Let’s dish up something cinematically positive for the new year, shall we? Okay, how about some Heaven Can Wait. A bit of The Good Place. Some influence of Hayao Miyazaki. And a dash of Mr. Holland’s Opus. Now sprinkle in some buddy comedy, a teacher-mentor story where both learn from one another, an examination of …
The Star Wars Holiday Special strikes back! No wait! DON’T GO AWAY! That look of abhorrence I imagine on your face right now may likely be from the thought of THE Star Wars Holiday Special. No, not the one that Star Wars creator George Lucas concocted and aired on CBS in 1978. Not the one …
Awwwwwwwwkward. Is there a genre called Awkward? I feel like there is, or should be. Hey, it’s a popular place to mine for laughs. Happiest Season, the new Christmas rom-com on Hulu from Clea Duvall and her Veep co-star Mary Holland, comes from the more specific school of Meet the Parents, The Family Stone, Guess …
I swear, if you end up hurting Ann Perkins!!! Those were some of my initial thoughts as I watched Sofia Coppola’s latest directorial effort, On the Rocks. You see, actress Rashida Jones is so gosh darn likable in her role as the aforementioned Ann in the NBC comedy, Parks and Recreation, and it is no …
A holiday film BOGO! Yes, you read it right. A Halloween movie and a Christmas movie rolled into one. As the kids would say, YASSSSSSS! Enter The Nightmare Before Christmas, a world where every holiday has it own town where its citizens are tasked with preparations for their own respective dates. Most prominent of all …
Warning: This post, a review of Da 5 Bloods, is political. Oh wait, all I had to do was mention four words. A SPIKE LEE JOINT. The activist-filmmaker has been at it for decades now. His movies entertain. They educate. But, more often than not, they seek to challenge. It’s who he is and what …
Finding yourself is tough. It’s hard enough when you are a teen. Harder even still when you’re the youngest sibling of perhaps the greatest detective alive. Then there is the seemingly impenetrable glass ceiling that comes with living in Victorian times keeping you down!? Enter Enola Holmes. Inspired by a series of novels by Nancy …
Based on an actual lie… That is the opening text of The Farewell, and while the description is accurate, the irony is that the film, based on real-life experiences of writer and director Lulu Wang, contains some universal and powerful truths. Family coming together amidst crisis, the ways we mourn, and how we can find …
“Yeah. About that. So, this is today. Today is yesterday. And tomorrow is also today. It’s one of those infinite time loop situations you might have heard about,” said Nyles, the seemingly carefree protagonist of the romantic comedy, Palm Springs. “Yeah. About that. So, this is today. Today is yesterday. And tomorrow is also today. …
Freaky Friday. Alternate title: Extreme Empathy. Okay, not really. But, hey, it could work. More on that later. There are four – yes, count it – four versions of Freaky Friday. Starting in 1976, with a 13-year-old Jodie Foster (!!!), and with three subsequent versions in 1995, 2003, and 2018. Each different, but the basic …