Reviews

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 […]

This version of Jane Austen’s deeply admired 1815 noel isn’t as daring and accomplished as what Greta Gerwig did with Little Women of late,   But Emma (yes it swaggers in its punctuation) has enough conflict and slapstick to be a relevant romantic-comedy for the Instagram crowd. It stars a pretty lucent Anya Taylor-Joy of […]

Director Guy RItchie’s newest comedy has a crazy cast of characters, non-stop action, complex set-ups and great acting, which all adds up to one wild ride.  Matthew McConaughey plays Mickey, an American that is a top marijuana grower in England.  He hangs out with aristocrats , and in exchange for paying for their costly estate […]

Chris Two women who have been friends since grade school, develop a make-up kit called One Night Stand, that catches the attention of a cosmetics mogul.  Mia (Tiffany Haddish) is the creative partner of their company and Mel (Rose Byrne) takes care of the finances.  They open a small cosmetics store and even though the make-up is […]