Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard features solid chemistry between Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson but the sequel offers more of the same. As action movies go, bodyguard Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) and hitman Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson) are the last two people you would think of when it comes to a team-up. And yet, here we are watching them go at it…again. It’s funny though. Bryce wanted nothing more than to just go to Italy…
"Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard Offers More Of The Same"Category: Movie Reviews
John Hughes’s love letter to Chicago, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, celebrated its 35th anniversary since being released in theaters in 1986. “Life movies by pretty fast. If you don’t stop to look around once in a while, you could miss it.” – Ferris Bueller Thirty-five years since the theatrical release, the film remains a frequent source of quotes. Hard to believe as it may be but Hughes wrote the script in a week. Most people…
"Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Celebrates 35 Years"
Esther in Wonderland sees a young married woman testing the boundaries of her existence within Chasidic life in this 13-minute film. There’s a lot of pressure on young married Chasidic women to get pregnant. This is clear during the opening frames of Esther in Wonderland. When we first meet Esther (Naian González Norvind), she’s in the shower. Also, a trigger warning for anyone because it appears that she’s also having her period, too. On the…
"Esther in Wonderland – Tribeca 2021"
Unorthodox breakout star and Israeli Ophir winner Shira Haas is absolutely flawless in the multiple Israeli Ophir award-winning Asia. Asia had originally been set to screen last year during the Tribeca Film Festival. Coincidentally, the US release comes during this year’s festival. Audiences in the US now have a chance to watch the film outside of the festival circuit. Asia truly hits all the boxes when it comes to award winners. The film took home…
"Asia: Shira Haas Is Flawless In Israeli Award Winner"
City of Ali looks back on boxer Muhammad Ali’s 2016 passing and how the city of Louisville, friends, fans, and media celebrated his life. The most pressing question that this film seeks to answer is: How do you say goodbye to The Greatest? It isn’t easy but it was in the works for a few years before his passing. I’m a Louisville native. You couldn’t grow up in the city without knowing who Ali was.…
"City of Ali: Louisville Celebrates Muhammad Ali’s Life"
Spirit Untamed is the next installment in the Spirit franchise, which also includes the Spirit Riding Free animated series on Netflix. The first Spirit: Stallion of Cimarron film, all the back in 2002, was a major shift in what we’re used to seeing in animated features. Instead of people voicing animals, Matt Damon provided Spirit’s internal thoughts. Not that there’s anything wrong with this but for a film focusing mostly on animals, it was such…
"Spirit Untamed Continues The Adventure"
The Pride of the Yankees, despite its flaws, makes for appropriate viewing on Lou Gehrig Day, which is now celebrated in baseball. Gehrig passed away on this date in 1941. He never did live to see the film, which earned 11 Oscar nominations and winning one for editing. The editing is certainly well deserved given that Gary Cooper never played baseball before signing onto the film. This is what the reports say. Many reports say…
"The Pride of the Yankees: Lou Gehrig Day"
The Shop Around The Corner, starring Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart, features the traditional Lubitsch touch in their third team-up. When Ernst Lubitsch died, as William Wyler once remarked to Billy Wilder, it meant “no more Lubitsch movies.” The movies were personified by what we call The Lubitsch Touch. As explained on the back of the Blu-ray case, it’s the filmmaker’s trademark: “wit instead of buffoonery, sentiment instead of sentimentality, affection instead of attitude.” The…
"The Shop Around The Corner: The Lubitsch Touch"
Mister Roberts features a star-studded cast of actors while the Best Picture nominee beautifully translates from the stage to the screen. The film is based on the play, which in turn was based on the novel of the same name. In addition to Best Picture, the film would earn a Best Sound, Recording nomination and Jack Lemmon would win his first Oscar with a Best Supporting Actor win. Mister Roberts may be set during World…
"Mister Roberts: Best Picture Nominee Is On Blu-ray"
Oslo, the new film premiering on HBO and streaming on HBO Max, keeps close to its theatrical roots in revisiting the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords. Listen, I’m not going to inject my opinion into this film. We all know how things have and haven’t changed since the accords. The timing is certainly a coincidence. Production was announced in November and dated on the schedule at the end of April. This is not a case of…
"Oslo: HBO Movie Keeps Close To Theatrical Roots"