There are two ways one can go with a review of Minions: The Rise of Gru. The first is to admit that it was amusing. Full stop. Maybe there is… Continue reading "Minions: The Rise of Gru (Balda, Abelson, and del Val, 2022)"
Edward Brown joins Ken to discuss the new Paramount+ movie Jerry and Marge Go Large and how Hollywood depicts work, businesses, and capitalism. Head on over to YouTube to give… Continue reading "Jerry and Marge Go Large"
For over a decade now, I’ve been firmly of the opinion that the weakest element of contemporary films, be they independent or studio driven, is writing. That is ironic, because… Continue reading "Days of Daisy (Jeffrey, 2022)"
Jurassic Dominion World or Jurassic Dominion Park, or whatever the heck it is called, exists in that vast expanse of mediocrity between “not as bad as film Twitter would have… Continue reading "Jurassic World Dominion (Trevorrow, 2022)"
First Responders (Åreakuten) is a show squarely in the MHz Choice wheelhouse. The work-centered drama focuses on a half-dozen or so characters working at a medical trauma center in Sweden.… Continue reading "First Responders (Åreakuten) — Season 1"
Here are five nice things I can say about the people involved in the production of Firestarter: Writer Scott Teems did a great documentary about Hal Holbrook playing Mark Twain… Continue reading "Firestarter (Thomas, 2022)"
The underlying message of almost all “Christian” films is that we are better than them. I use the “we” consciously since one mark of a Christian film is that it… Continue reading "No Vacancy (Saylors, 2022)"
The similarities between Charlotte and Persepolis are so striking and so persistent that it feels suspicious to resist the former and embrace the latter. Both films are about female artists… Continue reading "Charlotte (Rana and Warin, 2021)"
Hey all…spoilers, I guess…that is, if you can profess with a straight face to not knowing exactly what is going to happen in this movie from the opening scene onward…… Continue reading "The Bad Guys (Perifel, 2022)"
For fans of gospel music or those looking for some different streaming options around the Easter holiday, April brings two documentaries about the roots and development of gospel. How They… Continue reading "Pair of Gospel Documentaries on the Festival Circuit"
