Reviews

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 […]

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 […]