Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
…Beetlejuice. And just like that, he’s back! Michael Keaton steps back into the iconic horror-comedy bio-exorcist role he possessed in 1988 under the direction of the supernaturally imaginative Tim Burton.…
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
As a sequel, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is serviceable, but nothing special. It picks up where Ghostbusters: Afterlife left off, with the next generation of ghostbusters-- including Callie (Carrie Coon), Trevor…
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
I often gripe about running times, especially when a movie is (needlessly) longer than two hours. There's no griping with Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One. At 160 minutes,…
Book Club: The Next Chapter
If you put the first Book Club movie in a PG-13 blender with the likes of Girls Trip, Bridesmaids, and 80 for Brady, you'd have yourself a nice, tall glass…
John Wick: Chapter 4
"No one escapes the Table." Or so they say. But John Wick -- bless his warm, semi-retired assassin heart-- keeps trying. And those around him keep dying. Yes, the seemingly…
Magic Mike’s Last Dance
“So what’d you think?,” someone asked with an impish grin as I emerged from the theater. “It’s…steamy,” was about all I could muster in the (over-heated) moment. Now that I’ve…
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
I may be one of the few people who was not blown away by the original Knives Out. Which is not to say I didn't like it. I just wasn't all…
(Spoiler-free) Review – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The spirit of the late Chadwick Boseman (T’Challa, Black Panther) looms large throughout Marvel Studios’ Wakanda Forever, even as the film—and the franchise—seeks to clear a path to a future…
Review: TOP GUN: MAVERICK
As sequels 30+ years in the making go... TOP GUN: MAVERICK delivers at mach speed. The high-adrenaline action drama is like a remake, homage and sequel all rolled into one.…
Review: Venom: Let There Be Carnage
I was having one of those days... the kind that sorta deserves to be capped off with a screening of a film called Venom: Let There Be Carnage. So off…
Review: Candyman
Candyman... Candyman... Candyman... Candyman... Say the name, or see the movie, and you’re in for a whole lot of bloodshed - and a hefty splattering of social commentary. The film…
Review: The Boss Baby: Family Business
“What happens on the playground stays on the playground.” Lines like this are what made the first Boss Baby a cute little hit in 2017, and what makes its sequel,…
Review: Coming 2 America
Hard to believe it's been more than 30 years since Crown Prince Akeem Jaffer (Eddie Murphy) and his sidekick Semmi (Arsenio Hall) fled the palace - and an arranged marriage…
Review: Wonder Woman 1984
Wonder Woman 1984 is the first movie released mid-pandemic for which I was sorely tempted to mask up and venture into a theater. Really glad I didn't. Lasso of truth:…
Netflix Picks: The Life Ahead for a good cry; Other stuff for escapist fluff
I helped myself to a triple serving of Netflix this week and I got it all - a healthy protein, (The Life Ahead), a tasty side dish filled with empty…