Playing It Cool ?Directed by Justin Reardon??Written by Chris Shafer and Paul Vicknair? The review: Chris Evans plays “me” a man who has been burned by love so severely he’s sworn it off until [...]
This Gun for Hire ?Directed by Frank Tuttle??Written by Albert Maltz, W.R. Burnett? The review: Well this is a delightful mishmash of oddities.* Alan Ladd plays it tough as Raven, who has no room [...]
5 movies watched. February. Where I did not make much time for movies. Click on any linked title to read the full review. American Utopia Recommended double feature: Stop Making Sense and this. [...]
To All the Boys: Always and Forever ?Directed by Michael Fimoganari??Written by Katie Lovejoy? The review: I mean, it’s exactly as good as the previous two films and Lana Condor and Noah Centineo [...]
Nomadland ?Directed by Chloé Zhao??Written by Chloé Zhao? The review: There are few well-known actors I can think of who could play Fern so convincingly,* and I’m thankful Nomadland’s Fern [...]
The Letter ?Directed by William Wyler??Written by Howard Koch? The review: From the first dramatic scene to the last, this movie is plenty of fun.* Bette Davis is both flip and overwhelmed as a [...]
Judas and the Black Messiah ?Directed by Shaka King??Written by Will Berson & Shaka King? The review: I first learned about Fred Hampton in Ava DuVerney’s 13th and so I knew how this film was [...]
David Byrne’s American Utopia ?Directed by Spike Lee??Written by David Byrne? The review: It’s not yet been a year since I watched Jonathan Demme’s movie of the Talking Heads’ concert Stop [...]
6 movies watched, 6 rewatched Rewatched: Before Sunrise (Recommended) Before Sunset (Recommended) Crazy Stupid Love (Recommended, with qualifications) Easy A (Good) Superbad (Good) The Old Guard [...]
Locked Down ★Directed by Doug Liman★★Written by Steven Knight★ The review: This is a light affair* that might be handy to have on tap in ten to fifteen years when kids who were very young or were [...]