continue to follow closely in the footsteps of Hollywood legend and icon Clint Eastwood as he matures and shifts seamlessly between portraying and directing characters. His latest foray in directing this illustrious cast and portraying Nike founder CEO Phil […]
Tetris Rules the Game Universe!
If you ever wondered about the origins of one of the groundbreaking handheld (think Game Boy) games, then tune into Apple +’s “Tetris”, starring Taron Egerton, formerly of Apple’s Black Bird. This is an unnerving and captivating look at the origins of the record-shattering game from the late 80’s. Why you ask? It is a […]
2023’s first Rom Com – Not cute and no cigar!
Jonah Hill and Kenya Barris must have thought they were tackling an overlooked cultural issue and doing it with a fresh twist but alas and alack, this is not the case. This is a story that has been around forever and this attempt brings nothing new to the dialogue. Yes, the script/storyline has some clever […]
Is this a movie or an LSD trip? Hard to tell!
Everything, Everywhere, All At Once is a supremely complicated Timothy Leary-esque LSD trip! As convoluted as the storyline (s) is/are, just hang in there and it will all become crystal cloudy the deeper you go. It is a gross understatement to say Michelle Yeoh is fabulous, she is scintillating. And who knew that the little […]
Celebrity, Media, Movie critic
The Menu or The Sociopath?
I don’t know which title is more apropos. Perhaps both as this film is certainly about a dedicated foodie (pardon me for this) as well as a dedicated sociopath (no apologies here. To say the “plot” is an intricate web of what becomes, IMHO, a disturbing story of narcissism and self-aggrandizement spread evenly across all […]
Celebrity, Media, Movie critic
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery?” More Like an III-Fated Whodunnit Without the Who!
I understand what Rian Johnson was trying to do and that was try my patience for caring! First, don’t start the movie by creeping me out with a Zoom call featuring the late Angela Landsbury and the later Stephen Sondheim. I know the film was in the can before their demise but really? The film […]
Celebrity, Media, Movie critic
Putting the Oscars on Notice!
Notice to The Academy Awards nominating committee, and this is my final notice, LOL. You need not proceed with any nominations for Cinematography, Production Design, and Editing. Those will most certainly be awarded to Damien Chazelle鈥檚 鈥淪odom and Gomorrah.鈥� Oops, I mean 鈥淏abylon鈥� the penultimate cinematic Bacchanalia. The movie provides a 3+ hour (the time […]