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Airborne thriller concerns the hijacking of a plane by Islamic terrorists. Add this to the growing list in the aviation genre that includes movies like Airport, Alive, and Final Destination. This is definitely one selection that will never become a part of your in-flight entertainment. Count your blessings. That’s a good thing in this case. […]
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
So the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest was originally scheduled to culminate on May 16. For the first time in the festival’s 64-year history it was canceled, but that doesn’t mean we can ‘t honor the spirit of that competition in a work of fiction. As I sat there watching Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of […]
Da 5 Bloods
Oh boy, I’ve seen a lot of movies. But you needed’t be a film studies major. As Da 5 Bloods unfolded it sparked the fond memories of two classics. This narrative is clearly inspired by an amalgamation of Saving Private Ryan and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Ah, but with Spike Lee, the […]
Fast Film Reviews on talkSPORT radio
I was a guest on talkSPORT radio with Will Gavin to discuss the latest movies. On this week’s movie segment, hear my thoughts on THE LOVEBIRDS (Netflix) and THE WRETCHED (Video on demand). My segment begins just 4 minutes into the 2:00-2:30 section (about 26 minutes from the end). Click the link below and hit […]
Artemis Fowl
I couldn’t decipher it. For the uninitiated (that would include me) Artemis Fowl is an impenetrable hodgepodge. This is an adventure so confusing that it practically dares you to understand it. I have a college degree mind you and I couldn’t make heads or tails of the random assemblage of stuff thrown up on the […]
You Don’t Nomi
Depending on how you approach it, Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls could either be the worst movie ever made or the most hilarious. The highest-grossing NC-17 rated film was critically reviled when it was released back in 1995. In the ensuing years, however, it was been reevaluated by a large segment of the population as a cult […]
The High Note
At first, the focus of this fetaure appears to be Grace Davis (Tracee Ellis Ross), an R&B/pop music superstar along the lines of Beyoncé or Rihanna. However, Grace Davis is older than those artists. To its credit, the screenplay makes a feeble attempt to address the concerns of an aging woman in the music industry. […]
The Lovebirds
So I was excited about this film for a couple reasons. (1) it was originally scheduled to be released to theaters in April by Paramount Pictures and (2) it reunites Kumail Nanjiani with director Michael Showalter who were both responsible for The Big Sick, my favorite movie of 2017. However I’ll cut to the chase, […]
The Vast of Night
The camera slowly enters a black and white TV set. We overhear a familiar-sounding narration and are presented with opening titles that recall Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. The narrative gradually morphs into color. It mostly stays this way, but every so often it turns black and white again as an affectionate reminder of the […]