Well, friends, Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp - the first female superhero named film - AND Evangeline Lilly is Canadian - is here, but I have no review. I was AWOL when Disney showed the film to press, taking a well-deserved break up north. Can you blame me in this scorching weather? However, a …
Something for Every Taste for the Long Weekend, Some Winners and Losers, History, Coffee and Punk
Sicario released in 2015 and starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro was astounding in its radical look at the war on drugs at the US/Mexico border and the prices paid on both sides of the law. It is unusually gripping, even haunting, and from the point of view of a police / federal …
A Bird-Brained Heist, Marriage Blues, a Visit to Hamilton, Unsung May and Forty Foot Outdoor Movies!
You can’t make up what happened in Bart Layton’s incredible American Animals but happen it may have. A pair of high school pals in Lexington, Kentucky wanted big success in life. Warren Lipka (Evan Peters) and Spencer Reinhardt (Barry Keoghan) were well educated, well-spoken and had knowledge in …
Incredible! Bao, Beast, Billy Bob, Boys and Mrs. Bates
Can it really be fourteen years since The Incredibles introduced us to the Parrs? Pixar writer director Brad Bird knew he’d revisit the suburban superheroes when the time was right and he had the right story. Ta-da! Incredibles 2 picks up almost at the moment the original left off, and here’s a …
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Movie/TV Reviews: Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Ocean’s Eight and more
PBS’ Fred Rogers was one-of-a-kind; a friend, a teacher, a motivator and listener. He was wise, deeply compassionate, and graceful. He was authentic with children and felt their spectrum of emotions; he could win a child and bring him out of isolation and in one powerful sequence appeals to a black …
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