Fighting With My Family
This movie was an unexpected surprise! Based on the true story of professional wrestler Paige, the movie chronicles Saraya Bevis' rise from wrestling in the World Association of Wrestling, a…
February Movies
In the last two weeks of February, I traveled to San Francisco and then to London. The best part of long plane rides is that many planes have individual screens…
Mary Poppins Returns
I haven't seen the original Mary Poppins movie with Julie Andrews since I was a kid. I think that's because I didn't especially enjoy it. But I am a huge…
On the Basis of Sex
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a hero of mine. I have an RBG action figure that watches over me as I work. My cat is named RBG (RB for short). I…
Vice
I loved The Big Short, Adam McKay's 2015 film about the 2006-2010 financial crisis because of its strategies for explaining complex financial information. The use of various narrators to explain…
Shoplifters
The first movie I saw at a theater in 2019 was Shoplifters, a Japanese film that won the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival last year. The movie tells…
The Favourite
For my last movie of 2018, I went to see The Favourite. I'm a huge fan of Olivia Coleman and she is so good as Queen Anne. I also really…
Christmas Streaming Movies
I went to Florida to visit my parents for Christmas and we watched three movies on their streaming services. Dumplin' ☆☆ First, we watched the original Netflix movie Dumplin'. Jennifer Aniston…
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
This movie wasn't very high on my "to see" list but before I left for my holiday trip, there was a dearth of movies that I wanted to see. So…
Widows
I was looking forward to this movie. I was intrigued by the idea of a heist film where the heist was motivated by the challenges women face in the world.…
Boy Erased
I have been looking forward to this movie for a long time. Starring Lucas Hedges as Jared, it tells the story of a young man sent to gay conversion therapy…
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
This is the fourth movie in a row that I've seen in a theater that is based on events in someone's life (Free Solo, The Old Man and the Gun,…
Bohemian Rhapsody
I loved this movie! I had read some not so great reviews and so was completely prepared to be disappointed. I recognize and even agree with the criticisms but despite…
The Old Man and The Gun
Based on the real life of Forrest Tucker, a lifelong criminal who escaped from prison numerous time. The title of the movie comes from a New Yorker profile written by David…
Free Solo
I loved this documentary. It tells the story of Alex Honnold's quest to free solo El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. What does it mean to free solo a climbing route?…
Venom
I didn't have too many expectations about this movie because I didn't really know Venom from the Marvel Universe. I had heard that critics generally didn't like the movie but…
October Movies
Interestingly, I give all three movies I've seen so far in October the same rating but for very different reasons. The three movies are: A Star is Born, First Man,…
The Wife
I was excited to see this movie, mainly because I really like Glenn Close. She was excellent as always. But this was one of the most annoying movies I've ever…
Searching
Searching starts well, telling the story of a young family entirely through their interactions with a computer. We see the moment when the daughter is old enough to get her account…
Juliet, Naked
Nick Hornby's enjoyable novels have been made into some great movies--About a Boy and High Fidelity come to mind. Juliet, Naked is one of my favorite Hornby novels and this adaptation…
