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The review: Olivia Wilde’s movie Booksmart isn’t just about two studious high school students who go to a party; the reason they attend the party is the crux of the film. There are [...]

The review: This was a re-watch to catch the boyfriend up. He liked it. Original review here. Verdict: Recommended Cost: free from the Multnomah County LibraryWhere watched: at home with the [...]

The review: Sean Anders’ Instant Family is a very good Sunday Afternoon Movie* and also manages to feature a lot of kids with problems without falling into the obnoxious child trope.** [...]

(Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. It was years between me finding the “Toy Story 2 was okay” graffiti and me finding that it was a thing. I actually think this movie is quite [...]

The review: I’ve seen bits of Stanley Donen’s Charade here and there,* but hadn’t watched the entire movie until now. What I found was the usual falling-in-love-for-no-reason** [...]

The review: Since they don’t make movies like Stanley Donen/Gene Kelly’s On the Town anymore, this movie gets a pass on a lot of things.* But it does have great musical numbers*** and [...]

The review: The reason to watch Stanley Donen’s Two for the Road is to see the interesting cuts between scenes that show us different periods of a couple’s ten-year marriage. However, [...]

The review: Sometimes the experience of watching a movie is an exercise in picking apart why the film isn’t working and so it was for James Wan’s Aquaman. I came up with a host of [...]

Or: There’s a Difference Between a Romantic Comedy and a Comedy (That difference, as you might guess, is the presence of romance.) The review: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson has crafted a nice [...]