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Category: Movie Reviews
Clooney directs, stars in bleak sci-fi flick “The Midnight Sky”
Reviews of The Midnight Sky (Netflix), Soul (Disney+) and Wonder Woman 1984 (HBO Max).
Streaming Wars: Disney Plus, HBO Max battle for Christmas audience with release of ‘Soul’ and ‘Wonder Woman 1984’
While Netflix remains the dominant streaming channel of the moment, two major players are each firing major salvos across the streaming decks on Christmas Day.
Gibson plays a gun-toting Santa in ‘Fatman’
Give it a decade and Fatman might end up being a cult Christmas classic. Weirder things have happened.
‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ and ‘Mank” are well-made but tough films to digest
Hillbilly Elegy is too effective and heartbreaking, bringing up thoughts and emotions I’d rather let rest.
WB’s streaming gambit shakes foundation of movie theater industry
All 17 of the 2021 lineup of Warner Bros. films will stream for 31 days on HBO Max while also playing in theaters.
The Aeronauts amounts to a beautiful snoozer / Simultaneous Wonder Woman release gives fans options
The cinematography is truly breathtaking throughout the movie, but the clumpy dialogue weighs the movie down like a battalion of sandbags.
‘Love, Guaranteed’ offers little more than by-the-numbers romance
The film is likable enough to veg out on the couch with your significant other or a tub of ice cream, whichever is applicable.
Imitative script fails charming leads in ‘Holidate’
If you like romantic comedies, you might turn this movie into a drinking game of sorts when you spot a plot device pilfered from another movie.
‘The Witches’ conjures potent message
Life has its heartbreaks, setbacks, and tragedies that can’t be erased, but it’s our attitude that makes our lives either wonderful, awful, or something in-between.
Capraesque quality shines in Sorkin’s ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
Sorkin’s scripting work is at the same time smooth and biting, expertly detailing the issues at hand.
‘The Wolf of Snow Hollow’ more bark than bite
The film is written, directed, and stars Jim Cummings, whose debut film ‘Thunder Road’ won him much deserved attention on the film festival circuit in 2018.
Sandler, pals celebrate the season in ‘Hubie Halloween’
Horror movie fans will notice dozens of nods to classics like Halloween, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, among others.
Derivative ‘Palm Springs’ lacks charm and purpose
I dove into the recent Hulu movie Palm Springs virtually blindfolded.
Charming Brown makes ‘Enola Holmes’ worth a watch
The movie was set to open in theaters last spring as a Warner Bros. release, but the closures due to COVID-19 prompted the sale to Netflix.