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Paint Your Wagon

Underappreciated, hilarious and a spectacular example of the 1960's American musical, PAINT YOUR WAGON is a gold rush of classic stars and old fashioned spectacle. And those songs! Lerner and Loewe have always been a personal favorite, since my parents introduced us to the film version of "Camelot" on the big screen at a very young age. This 1969 film adaption of their 1951 Broadway musical is wholly different from the stage version, with five new songs and a greatly expanded story line. As...

The Great Flood

Seeing this was trending as the most watched film on Netflix on the lazy day after Christmas, I thought "Great! an old fashioned disaster flick", there's no better cinematic comfort food. THE GREAT FLOOD is kind of a disaster, but not in a good way. Drowning in ideas, and dragged waaaay under by one of the most annoying child characters in history, it's more sink than swim. We meet An Na and her young son in an opening scene so grating that I immediately wanted the kid to drown. Since the...

Avatar: Fire and Ash

James Cameron just delivered a jaw dropping Christmas gift with AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH , an IMAX 3D thrill ride that is,for me, the BEST of the series. The ever grumpy naysayers are murmuring, "It's too long", "its repetitive" "it's boring". NOPE, NOPE and HELL NO. For the entire middle of the film, it feels more like Mel Gibson's killer adventure "Apocalypto" than Avatar, and the final hour..... buckle up. For me, it's Cameron's best film since "Aliens", with strong echoes of that film and...

Ethan Hawke has emerged as one of our best American actors. His role as famed song lyricist Lorenz Hart in Richard Linklater's excellent film BLUE MOON is his best performance to date. 90% of the film takes place in famed Broadway restaurant/bar Sardi's, where caricatures of famed stage stars line the walls. Hawke's portrayal of Hart is not a caricature. He physically transforms into a much older man, always ready for a cigar, a shot of whiskey and a dose of gossip. The dirtier the story,...

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

4 hours and 35 minutes of pure Tarantino cinema, KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR is an immersive thrill of killer dialogue and brilliant action. To experience this new epic on the big screen is palpable, from the first notes of "Bang Bang, My Baby Shot Me Down" to the final, new post-credits Lost Chapter! 90% of the sold out audience left during the long final credits, with only us, in-the-know diehards waiting for Tarantino's final surprise. More on that later. This experience in a...

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

The best Benoit Blanc mystery since the original, WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A Knives Out Mystery is a hilarious, suspenseful whodunit of the highest order. What a cast! What a mystery. When the original Knives Out hit theaters Thanksgiving week 2019, I had said in my review that I hoped Daniel Craig & Rian Johnson would make a hundred of these Sherlock Holmes style thrillers. Well the great news is our third entry is every bit as good as the first. Writer/Director Johnson has a knack for spinning a...

Paint Your Wagon

Underappreciated, hilarious and a spectacular example of the 1960's American musical, PAINT YOUR WAGON is a gold rush of classic stars and old fashioned spectacle. And those songs! Lerner and Loewe have always been a personal favorite, since my parents introduced us to the film version of "Camelot" on the big screen at a very young age. This 1969 film adaption of their 1951 Broadway musical is wholly different from the stage version, with five new songs and a greatly expanded story line. As...

The Great Flood

Seeing this was trending as the most watched film on Netflix on the lazy day after Christmas, I thought "Great! an old fashioned disaster flick", there's no better cinematic comfort food. THE GREAT FLOOD is kind of a disaster, but not in a good way. Drowning in ideas, and dragged waaaay under by one of the most annoying child characters in history, it's more sink than swim. We meet An Na and her young son in an opening scene so grating that I immediately wanted the kid to drown. Since the...

Avatar: Fire and Ash

James Cameron just delivered a jaw dropping Christmas gift with AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH , an IMAX 3D thrill ride that is,for me, the BEST of the series. The ever grumpy naysayers are murmuring, "It's too long", "its repetitive" "it's boring". NOPE, NOPE and HELL NO. For the entire middle of the film, it feels more like Mel Gibson's killer adventure "Apocalypto" than Avatar, and the final hour..... buckle up. For me, it's Cameron's best film since "Aliens", with strong echoes of that film and...

Ethan Hawke has emerged as one of our best American actors. His role as famed song lyricist Lorenz Hart in Richard Linklater's excellent film BLUE MOON is his best performance to date. 90% of the film takes place in famed Broadway restaurant/bar Sardi's, where caricatures of famed stage stars line the walls. Hawke's portrayal of Hart is not a caricature. He physically transforms into a much older man, always ready for a cigar, a shot of whiskey and a dose of gossip. The dirtier the story,...

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

4 hours and 35 minutes of pure Tarantino cinema, KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR is an immersive thrill of killer dialogue and brilliant action. To experience this new epic on the big screen is palpable, from the first notes of "Bang Bang, My Baby Shot Me Down" to the final, new post-credits Lost Chapter! 90% of the sold out audience left during the long final credits, with only us, in-the-know diehards waiting for Tarantino's final surprise. More on that later. This experience in a...

