DUNKIRK Review — VALERIAN Review – 2 Astounding Movies in Very Different Ways
DUNKIRK Review — VALERIAN Review — Two Great Directors, One Masterpiece by Lisa Johnson Mandell DUNKIRK Review — The Most Significant and Original War Movie in Years Beautiful and intense from start to finish, Christopher Nolan‘s Dunkirk is not what you’re expecting. It’s more lyrical than linear, try to hold on too hard and analyze…
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES Review SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING Review
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES Review SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING Review by Lisa Johnson Mandell War for the Planet of the Apes Review — Let My People Go (to see it) I wasn’t excited to see War for the Planet of the Apes, expecting it to be just another unnecessary, gratuitous sequel in a summer…
SWIM TEAM Review — The Most Touching Piece I've Ever Posted
SWIM TEAM Review by Allie Foutz Turley Allie Foutz Turley is one of my six beautiful nieces. She’s not a professional critic, although she did a bang up job when I took her to a junket and asked her to interview Shia LaBeouf and John Voight for the movie Holes. She is, however, a former…
BABY DRIVER Review — DESPICABLE ME 3 Review
BABY DRIVER Review – Best Movie of the Summer DESPICABLE ME 3 Review – Minions: What’s Not to Love? by Lisa Johnson Mandell BABY DRIVER Review — Best ride of the season! I dare anyone over 40 not to start singing… “My daddy was the family bassman My mamma was an engineer And I was…
THE BIG SICK Review — THE BEGUILED Review — Two Fab Indies
THE BIG SICK Review — THE BEGUILED Review — by Lisa Johnson Mandell Because you don’t need me to tell you that Transformers: The Last Knight is loud, annoying and nonsensical, I think I can best serve you by giving you the skinny on a couple of ambitious indies opening this weekend, in hopes that…
MEGAN LEAVEY Review — A Poignant Four-Legged Super Hero Movie
MEGAN LEAVEY Review by Lisa Johnson Mandell As we all get caught up in the feverish frenzy of fabulous female superheroes, it’s also nice to take a beat and focus on some real life superheroes whose everyday super powers are based on their ability to overcome their human — or their canine — frailties. Such is the…
WONDER WOMAN Review — We Have a Winner!
Wonder Woman Review by Lisa Johnson Mandell About three minutes into Wonder Woman, I thought, “My nieces MUST see this! All of them, from ages five to 39. In fact, every female in the world should see this movie, and the males must watch it too. It’s that good, that fun, and that profoundly satisfying, speaking…
BAYWATCH Review — PIRATES 5 Review — What's Worth Watching?
BAYWATCH Review — A Muscular Marshmallow of a Movie and I LOVE Marshmallows! What? You were expecting Oscar worthy content from a movie based on a cheesy TV show? This film unabashedly flaunts its beach babe / muscle man pedigree, and for that it can be credited. It’s good, naughty fun, with amazing bodies to be…
KING ARTHUR Review, SNATCHED Review, PARIS CAN WAIT Review
KING ARTHUR Review, SNATCHED Review, PARIS CAN WAIT Review — You’re better off seeing GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 Again King Arthur Review — The Legend of the Sword cuts down Guy Ritchie’s reputation I realize that director Guy Ritchie made this film for fan boys and gamers, but the history buff in me was offended…
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2 Review — Brandy, You're a Fine Film
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2 Review by James Mandell “The root of the groot is the newt who’s too cute. Baby Groot steals the show” So if the Galaxy needs saving, best get Sylvester Stallone to pitch in – go Rocky! Well, not really, but the dude makes an appearance, which reflects the throw-nine-figures-in-a-bowl-and-press-SPIN mentality that…
