Midnight at the Magnolia — 2.0 Gavels 6.1/10 IMDb
Continuing with Monday Christmas movies, I happened upon Midnight at the Magnolia. I wish I hadn’t. Any film less than 1 hour 45…
Month: November 2020
The Flight Attendant — 4.0 Gavels 96% Rotten Tomatoes
In a prime example of an actor controlling her career, witness Kaley Cuoco in The Flight Attendant. In her first major role since…
Hillbilly Elegy –2.0 Gavels 25% Rotten Tomatoes
If there wasn’t already a movie named Misery, Hillbilly Elegy could easily take over that moniker. In the film, J.D. Vance is righteously…
The Mandalorian 2 — 4.0 Gavels 8.7/10 IMDb
“This is The Way,” watch The Mandalorian and then the Mandalorian 2 (Season). Not really into Krayt dragons, giant spiders, and frogs, season…
Thursday Morning Coffee — 11/26/20
Stayin’ Alive . . . The Bee Gees‘ Hall of Fame citation says, “Only Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees….
Becoming You — 4.0 Gavels 7.1/10 IMDb
Becoming You hooks you in the first minutes with “the first errand.” The six part-docuseries on Apple TV+ takes us from birth to…
The Life Ahead — 3.0 Gavels 93% Rotten Tomatoes
The critics love The Life Ahead (94% Rotten Tomatoes) and the viewers like it (7.0/10 IMDb). As for me, I can take it…
Dash and Lily — 3.5 Gavels 100% Rotten Tomatoes
Combine the holiday theme of Holidate and the dares of Love and Anarchy, and you get Dash and Lily. What is it that…
Dublin Murders — 4.0 Gavels 79% Rotten Tomatoes
Not since The Sinner have I been so engrossed in a murder mystery as in Dublin Murders. Although the primary inquiry revolves around…
Roadkill — 4.0 Gavels 66% Rotten Tomatoes
As we approach Sunday night’s finale of the four-part PBS series Roadkill, it was the title that almost made me look elsewhere. Seriously,…