John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum — 2 Gavels 88% Rotten Tomatoes
Not often do critics say “grace of ballet” and “beautifully choreographed” together with “gratuitous violence” and “deadening carnage” when referring to the same…
The Sun Is Also A Star — 3 Gavels 51% Rotten Tomatoes
Expecting a love story between a young man and a young woman, surprisingly, The Sun Is Also A Star is really a love…
A Dog’s Journey — 3.5 Gavels 54% Rotten Tomatoes
Everything you need to know about A Dog’s Journey is that A Dog’s Purpose made $205 million on a $20 million budget. If…
Friday Morning Coffee — 5/17/19
The Boss is Universal! If you like Bruce Springsteen, mark August 14 on your calendar. Blinded By The Light tells the story of…
Poms — 3.0 Gavels 32% Rotten Tomatoes
Female empowerment? You go, girls! Mature women empowerment? Certainly! Ladies in their 70’s in cheerleading outfits shaking their booties? Or, like the 1977…
Tolkien — 2 Gavels 48% Rotten Tomatoes
If you are expecting hobbits and elves, Tolkien disappoints. Too artsy by half, perhaps only linguists can really appreciate the movie, or those…
The Hustle — 1 Gavel 19% Rotten Tomatoes
One might argue that recent role reversal movies like Oceans 8 and What Men Want are re-imaginings, with uneven results. The Hustle makes…
Pokemon Detective Pikachu — 4 Gavels 66% Rotten Tomatoes
Were you into the recent Pokemon craze? Me neither. For the uninitiated (that includes me), Pokemon are fictional creatures, each with special characteristics….
Thursday Morning Coffee — 5/9/19
Will this be the new Grand Canyon? Let’s see! Thor appoints Valkyrie the Queen of New Asgard in Avengers: Endgame, then he partners…
Bolden — 2 Gavels 71% Rotten Tomatoes
Intrigued by the advertised “Father of Jazz,” I wondered how Bolden could fly so far under the radar. And, not only my radar,…