Posts Tagged ‘movie review’
‘Life of the Party’ | Movie Review
McCarthy Tries Her Best to Be the ‘Life of the Party’ If you are like me, your first question after seeing this movie will be: “Where did they get the…
Read More‘A Wrinkle in Time’ | Movie Review
When I heard that Oprah Winfrey spoke of her new movie “A Wrinkle in Time” as a future classic, I knew I’d need to talk myself into giving it a…
Read More‘The Phantom Thread’ | Movie Review
Paul Anderson’s latest film “The Phantom Thread” will undoubtedly leave audiences with a decision to make. If one is a patient viewer who is able to watch a movie scene by scene,…
Read More‘Wonder’ is one of best this season | Movie Review
Being a middle school teacher, I’m usually pretty critical of middle school-aged books being made into movies. Really, I’m critical of any books made into movies. The book is always…
Read MoreMovie Review: 13 Minutes
As always with dramas based on history, I recommend reading the real story first. Movie goers who see “13 Minutes” will have their curiosity peaked and will have a desire…
Read More‘Going in Style’ | Movie Review
“Going in Style” Although I don’t feel 1979 was that long ago, I guess it was. That was the year “Going in Style” starring Art Carney, George Burns and Lee…
Read More‘Table 19’ | Movie Review
“Table 19” at back of the room for a reason Table 19, a new film starring Anna Kendrick, can’t figure out what it wants to do. With such a promising…
Read MoreMOVIE REVIEW: ‘La La Land’ is superb
La La Land Grade: A In this day and age, one might raise an eyebrow when hearing the words “movie musical.” We have been blessed with some pretty good ones…
Read More‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ | Movie Review
“Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” Being the bibliophile I am, I picked up Ransom Rigg’s “Miss Pergrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” because the cover intrigued me. Also a lover…
Read More‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ | Movie Review
Florence Foster Jenkins (starring Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg) Grade: A One nightmare that professional performers probably have from time to time is that people are really laughing at…
Read More‘Batman vs. Superman’ | Movie Review
Batman vs. Superman is rated PG-13 and runs 151 minutes Grade: C- I didn’t know what to expect when I attended the early screening of Batman vs. Superman. I knew…
Read MoreMOVIE REVIEW: Carol among year’s best
Cast of “Carol” Rooney Mara as Therese Belivet Cate Blanchett as Carol Aird Sarah Paulson as Abby Gerhard Kyle Chandler as Harge Aird Jake Lacy as Richard Carrie Brownstein as…
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