Jumanji: The Next Level Breaks Code with Family Fresh Fun
Johnson and Hart are “played” by Spencer’s Grandpa Eddie (Danny DeVito) and his former best friend Milo (Danny Glover), who have also been sucked into the game. Johnson does a…
Murder, Mayhem and Mystery Never Looked Better in Knives Out
The cultural murder mystery throwbacks infused like watching Angela Lansbury bang away at a typewriter during a rerun of "Murder She Wrote" on tv, dialogue referring to Clue board games…
Dolemite is My Name is Crazy, Campy and Unapologetically Black
Ruth E. Carter's eye-popping costumes take you right back to the outrageously glorious '70s excess and the soundtrack will make you want to jump up and boogie down in the…
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Soderbergh Provides Lively Scandal Recollection in The Laundromat
Soderbergh is a master at pacing out a film and nothing is more true than with this one. He gives it the hilarity and pacing of his Oceans film mixed…
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TIFF 19: Colorblind Casting Makes Dickens Classic Enchanting & Charming
Kudos to Armando Iannucci and Simon Blackwell for updating a classic with a multi-cultual cast and adding such genius quitps in the screenwriting "pot calling the kettle black" among many…
Good Boys is Pure Pre-Teen Gut Bucket Fun
The Bean Bag Boys have made a pact (and yes the name comes from all of them owning an actual bean bag). They do everything together or not at all.…
Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling Perfect Duo in Late Night
Women are basically non-existent when it comes to late night television hosts. That landscape has been dominated with men for decades starting all the way back to Jack Paar (Original…
Booksmart is Hilarious, Raucous and Perfect Director Debut for Olivia Wilde
Needless to say, Booksmart resonated with me on a visceral level and made me laugh out loud at the lengths Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) would encounter to…
SNL Ladies Celebrate Milestone Birthday in Style at Wine Country
Written by Liz Cackowski and Emily Spivey, I loved how each character had their own issue to grapple with ranging from husbands, being a workaholic, health issues, doing anything for…
Lupita Nyong’o is Queen of Horror with Little Monsters and US at SXSW |SXSW ’19
I know, I know. I have said numerous times that I don’t do horror and yet I have screened Hereditary, Get Out, US and Little Monsters in less than a…
