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)"
Before our screening of Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise appeared on the screen to thank us for watching this film in the theater. It was short, sweet and somewhat insignificant…until the movie started. As… Continue reading "Top Gun: Maverick"
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)"
Are you happy? This question is posed to multiple characters in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. I’ll be honest upfront. I’m a laid-back fan of the Marvel Cinematic… Continue reading "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness"
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)"
