Cha Cha Real Smooth — 3.5 Gavels 87% Rotten Tomatoes
Winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Festival, Cha Cha Real Smooth is unlike other films. It’s sort of a coming-of-age film,…
The Summer I Turned Pretty — 3.0 Gavels 82% Rotten Tomatoes
Is The Summer I Turned Pretty a version of Sex and the City for teens? Of course, since it’s for teens, it must…
Elvis — 3.5 Gavels 81% Rotten Tomatoes
With Elvis, Baz Luhrmann had a chance to duplicate the artistic success of Moulin Rouge! Because of poor editing, he blew it. Presumably,…
Tiger Rising — 3.0 Gavels 17% Rotten Tomatoes
For me, Dennis Quaid (American Underdog) was the hook to watch The Tiger Rising, despite poor 17% Rotten Tomatoes and 4.5/10 IMDb ratings….
Endeavour 8 — 4.0 Gavels 7.8/10 IMDb
Endeavor 8 literally blasts off in its next-to-last season on PBS. A secretary is dead courtesy of a mail bomb posted to her…
God’s Favorite Idiot — 2.0 Gavels 4.8/10 IMDb
Heaven help us if there’s a Season Two of God’s Favorite Idiot. I’m not entirely certain, but does the eight-part Netflix series exist…
Hotel Portofino — 4.0 Gavels 6.7/10 IMDb
With apologies to the Eagles, “Welcome to the Hotel Portofino, such a lovely place, such a lovely place.” Like Hotel California, gorgeous on…
Josh Groban — 4.5 Gavels
Few seem to realize the irony of me getting Mrs. TMJ tickets to see Josh Groban for Father’s Day. She’d leave me in…
The Old Man – 4.5 Gavels 94% Rotten Tomatoes
Spies were great in Slow Horses; they are even better in The Old Man. One might say this is really two old men,…
Lightyear — 3.5 Gavels 78% Rotten Tomatoes
For a company that prides itself on creativity, Lightyear can only be described as derivative. One might say too much Disney and not…