Reviews

FEEL GOOD FILM FOR THIS VIRUS WEEK. Pixar’s new animated film is a clever, one-of-a-kind, fantastic adventure. Directed by Pete Docter (Up) and co-written by Meg LeFauve, it centers around Riley (voice by Kaitlyn Dias), a happy 11- year old living in Minnesota with her parents.  She has a best friend, loves to play hockey and has a […]

FEEL GOOD FILM FOR THIS VIRUS WEEK. If baseball has a touch of magic The Rookie gives evidence to the phenomenon as two catholic nuns begin the story in the dry west Texas town of Big Lake where oil riggers played baseball to pass the time at the turn of the century. Dennis Quaid’s Jim Morris, the […]

FEEL GOOD FILM FOR THIS VIRUS WEEK. I would love to sit next to William Shatner and watch Galaxy Quest. The crew of the NSEA Protector toured the universe on television for four seasons, from 1979 to 1982.  Twenty years later, the five stars of the sci-fi series remain in costume, making appearances at science fiction […]

Disney/Pixar’s new animated film is strange, magical and filled with heart.  It’s set in a village that had once been a dangerous place to live.   Fiery Dragons, evil warriors, and fighting were a daily event.  Its now a town were these same characters go to work, their kids attend school and the dragons are frisky, likable pets (although they […]

Director Chris Sanders’  CGI/live action film is adapted from Jack London’s 1903 classic novel of the same name.   It takes place in the 1890s and focuses on Buck, a large CGI St Bernard.  Buck lives with a Judge and his family and he’s a spoiled, well loved dog.  As the film opens Buck is destroying an outdoor party […]