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Downsizing - a movie review -
Well, sadly, this high concept movie, with only about 10 min of Kirsten Wiig despite what the advertising looked like, has done terrible at the box office. With reason! DOWNSIZING was all intellect and very little emotion. Except for one certain character (not the protagonist!), but more on that below. There are some intriguing elements in the ( Read more... ) -
THE LAST JEDI - a movie review -
Hey, there's a new Star Wars movie out, did y'all know? Want to add my (sorta) review so it doesn't slip your notice. Heh. No spoilers, plenty of surprises in the movie.
THE LAST JEDI is well written and well directed by Rian Johnson, whom I've loved since BRICK (high school detective noir) and especially LOOPER (time-travel assassins with such a ( Read more... ) -
The Shape of Water - a movie review -
People are surprised when I say that Guillermo del Toro is a local guy! Yes, he was born in Mexico, but he lived here in central Texas for a few years (still might have a house here?) in the Wimberley area of the Hill Country. I enjoy his stuff for the surreal storylines and well-done special effects. The Shape of Water is unusual for him in that ( Read more... ) -
COCO - A movie review -
Entirely charming and very emotional (many, many tears!), the Disney movie COCO creates a whole fabulation around the Day of the Dead in Latin cultures, what it means and how it works. Some of it was inspired fantasy, but several things are actually how Mexicans celebrate El Dia de los Muertos. The songs are fun, totally Mexican cancionnes, and the ( Read more... ) -
IT - Remade movie review -
Stephen King's IT as a 2017-made movie has several benefits over the earlier (1990) one. I hear! I never saw that one since it was a made-for-TV movie (so, Rated G, which handicapped it), for some reason. Or if I did, it didn't stick with me, which is also a bad sign. The TV movie also tried to do both timelines like in King's book (as kids and ( Read more... ) -
LOGAN LUCKY - a movie review -
There's an agreeable slouchy quality to the southern-fried caper movie, LOGAN LUCKY. The actors all drawl (it's set in and around Georgia) and the money-laden target is Formula One. It feels somewhat like it was written and directed for a lark -- and the huge reason for that could be that Stephen Soderbergh announced he was retired from Hollywood a ( Read more... ) -
GET OUT - a movie review -
How lucky for us comedy lovers that Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key met on MADTV! And that instead of replacing Peele with Key (as was the assumption) they had them perform in lots of skits together. Their chemistry made them stand out, and since then they've been on lots of TV, movie and music videos (shout out to Weird Al! White & Nerdy!). ( Read more... ) -
Wendy's Oscar Predictions 2017 -
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LA LA LAND - a movie review -
Well, you don't need my review of this worthy (but not, IMO, fantastic) movie to want to see it. Instead, go see LA LA LAND for the many awards it's already won, and the big sweep it is almost certain to do at the Academy Awards this year. The movie is interesting enough, the songs are good enough, the performances are really great (more than good ( Read more... ) -
Golden Globe Awards 2Nite! - Results
Golden Globe Nominations 2017
Wendy’s Predictions & how I did
(But I don’t have cable TV so I deleted the categories that I’m not knowledgeable of.)
Best Motion Picture - DramaHacksaw Ridge ( Read more... )