Reviews

Promising Young Woman is compelling and at the same time uncomfortable.  Carey Mulligan’s Cassandra in the hands of outstanding direction by Emerald Fennell holds our attention as she travels a pattern of revenge that is confusing yet deliberate through out the entire script.   Cassandra is a promising young woman, or at least she was […]

Let’s go back to 1984 when the simple question of “Where’s The Beef?” ignited a national frenzy. The same question could apply to Wonder Woman 1984 which sadly, is just an empty plate begging to be filled with anything of substance. WW84 was to be released last year, but was delayed due to the pandemic.  […]

Another horror film by Blumhouse but with a sufficient difference.  The horror doesn’t hang heavy, it’s almost tongue-in-cheek and is filled with comedy.  The story appears initially like many mean girl films with Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton) who is the one receiving the harassment from the mean boys and girls at her high school.  With […]

In 1935 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy stared in a comedy called Tit For Tat, in which they exchanged nasty pranks on a guy named Hill who owned the store next to theirs.  The War with Grandpa here in 2020 has the same premise but it’s between a grandfather (Robert De Niro) and grandson (Oakes […]

FEEL GOOD FILM FOR THIS VIRUS WEEK.   Usually, the chase is the most interesting part of movie romances.  In Serendipity, the chase goes on for years. Jonathan (John Cusack) and Sara (Kate Beckinsale) meet in 1990 while Christmas shopping at Bloomingdales.  They both want the same pair of cashmere gloves and after a couple of flirty […]