Reviews

Angel payed by Abigail Cowen absorbs more tragedy and pain by the time she is eight years old to destroy any life. Her father rejects her, her mother is killed (in front of her) and she is sent to a house of prostitution to learn the trade.  The display of her emotional and physical pain […]

Denzel Washington’s first reach into the sphere of directing misses the mark.   A Journal For Jordan is filled with quiet scenes which should have an emotional impact but just move very lumberingly adding to the length of a film which is too long in the first place.  The story revolves around 1st Sergeant Charles […]

American Underdog is a hollow film something like empty calories, it has no dramatic or emotional effect coming from the performers even with a story that could have been effective. Un like  The Rookie in which Dennis Quaid played Jim Morris a late addition to Major League Baseball, who would not give up and eventually […]

The first sentence of my review of the original The Matrix, in 1999 stated:  From the beginning we know The Matrix is a fantasy treat.  This new version has little or no life in it.  Yahya Abdul-Mateen who replaces Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus offers red or blue pills as decision makers for Neo (Keanu Reeves) […]

This new Paul Thomas Anderson 1973 San Fernando Valley movie is a nostalgic trip of the best sense with youthful bravado that is quite relatable in its vicissitudes.  A highly personalized one that might share a kindred spirit with Cameron Crowe’s low grossing Almost Famous. The maker of Punch-Drunk Love, invites a blithe, impulsive disposition […]