The Hunt — -1.0 Gavels 56% Rotten Tomatoes
A high school classmate of mine enlisted in the Marines during the height of the Vietnam War. Later, I asked him about boot…
Month: July 2020
Captain Fantastic – 2.5 Gavels Rotten Tomatoes
Encouraged to see Captain Fantastic, let’s say I found it less than fantastic. Told that the director wanted to imagine a life where…
Outlander 5 — 4.5 Gavels 95% Rotten Tomatoes
What do Taraji P. Henson, Claire Foy, Elisabeth Moss, and Sandra Oh have in common? Nominated four years in a row for a…
The Straight Story – 4 Gavels 95% Rotten Tomatoes
The Straight Story is the antithesis of modern life. Who takes time to stare at the rain, listen to the grain elevator, look…
The Outpost — 3.5 Gavels 92% Rotten Tomatoes
Look at the picture of The Outpost below, and your first reaction will be “whatever were they thinking.” Everyone knows that to defend,…
Mr. Jones — 3.5 Gavels 84% Rotten Tomatoes
There is something positively Orwellian about Mr. Jones. He reports accurately about the Holomodor and is vilified. Walter Duranty, Moscow Bureau Chief of…
Bad Education –3.5 Gavels 93% Rotten Tomatoes
For any prosecutor, present or former, Bad Education is cringeworthy. Why? We’ve seen this movie before, over and over, in real life. An…
Palm Springs –3.5 Gavels 93% Rotten Tomatoes
Please, please, not another raunchy SNL skit made into a movie! Yet, for the first half of Palm Springs, it’s just another R-rated…
Little Voice — 4.5 Gavels 77% Rotten Tomatoes
Who knew that on a weekend of The Old Guard with Charlize Theron and Greyhound with Tom Hanks my favorite would be Little…
The Old Guard — 4.0 Gavels 79% Rotten Tomatoes
After Tully, Long Shot, and Bombshell, Charlize Theron returns to her Atomic Blonde butt-kicking ways in The Old Guard. Immortality in films is…