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Listen to hear me refer to the June summary as the May summary two-thirds of the time, find out why I think In the Heights was such a success, and learn why I have the same movie in both the Skip [...]

In this bit of audio, I run through the movies I watched in May 2021. Listen to find out what I think of ditzy women leads, how I knew that a movie wouldn’t have a bummer of an ending, and [...]

Keeping the Faith ?Directed by Edward Norton??Written by Stuart Blumberg? The review: I watched this in the theater on its release and remembered it being a little slow.* Still, I find it to be [...]

Loser Directed by Amy HeckerlingWritten by Amy Heckerling The review: This is an excellent chronicle* of not fitting in** and has a killer 2000-era soundtrack.*** While I found the performances [...]

Saving Face Directed by Alice WuWritten by Alice Wu The review: While this movie starts as the classic mom-sets-up-daughter-with-eligible-men story it introduces two wrinkles, one with the [...]

The Magic of Ordinary Days Directed by Brent ShieldsWritten by Camille Thomasson The review: The two words that prompted me to watch a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie are Skeet and Ulrich.* This was [...]

Down Terrace Directed by Ben WheatleyWritten by Ben Wheatley, Robin Hill The review: The blurbs told me this was a dark comedy and a comedic British version of the Sopranos and at the beginning, [...]

High School Musical Directed by Kenny OrtegaWritten by Peter Barsocchini The review: This movie is very good at what it sets out to do which is entertaining children.* As such, it features some [...]