Thursday Morning Coffee — 1/2/20
From the director of Killing Eve . . . Carey Mulligan first came to my attention in An Education. In that film, she…
The Two Popes — 4.0 Gavels 88% Rotten Tomatoes
Americans are fascinated by two things that occur behind closed doors. If you guessed sex and marriage, you are probably correct, but my…
Uncut Gems — 0 Gavels 92% Rotten Tomatoes
Verdict: Root Canal Without Anesthesia 1 Uncut Gems 0. Not since The Disaster Artist have the critics been so wrong about a movie…
Little Women — 4 Gavels 96% Rotten Tomatoes
“Life is too short to be mad at your sisters.” So says Jo March in the much beloved Little Women. At a disadvantage…
Thursday Morning Coffee — 12/26/19
In five days, TMJ will be three years old. In many ways, I feel like a babe in the woods at this stuff,…
Cats — 3.5 Gavels 19% Rotten Tomatoes
Already on record that Cats is my least favorite musical ever, let me say that the movie is an achievement. The dance, the…
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — 4 Gavels 57% Rotten Tomatoes
Welcome to 42 years of nostalgia! The strength of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is, in many ways, its weakness. J. J….
Bombshell — 3.5 Gavels 64% Rotten Tomatoes
It’s not a bomb, not a Bombshell, more like a bomb shell. Did you know the Gretchen Carlson camp and the Megyn Kelly…
Thursday Morning Coffee — 12/19/19
If August is Dump Month, then the only good thing about January are the Leftovers. Too many movies trying to be Oscar contenders…
Marriage Story — 3.5 Gavels 96% Rotten Tomatoes
Divorce Story, misnamed Marriage Story, is everything we don’t like about movies. Slow, ponderous, depressing, I almost turned it off. Like Dark Waters,…