Friday Morning Coffee — 8/31/18
Say it Ain’t So Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson) kiss in Mission: Impossible-Fallout. So why didn’t you see it? …
Month: August 2018
Operation Finale — 4 Gavels 63% Rotten Tomatoes
My first notice of Ben Kingsley is in 1982 as Ghandi for which he won an Oscar as Best Actor. To see him…
Tuesday Morning Tea — 8/28/18
Tonight, a high school classmate, Gunnar Aren, arrives from Sweden for our 50th high school reunion. Signs of age include kids graduating from…
Papillon — 4 Gavels 54% Rotten Tomatoes
Papillon (1973) with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman is a classic. I wish I could compare the original with this re-make, but too…
Tuesday Morning Tequila Revisited – 8/25/18
Given a 22% Rotten Tomatoes rating with an Audience score of 43%, the verdict is in! Clearly found to be an abomination, I…
Friday Morning Coffee — 8/24/18
Welcome to the movies of September. I have been looking forward to Smallfoot for months. Check out these trailers. September 7 City of…
A.X.L. — 3 Gavels NR Rotten Tomatoes
Decidedly mediocre with lower than expected production values and even poorer dialogue, A.X.L is disappointing. This is yet another boy meets dog, boy…
Tuesday Morning Tequila — 8/21/18
Warning-Warning-Warning I must confess that the first red band trailer that I ever saw was for The Happytime Murders. The above Trailer #1…
Alpha — 3.5 Gavels 84% Rotten Tomatoes
Upon the heels of Dog Days, and one week prior to A.X.L., another dog movie hits the big screen. While it purports to…
Friday Morning Coffee — 8/17/18
Drowning is the only way to describe the Academy Awards show. Oscars are given out to movies that the public hasn’t seen,…