Versailles — 3.5 Gavels 66% Rotten Tomatoes
Is Versailles “the best TV show you’ve probably never watched,” as trumpeted in the LA Times? Gorgeous scenery and costumes, barbaric punishment and…
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Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice — 4 Gavels 88% Rotten Tomatoes
Immediately noticeable about Linda Ronstadt is how easy she makes it look. From pop to R&B to opera to Latino, her voice is…
Thursday Morning Coffee — 10/3/19
Damon v. Bale Or, is it Le Mans ’66? Whatever, November 13 can’t get here soon enough. Enzo Ferrari appears pretty smug. And,…
Judy — 3.5 Gavels 85% Rotten Tomatoes
“Unreliable and uninsurable” describes the last part of Judy Garland’s life. Yet, when she finds an audience, the lights turn on and Judy…
Rambo: Last Blood — 2.5 Gavels 28% Rotten Tomatoes
Was the Rambo of the 80’s this brutal, or have we just regressed this far? It is hard to imagine a movie more…
Abominable — 3.5 Gavels 78% Rotten Tomatoes
As I exited the theater, the tangerine sunset seemed a fitting end to the beautifully animated Abominable. A girl, a violin, and a…
Come From Away — 4.5 Gavels
Friday night I receive a text from TMJ/CG&MP (translation: The Movie Judge’s Computer Guy and Math Professor aka Dan and Kinga) that “Come…
Ad Astra — 2.5 Gavels 82% Rotten Tomatoes
I found them! No, not the missing crew from Neptune, rather the absentee men from Downton Abbey. All this time they were at…
Downton Abbey — 4 Gavels 81% Rotten Tomatoes
Rest easy, my lords and ladies, pomp and pageantry still reside at Downton Abbey. Add in some downstairs deviousness, and you are in…
Official Secrets — 3.5 Gavels 79% Rotten Tomatoes
Official Secrets asks the question whether a spy works for the government or the people. Further, why does a spy who eavesdrops on…