Thursday Morning Coffee — 3/7/19
And another one bites the dust . . . Not only is Chris Evans leaving The Avengers, Gwyneth Paltrow indicates that this her…
Never Look Away — 4 Gavels 75% Rotten Tomatoes
Cold War is the beautiful Polish Foreign Language Film nominee to the Oscars; Never Look Away is its German counterpart. Perhaps a movie…
Arctic — 2.5 Gavels 89% Rotten Tomatoes
Given a choice between horrid (Greta) and horrible (A Madea Family Funeral), I took the path to the Arctic. Remember when movies used…
Friday Morning Coffee — 3/1/19
In the Longest Movie Name Category . . . Are you a fan of Harley Quinn? Next February, get ready for Birds Of…
Cold War — 4 Gavels 93% Rotten Tomatoes
The critic for The Washington Post describes Cold War as a near-perfect movie. While I would not go that far, it is a…
Fighting With My Family — 3.5 Gavels 91% Rotten Tomatoes
Fresh off her brilliant performance in Little Drummer Girl, you may not recognize Florence Pugh. How does a brooding girl from Norwich, England…
How To Train Your Dragon: Hidden World — 4.5 Gavels 92% Rotten Tomatoes
In the final of the trilogy, How To Train Your Dragon: Hidden World is, by far, the best. Never before have I sat…
Friday Morning Coffee — 2/22/19
Absolutely Perfect! On January 25, this column discussed Karen Gillan as the lead assassin in a family of assassins in Gunpowder Milkshake. Who…
What Men Want — 2.0 Gavels 46% Rotten Tomatoes
In the unkindest cut of all, the critic for The Washington Post says What Men Want makes “a perfectly fine airplane movie.” I…
Isn’t It Romantic — 2 Gavels 68% Rotten Tomatoes
Isn’t it romantic? No, more like somnambulistic. Call me unimpressed. In a spoof of rom-coms, Rebel Wilson decries all the cliches of the…