?Thank you for this day, Daddy. I hope I lived right and if I see you one day that I make you proud.? I first saw Katie Says Goodbye at the 2017 Newport Beach Film Festival, where I ranked it among my favorites. The film won jury awards for Best Actress (Olivia Cooke) and Best…
No, he?s not like Robin Williams? and that?s okay. Ever since Disney released the first trailer for Aladdin, their latest?and second of four this year(!)?live-action remake of their own animated property, the #1 issue on the Twitter-verse has been the questions surrounding Will Smith?s portrayal of the Genie. Originally made famous by the wildly frantic Robin…
John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum reintroduces us to the fatally flawed titular hero who has been thrust out into the night due to his actions in the previous film. Desperate to find any form of shelter, he finds himself without allies as he attempts to escape with his life from the cutthroat streets of New…
In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus says, ?Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is,…
?Artist is not a profession. You don?t work from 9 to 5. To the artist, you are all the time artist. There is no moment you are not artist.? The artist Christo is known worldwide for his very large scale temporary art projects. But after the death of his wife and collaborator Jeanne-Claude, he made…
?It?s not Hamnet you mourn; it?s yourself.? Kenneth Branagh has always had an affinity for Shakespeare?s works. He has appeared in, written, and/or directed several screen adaptations of Shakespeare?s plays. Now, in All Is True, he portrays William Shakespeare in his years of retirement. To be sure, there is a great amount of conjecture in…
In The Upside, Kevin Hart plays Dell Scott, a recently-released con who needs proof of three job applications to pacify his parole officer, and finds himself hired by Philip Lacasse (Bryan Cranston), a billionaire paraplegic, as his caregiver. Lacasse’s assistant, Yvonne Pendleton (Nicole Kidman), sees Scott for what he has been, and doubts his untrained,…
What began as an unlikely friendship between a young Viking and his fearsome dragon has developed into an epic adventure over much of their lives. In?How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,?Hiccup has grown as chief and ruler of Berk alongside Astrid (America Ferrara) and has created a stunning yet frenzied dragon utopia. When…
With Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, Nintendo gets back into the movie game with their first live-action adaptation of the popular franchise. When Tim Goodman gets the news that his absentee father has passed away, he returns to his home to search for answers. However, after Tim discovers his father?s partner, a wise-cracking Pikachu, he quickly discovers…
We all owe Disney a collective ?Thank You?. After their unceremonial firing as directors of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Phil Lord and Chris Miller were immediately offered involvement in two projects that needed guidance. One such project was Spider-Man: Into The Spider Verse, an animated spin outside the confines of the MCU that was…
