ROMA Review — Que Rico!
Roma Review — It’s an extraordinary, once in a lifetime, profound and world expanding film. But it’s not for everyone. If you’re of the right mindset, Oscar-winning writer/director Alfonso Cuarón’s breathtakingly poignant and personal Roma will move you to the core, a little like standing before an original Frida Kahlo painting for the first time. But if…
AQUAMAN Review — Splashy Superhero Action
Aquaman Review — This ‘Aqua Dude’ dives right into dazzling visuals that make a big splash on the big screen At last, a DC Comics movie that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Batman and Superman are so dark and earnest, and even Wonder Woman could have benefitted from a little more light. Aquaman, on the…
WELCOME to MARWEN Review — These Living Dolls Do Not Endear
Welcome to Marwen Review — Robert Zemeckis’ latest looks like it was intended to be a Forrest Gump for this generation, but it’s no box of chocolates. Before you read this Welcome to Marwen review, stop everything and take a look at the trailer. I’ve conveniently provided it for you here: Doesn’t it look just…
MARY POPPINS RETURNS Review — It’s Supercalifragelisticespialidocious
Mary Poppins Returns review — So spectacular you’ll always remember the first time you saw it. Every five to ten years or so, a seminal film is released that has so much impact you remember exactly whom you saw it with and where you saw it. Star Wars? The Godfather? Frozen? For me, Mary Poppins…
BUMBLEBEE Review — 10-Year-Old Twins Betty and Winston Give You the Buzz
Bumblebee Review — We know these Transformer movies have been getting worse and worse, but not this one — it’s actually fun! In this prequel to the popular Transformers series (about a race of robots that turn into different vehicles), fan-favorite Bumblebee’s origin story is revealed. In the 1980s, when a girl (Hailee Steinfeld), still mourning the…
THE MULE Review — A Stubbornly Charming, if Not a Thrilling Clint Eastwood Vehicle
The Mule Review — Not exactly what you’d expect from Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper, but it’ll do. Inspired by a true story taken from a magazine article, a creaky but charming old gentleman in his twilight years turns to a life of crime and uses his elderly assets to escape the law. No, this is not…
Music Documentaries That Will Inspire, Entertain, and Blow You Away
Cindy Trillo gives us a slick list of some of the best music documentaries made in the past few years. The release of the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody has ignited passion from music lovers all over the world. We were starstruck, not only by the incredible songs and Queen’s rise to fame, but also by the…
MORTAL ENGINES Review — Winston Says It’s Crazy But Fun
Mortal Engines Review — 10-year-old Winston says, “There are cities eating each other, and it doesn’t make sense, but it’s kind of fun. Based on the young-adult novel series of the same name, Mortal Engines is set in a dystopian future in which Earth was ravaged by war 1,000 years in the past, and now…
Critics Choice TV and Movie Awards Noms Feature Family Fare Like MARY POPPINS RETURNS
Mary Poppins Returns, The Americans and The Favorite Score Big in the Critics Choice Awards Nominations Here’s the official scoop on this year’s Critics Choice Awards nominations, from a press release sent out by my beloved organizations: The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) announced today the nominees for…
INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Review — Spider-Men, Spider-Girls, Spider-Verse!
10-year-old Winston’s Into the Spider-Verse review says comics fans will be glad Miles Morales is on the big screen at last, and movie fans will learn to love him. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the awesome new animated Sony Spider-Man movie. It has better directing and a more compelling storyline than you might expect from…
