Frank Marshall is back with another brilliant music documentary, Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name, to kick off 2022. The documentary opens with a montage featuring the late night hosts. This is before the film gets into the main focus: the 2010 Troubadour Reunion Tour featuring the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members (Taylor-2000, King-1990 and 2021). The Troubadour shows took place over a series of days in November 2007…
"Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name"Author: Danielle Solzman
Danielle Solzman
The Proposal plays to the familiar rom-com beats but next to Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock, the late Betty White steals the show. The irony of The Proposal is that Sandra Bullock is an American native while Ryan Reynolds is a Canadian native. In the film, Reynolds plays the American while Bullock is a Canadian with an expired visa. Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is the executive editor-in-chief of a major publishing house. However, nobody likes…
"The Proposal: Betty White Steals The Show"
Solzy at Movies takes a look back at the best films of 2011 and updates the rankings after a decade of time has passed. Choosing the best films of the year in early or mid-December sometimes isn’t the best idea. There are times when you really need more time to rank the films. Or in my case, I grew up in Louisville, Ky., so not everything came out before the end of the year. In…
"The Best Films of 2011: Revisiting The Rankings"
Solzy at the Movies presents some of the most anticipated movies that are currently scheduled for release in movie theaters in 2022. There’s no telling as to if any of these films will hold their scheduled release dates. With the Omicron variant surging, who knows what’s going to happen. It’ll almost certainly have an impact on the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. I’m already hearing some chatter about talent deciding to no longer attend the festival.…
"Most Anticipated Movies in 2022"
Solzy at the Movies did not publish a list of worst films in 2020 and is continuing this trend in 2021 after another dumpster fire year. Maybe it is the fact that Jews are taught to be a light unto the nations or the fact that 2021 is another dumpster fire year but I don’t feel this need to rain on anybody’s parade at the end of the year. Not any more. I’m not going…
"Worst Films of 2021: Why You Won’t Find Them Here"
The Palm Springs International Film Society has announced that the Film Festival will not take place this year from January 7-17, 2022. Palm Springs fest organizers made the decision based on the current rise of Covid-19 cases. Many of these cases are tied to the recent arrival of the Omicron variant in the US. I might not be in California but speaking for the Chicago area, the positivity rate is double what it was from…
"Palm Springs Cancels 2022 Fest–Is Sundance Next?"
The Book of Boba Fett: Chapter 1 follows everybody’s favorite bounty hunter on Tatooine after he takes over Jabba’s Palace. “Jabba ruled with fear, I intend to rule with respect.” – Boba Fett Here’s what we know about the series: it is set within the timeline of The Mandalorian and Ahsoka. My guess is that it takes place between season 2 and season 3. We know that Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) does not get his Mandalorian…
"The Book of Boba Fett: Chapter 1"
Adam McKay’s The Other Guys, starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, is a genius parody of the buddy cop action comedy genre. If you haven’t watched the film yet, there is a post-credits scene. After watching Don’t Look Up earlier this month, I’ve been in a mood to rewatch Adam McKay’s earlier work. The Other Guys is one of those films that serves as both a buddy cop action comedy and a commentary on the…
"The Other Guys Is A Work Of Genius"
When a new security guard takes the job at the American Museum of Natural History, he is in for a surprise in Night at the Museum. “Some men are born great, others have greatness thrust upon them.” — President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt. Larry Daley’s life is falling apart. He can’t keep a job and fears that his10-year-old son, Nick (Jake Cherry), will turn against him. Despite the unstable work history, Cecil Fredericks (Dick Van Dyke)…
"Night at the Museum: Where History Comes Alive"
An American girl dreams of meeting her father in What a Girl Wants and is born to stand out in this teen comedy starring Amanda Bynes. When you’re hanging around the Roy family for several hours at a time, you need a comedy to wind down from all the drama. The comedy of choice is What a Girl Wants (okay, actually two comedies). It’s been several years but it’s still a fun comedy to watch.…
"What a Girl Wants: Born To Stand Out"
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