Friday Morning Coffee with TMJ — 5/25/18
Query: The Passion of the Christ, produced and directed by Mel Gibson, was made in 2004. Would it still be an R-rated movie…
Month: May 2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story — 4 Gavels 69% Rotten Tomatoes 64% Audience
Good, but not great. Being a Star Wars movie, the expectations are overwhelming. Knowing the production problems, you keep looking for which part…
Show Dogs — 1 Gavel 23% Rotten Tomatoes 25% Audience
Once in a while, there is a PG movie that is so witty, so colorful, so imaginative that parents and children alike can…
Book Club — 2.5 Gavels 59% Rotten Tomatoes 51% Audience
No one wants to think about their parents having S-E-X. So why would anyone under 50 ever go see this movie? Or, maybe…
Friday Morning Coffee with TMJ — 5/18/18
After Avengers, Deadpool and Han Solo, how will June ever top the May blockbusters? Let’s see what’s on tap. June 1 Adrift — …
Deadpool 2 — 4 Gavels 84% Rotten Tomatoes
Two years ago, this wild, crazy, fast-talking, wise-cracking, profane superhero burst upon the screen, unlike anything I had ever seen. It was so…
RBG — 3.5 Gavels 93% Rotten Tomatoes
Last October, I complained that the movie Marshall needed to spend time with Thurgood Marshall’s entire body of work, rather than just one…
Life of the Party — 2.5 Gavels 37% Rotten Tomatoes
Sometimes, less is more. Melissa McCarthy believes that if she talks fast and non-stop that she will inevitably say something funny. And, it…
Bad Samaritan — 3 Gavels 55% Rotten Tomatoes 84% Audience
If a movie is to teach you something, Bad Samaritan will cause you to re-think ever giving your car to a valet service. …
Overboard — 3 Gavels 32% Rotten Tomatoes 73% Audience
I’m with the audience. This is not a great movie, but it has a big heart. After a slow start, it hits its…