Equal parts hilarious, nostalgic, and sweet to its core, Charlie Brown's quest to save a tiny and frail Christmas tree despite the protests of his peers served as a reminder of why we love the Peanuts gang and their stories so very much to this day.…
Continue ReadingI grew up on the Japanese Godzilla movies. In my small town in upstate New York, there was a cable channel or a local network that would play the films from the 1950s through the 1980s quite regularly. GODZILLA (1954), GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA (1964), and GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA (1974) are some of my favorites. Up until this past weekend, I had never seen a Japanese Godzilla movie on the big screen and that’s a big mistake on my part. We…
Continue ReadingPREMISE Post-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb. THE GOOD STUFF THE HUMAN ELEMENT- It dawns on me that the biggest weakness of all of the Godzilla films done by Legendary Pictures is not necessarily focusing on the human characters too much, but not having interesting human characters to root for. By making Godzilla into a hero you kind…
Continue ReadingWhat director Blitz Bazawule does with trauma in THE COLOR PURPLE is bittersweet.…
Continue ReadingTHE GILDED AGE is setting itself up for next week’s season finale. There were several plot lines that are leading viewers down a path of redemption, hope, success, and destruction.…
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Continue ReadingLEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND is an apocalyptic thriller featuring an all-star cast of phenomenal acting talent.…
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