Santa Claus (Le P?re No?l) – A Parisian Adventure
?Tis the season of heartwarming holiday movies featuring cute kids, Santa Claus, and the joy of the season.
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Backtrace – Memory and Loss
There are a couple of twists that take place, neither terribly earthshattering. So the story plays out as an action thriller with very little credibility.
Elliot the Littlest Reindeer: Move Over, Rudolph
When Blitzen suddenly announces his retirement from Santa?s elite team of reindeer, Santa needs to find a replacement. Filled with dreams of pulling the famed sleigh, Elliot the pony and his best friend, Hazel the goat, set out to prove that he is the horse for the job. As Elliot and Hazel take on the…
Peppermint: Avenging Angel Momma
Seconds after we watch Jennifer Garner’s soccer mom grapple (and kill) a tattoed man in her car, she’s flashing back to years prior when she and her daughter had a run-in with a matching set of mother-daughter Girl Scout cookie-selling, classist mantra-slinging antagonists. Her daughter takes issue with Garner’s Riley North, questioning why she didn’t…
Vox Lux – Losing Innocence, Personal and National
Vox Lux is a story of the loss of innocence. It is also a reflection on the possibility of losing one?s foundational values along with that innocence. While we see this play out in the life of a girl and the woman she becomes, it may also give us pause to think about society and nations and what we all may be becoming.
Nona – Dream Trip Turns to Nightmare
Most of the Michael Polish film Nona seems like a dream. There are new young people who seem to have a wonderful life opening up for them. But for one of them this dream turns into a nightmare.
The Nun: Fighting an Old Evil
The Nun?is?the fifth film in The Conjuring?series, and a prequel to the action in James Wan’s first films. Here, a?grizzled old priest and a young novitiate nun travel to C?r?a Monastery in Romania in the middle of the twentieth century under Corin Hardy’s direction. After the success of his indie horror film?The Hallow, Hardy was…
Anna and the Apocalypse: Merry Bloody Christmas
One sleepy Christmas, a zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven, forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization…
Smallfoot: Truth Can Be Costly
Kids will find Smallfoot to be an entertaining, joyous romp peppered with lessons they?ll be talking about after they leave the theater. Adults may also find this to be the case.
Mission Impossible – Fallout: The World Needs Ethan Hunt
The sixth installment of the?Mission Impossible?films, and the second directed and written by Christopher McQuarrie (Rogue Nation), arrived this weekend with a fat 98% Rotten Tomatoes ratings, the?Justice League-impacting Henry Cavill mustache, and the promise of more death-defying stunts by the ageless Tom Cruise. But haven’t we seen it all, already? Blame Lorne Balfe’s score,…