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,…
Richard Jewell — 3.5 Gavels 75% Rotten Tomatoes
If only the media would get half this upset when someone else’s goose is getting cooked. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has every right…
Jumanji: The Next Level — 3.5 Gavels 68% Rotten Tomatoes
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle caught lightning in a bottle. No one expected the re-make to gross nearly $1 billion. Can they do…
Thursday Morning Coffee — 12/12/19
The only actor to star in two $2 Billion movies? As Neytiri In Avatar and Gamora in Avengers: Endgame, Zoe Saldana is cast…
The Aeronauts — 3 Gavels 73% Rotten Tomatoes
Of the 1001 or so things I recommend you NOT do, climbing on top of an icy balloon with no gloves at 37,000…
Dark Waters — 4.5 Gavels 92% Rotten Tomatoes
Following in the footsteps of Erin Brockovich and Spotlight, it is easy to predict that critics will love a story taking down the…
Thursday Morning Coffee — 12/5/19
Make My Day! What do you do when Netflix wants to remake a British mini-series named Unforgiven when Clint Eastwood already has an…
The Good Liar — 3 Gavels 64% Rotten Tomatoes
For a crime thriller to be successful, it is axiomatic that there must be some thrills. The Good Liar falls woefully short because…
Queen and Slim — 3 Gavels 87% Rotten Tomatoes
The director of Queen and Slim doesn’t want her film referred to as a black Bonnie and Clyde. If not, why did the…