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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 [...]

Friends with Benefits ?Directed by Will Gluck??Written by Keith Merryman, David A. Newman, and Will Gluck? The review: This film worked for me because I was in the mood, I like both Mila Kunis [...]

Ben Is Back ?Directed by Peter Hedges??Written by Peter Hedges? The review: This is a great movie to add to your Christmas-But-Not-Feeling-It list* as Julia Roberts is a fabulous steely mom [...]

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 [...]

The Oath ★Directed by Ike Barinholtz★★Written by Ike Barinholtz★ The review: I forgot to write a review for this movie and now it’s more than three months later and things are hazy, but I can [...]

Mad Max Fury Road Directed by George MillerWritten by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nico Lathouris The review: If you, like me, held off from watching this 2015 film because you hadn’t seen [...]

The Christmas Chronicles Directed by Clay KaytisWritten by Matt Lieberman The review: Like many Christmas films, this starts in the land of sad* so that we can find the true meaning of Christmas [...]