September 2020 Movies
Love Guaranteed ☆☆☆ Completely predictable, innocuous romantic comedy. Pleasant but not deep. Just what we needed on the Saturday evening when we were watching it. On Netflix with Ann, Pat,…
August 2020 Movies
Y Tu Mama Tambien ☆☆☆ I saw this movie when it came out in 2001 and really liked it. I remembered some key details but clearly forgot others. I think…
July 2020 Movies
Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga ☆☆☆ Typically uneven Will Ferrell movie. Rachel McAdams and Dan Stevens were fantastically fun and there was a lot to smile about. Ferrell was…
June 2020 Movies
Becoming ☆☆☆☆☆ A Netflix original documentary following Michelle Obama on her book tour for her autobiography Becoming. I enjoyed the book and the documentary covers some of the same material.…
May 2020 Movies
A Secret Love ☆☆☆☆☆ A documentary telling the story of Pat and Terry, two women who began to live with each other as romantic partners in the 1940s. They kept…
April Movies
The Incredible Jessica James ☆☆☆ There are a couple of really great scenes in this movie but in general, it's not a particularly funny movie. The main character's relationship with…
March Movies
The Assistant ☆☆☆☆ I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this movie. It was a quiet exploration of one day in the life of a young woman who is…
February Movies
Jo Jo Rabbit ☆☆☆☆☆ I had heard that this movie is about a boy who has Adolf Hitler as an imaginary friend. I didn't know what to expect from a…
January Movies
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ☆☆☆☆ I enjoyed this movie a lot. It's not particularly nuanced but the resolution of the various story lines opened up in the previous…
December Movies
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood☆☆☆☆☆ I was a bit skeptical as this movie started because it's about the journalist's awakening and I wasn't sure I was going to like…
October Movies
The Current War My goal is always to see one movie a week. I often don't meet that goal. In October, I saw only one movie for the entire month.…
September Movies
Peanut Butter Falcon ☆☆☆☆ I liked this movie more than I expected to. From the previews, I thought it might be overly sappy. It wasn't. Until the end. The only…
August Movies
The Farewell ☆☆☆☆ Great movie based on actual events. Awkwafina plays Billi, a Chinese American woman in her 30s whose grandmother back in China has just been diagnosed with stage…
July Movies
I only saw two movies in the entire month of July! Lucky they were both great! Yesterday ☆☆☆☆☆ I smiled through this whole movie. Surprisingly sweet with great music. At…
June Movies
Wild Nights With Emily ☆☆☆☆ Molly Shannon is such a surprise as Emily Dickinson. Very fun and strange movie about Dickinson's love affair with her sister-in-law. At Red River with…
Rocketman
I first saw a trailer for this movie over a year ago and I was kind of skeptical at the idea of a biopic that billed itself as a "true…
May Movies
I have to be better about posting my movie "reviews" more quickly. I get overwhelmed thinking that I need to write something about the movie when really the whole point…
Shazam!
When I was a kid, I loved the TV show Shazam! It was fun to see a kid who could transform into a superhero just by saying one word. So…
Us
I loved Jordan Peele's first movie, Get Out. I thought it was one of the top five movies of 2017. So I was very excited about Us, Peele's second movie.…
Spring Break Movies
Although I didn't go anywhere for spring break two weeks ago, I did take advantage of the time away from the office to go see three movies. Captain Marvel ☆☆☆☆☆…
