If you’re in the thirty to fifty range, and spent any time in an arcade, you know that you could choose to spend a quarter to play as George (gorilla), Ralph (wolf), or Lizzie (Godzilla-like lizard). Now, as The Rock explores his various nostalgic takes (Rampage = Jurassic World, Skyscraper=Die Hard, Jumanji=… Jumanji?), we get a Midway game brought… [Read More]
A Quiet Place: Don’t Make a Sound
I don’t do horror. Don’t like it, can’t stand it, don’t want to watch it. But I had to see A Quiet Place. So I waited until I could watch it on my own screen, with all the lights on, in the safety of my otherwise normally loud home. And then I listened to the quiet…. [Read More]
Blockers: Your Kids Are Gonna Grow Up – Will You?
Parenting is a complete panorama of emotions and experiences. Some are delightful, like your child’s first step or the beauty of the way your child’s mind creates, cares, and collaborates; others are more problematic, like the first time they are hurt, the first time they hurt someone else, and the first time they reject you…. [Read More]
Black Lightning – The Complete First Season: Defend Your Block
After turns in Prison Break and Hart of Dixie, Cress Williams turned in the leading role as high school principal Jefferson Pierce, who hung up the Black Lightning costume but finds himself drawn back in to defend his community. When he puts on the suit again, he becomes an inspiration to those around him, not least his own… [Read More]
Oceans 8: Give Them More
Ocean’s 8 steals a play from the Star Wars playbook, setting up a Sandra Bullock-driven standalone story in the world of Danny Ocean (George Clooney) of Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen. As Debbie Ocean, Bullock’s character sets out to rob the Met Gala in New York City, with a band of enterprising female criminals (and criminals-to-be). While Danny Ocean… [Read More]
Solo: The Problem with Prequels
Solo: A Star Wars Story is the eighth movie named Solo since 1969, but that doesn’t make it a bad movie. It has a 71% rating on RottenTomatoes but that doesn’t make it a slightly-above-average movie. It was first directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and finished by legend Ron Howard, but that doesn’t make it a… [Read More]
Incredibles 2: The Second Best Sequel of All Time
Fourteen years ago, Brad Bird traded his success with The Iron Giant into a big-time spin with Pixar/Disney in The Incredibles, but since Ratatouille, Bird has been better known for live-action direction of hits like Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and Tomorrowland. So what could move Bird out of an advising role to reveal the Incredible family in a sequel? Why… [Read More]
Tomb Raider: What We Pursue
Tomb Raider may end up best being known for Geneva Robertson-Dworet’s film before Captain Marvel, Silver & Black (the Spider-man universe), and Gotham City Sirens (the Batman universe). That’s not to say that the film isn’t entertaining – or that Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina, The Danish Girl) isn’t every bit the action star. But somehow, this one doesn’t level up… [Read More]
Sherlock Gnomes – What are You Searching For?
I am an unabashed fan of Gnomeo & Juliet, a more-than-trifling adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play about star-crossed human lovers. So it was with great anticipation that our family made a date to sit down and watch the sequel, starring a Johnny Depp-voiced version of Sherlock Holmes. Unfortunately, the sequel is more X-2 or Ghostbusters 2 than Aliens or Empire Strikes Back…. [Read More]
A Wrinkle in Time: Put on Some Glasses
Ava DuVernay has taken Madeleine L’Engle’s vision and created a dazzling tale of hope and love fit for today’s younger generation. We adults might find something to take from it as well—if we view the story from the eyes of a child.
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