Category: Reviews

Tina Turner is a LEGEND. A legend, people. So when I saw there was going to be a new documentary about her I was eager to see it! Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin helm this emotional documentary. They begin by splitting the movie (and by extension, Tina’s life) into five acts. The first few acts…
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Fans have long awaited the standalone movie for Black Widow and Marvel finally decided to oblige!!! Directed by Cate Shortland, Black Widow begins by showing Natasha as a young girl with her sister Yelena being raised in Ohio by Alexei (David Harbour) and Melina (Rachel Weisz). They are seemingly a normal family but it is…
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Netflix has released a few excellent animated movies recently (like The Willoughbys!). The Mitchells vs. The Machines is definitely one of my favorites. In fact, this is probably my favorite animated film of 2021 so far. I’m sure at some point it will be replaced as we get closer to awards season. But for now…
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More often than not, sequels tend to be disappointing. There are a few exceptions to this rule and I’m happy to report A Quiet Place Part II is one. Writer and director John Krasinski crafted a captivating story with the 2018 hit A Quiet Place. It enjoyed both critical and commercial success and put Krasinski…
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I’d like to be up front about the fact that I don’t particularly care for the Disney “live-action” remakes. Most of the time I think they’re pretty much pure garbage. So to say I had low expectations for Cruella would be a massive understatement. Perhaps that’s why I loved it so much; I was pleasantly…
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Director Luke Holland embarks on a journey that I would not have attempted in a million years. In the documentary, Final Account, Holland interviews the last remaining members of Hitler’s Third Reich. These interviews contain a smattering of men and women who each held different positions in the Nazi regime. Some of them were guards…
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Those Who Wish Me Dead caught my eye mainly because Angelina Jolie is in it. Jolie has taken a back seat in her acting career, preferring to direct or produce instead. Unless you wanted to see her in Disney’s Maleficent, you were out of luck. I generally think Jolie is a fantastic actor and I…
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I’ll be honest, when I first heard about My Octopus Teacher I was a tad weirded out. It seemed like a documentary about this strange man who developed a creepy love story with an octopus. I put off watching it, and then when it got nominated for Best Documentary at the 93rd annual Academy Awards…
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I’m a sucker for music documentaries, especially about pop stars. And Billie Eilish has become one of the biggest pop stars in the last few years. Her music is edgy and she is eccentric so her documentary seemed like it would be entertaining and compelling. The director, R.J. Cutler, is no stranger to documentaries having…
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Is there anything that is more of a spectacle than a good monster movie? Two (or more) huge creatures beating the hell out of each other with very little plot is really what I need in my life at the moment. Godzilla vs. Kong is the final installment of the most recent monsterverse franchise. In…
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