A FAMILY AFFAIR– 3 STARS There’s quite an unarmed duel of the heart happening in the new Netflix film A Family Affair which tends to happen in romantic comedies and dramas. Often, the two
HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA: CHAPTER 1— 4 STARS By golly, there’s something satisfying about watching an expert working in their element at a high level. They could be a laborer doing their job perfectly or
BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F— 4 STARS Let it be known that Eddie Murphy is 63 years old. Hilariously, he’s approaching the 75, 76, and half of the 137-year-old numbers his Coming to America barbershop
THE SECRET ART OF HUMAN FLIGHT– 3 STARS There’s a very telling exchange about a third of the way through The Secret Art of Human Flight that illustrates the thematic teeter-totter happening between quirky pragmatism
SPACE CADET— 1 STAR Throughout the history of movies, there has always been different types of intentional caricature characters, built to play the proverbial fish-out-of-water in various settings. Take Abbott and Costello meeting movie monsters
COTTONTAIL– 4 STARS The international journey at the center of Cottontail calls to mind the phrase “to the ends of the earth.” Originating in the 9th chapter and 10th verse of book of Zechariah in
DANDELION– 4 STARS LESSON #1: THE TROPE OF A STARVING ARTIST– Dandelion carries the merging of two “starving artists” from opposite origins who very much live up to the circumstances of that old adage. They
MOVIE REVIEW: Twisters TWISTERS– 4 STARS One of this writer’s favorite lines from 1996’s Twister was Helen Hunt, fresh from surviving a tornado hunkered down in a ditch, answering Philip Seymour Hoffman’s question of “What
BEFORE DAWN– 2 STARS The tight-knit group of World War I soldiers from Australia and New Zealand depicted in Before Dawn—in theaters and on digital July 19, 2024— are shown to have adopted a certain
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE— 5 STARS Despite its proven record of success and wondrous riches amassed in nearly a quarter-century, the expansive Marvel Cinematic Universe has needed some kind of a jolt. The writing’s been on