Mudbound is set at an interesting time in American history. The slave trade has not long been abolished so the after-effects of that groundbreaking decision and change in American society is still felt in the tension between the different races. Combine … Continue reading Review Bonanza: Mudbound (2017) Review
This review was originally posted on January 12th 2018 After all these years you still can’t fault Pixar for originality. At a time when every animation seems to have some anthropomorphic animals or is a sequel (although Pixar suffer from this … Continue reading Pixar Month: Coco (2017) Review (a Re-Post)
There was a sense after Cars 2 that the Cars franchise should be put to rest. Money will always win out though and Cars was given a third outing and another attempt to repeat what wasn’t particularly a grand opening … Continue reading Pixar Month: Cars 3 (2017) Review
As long as you like musicals, you’ll love The Greatest Showman. As long as you are well aware that you are going to see a movie where each scene is a link to another epic musical number which will involve dancing, … Continue reading Review 700! – The Greatest Showman (2017)
There is an appropriate hesitation that should be reserved for rebooting or prolonged sequels to sacred classics. For every Blade Runner you get an Indiana Jones and when it was announced that there would be a “sequel” to Jumanji, scepticism was the … Continue reading Dwayne Johnson Month: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) Review
There is a fantastic movie hidden somewhere in Roman J. Israel Esq. Somewhere along the way it becomes lost, maybe because it is a movie trying to do many different things, or be many different types of movie all at once. … Continue reading Roman J. Israel Esq. (2017) Review
Molly’s Game is Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut and it has his style all over it. Molly’s Game is a well-told, superbly written and engrossing drama that catches you from the very beginning and refuses to let you go. Sorkin wrote the … Continue reading Molly’s Game (2017) Review
Call Me by Your Name struggles to be an original movie. Very little of what you see in the film hasn’t been seen before. It is a film about “coming-of-age,” “finding yourself,” “unexplored sexuality” and “life-changing relationships.” It has a teenage … Continue reading Call Me by Your Name (2017) Review
There are times when the word “solid” is the most appropriate to describe a film. The Post fits this description perfectly. It has a great cast, a decent and in some cases “worthy” story and a director that ties the events … Continue reading The Post (2017) Review
There is something great about watching a character who doesn’t care about the opinions of those around them, who has lost almost everything and who is given seemingly free-reign to say and do whatever they wish. That joy is brought to … Continue reading Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) Review
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