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

The best Benoit Blanc mystery since the original, WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A Knives Out Mystery is a hilarious, suspenseful whodunit of the highest order. What a cast! What a mystery. When the original Knives Out hit theaters Thanksgiving week 2019, I had said in my review that I hoped Daniel Craig & Rian Johnson would make a hundred of these Sherlock Holmes style thrillers. Well the great news is our third entry is every bit as good as the first. Writer/Director Johnson has a knack for spinning a...

Paint Your Wagon

Underappreciated, hilarious and a spectacular example of the 1960's American musical, PAINT YOUR WAGON is a gold rush of classic stars and old fashioned spectacle. And those songs! Lerner and Loewe have always been a personal favorite, since my parents introduced us to the film version of "Camelot" on the big screen at a very young age. This 1969 film adaption of their 1951 Broadway musical is wholly different from the stage version, with five new songs and a greatly expanded story line. As...

The Great Flood

Seeing this was trending as the most watched film on Netflix on the lazy day after Christmas, I thought "Great! an old fashioned disaster flick", there's no better cinematic comfort food. THE GREAT FLOOD is kind of a disaster, but not in a good way. Drowning in ideas, and dragged waaaay under by one of the most annoying child characters in history, it's more sink than swim. We meet An Na and her young son in an opening scene so grating that I immediately wanted the kid to drown. Since the...

Avatar: Fire and Ash

James Cameron just delivered a jaw dropping Christmas gift with AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH , an IMAX 3D thrill ride that is,for me, the BEST of the series. The ever grumpy naysayers are murmuring, "It's too long", "its repetitive" "it's boring". NOPE, NOPE and HELL NO. For the entire middle of the film, it feels more like Mel Gibson's killer adventure "Apocalypto" than Avatar, and the final hour..... buckle up. For me, it's Cameron's best film since "Aliens", with strong echoes of that film and...

Ethan Hawke has emerged as one of our best American actors. His role as famed song lyricist Lorenz Hart in Richard Linklater's excellent film BLUE MOON is his best performance to date. 90% of the film takes place in famed Broadway restaurant/bar Sardi's, where caricatures of famed stage stars line the walls. Hawke's portrayal of Hart is not a caricature. He physically transforms into a much older man, always ready for a cigar, a shot of whiskey and a dose of gossip. The dirtier the story,...

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

4 hours and 35 minutes of pure Tarantino cinema, KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR is an immersive thrill of killer dialogue and brilliant action. To experience this new epic on the big screen is palpable, from the first notes of "Bang Bang, My Baby Shot Me Down" to the final, new post-credits Lost Chapter! 90% of the sold out audience left during the long final credits, with only us, in-the-know diehards waiting for Tarantino's final surprise. More on that later. This experience in a...

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

The best Benoit Blanc mystery since the original, WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A Knives Out Mystery is a hilarious, suspenseful whodunit of the highest order. What a cast! What a mystery. When the original Knives Out hit theaters Thanksgiving week 2019, I had said in my review that I hoped Daniel Craig & Rian Johnson would make a hundred of these Sherlock Holmes style thrillers. Well the great news is our third entry is every bit as good as the first. Writer/Director Johnson has a knack for spinning a...

Paint Your Wagon

Underappreciated, hilarious and a spectacular example of the 1960's American musical, PAINT YOUR WAGON is a gold rush of classic stars and old fashioned spectacle. And those songs! Lerner and Loewe have always been a personal favorite, since my parents introduced us to the film version of "Camelot" on the big screen at a very young age. This 1969 film adaption of their 1951 Broadway musical is wholly different from the stage version, with five new songs and a greatly expanded story line. As...

The Great Flood

Seeing this was trending as the most watched film on Netflix on the lazy day after Christmas, I thought "Great! an old fashioned disaster flick", there's no better cinematic comfort food. THE GREAT FLOOD is kind of a disaster, but not in a good way. Drowning in ideas, and dragged waaaay under by one of the most annoying child characters in history, it's more sink than swim. We meet An Na and her young son in an opening scene so grating that I immediately wanted the kid to drown. Since the...

Avatar: Fire and Ash

James Cameron just delivered a jaw dropping Christmas gift with AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH , an IMAX 3D thrill ride that is,for me, the BEST of the series. The ever grumpy naysayers are murmuring, "It's too long", "its repetitive" "it's boring". NOPE, NOPE and HELL NO. For the entire middle of the film, it feels more like Mel Gibson's killer adventure "Apocalypto" than Avatar, and the final hour..... buckle up. For me, it's Cameron's best film since "Aliens", with strong echoes of that film and...

Ethan Hawke has emerged as one of our best American actors. His role as famed song lyricist Lorenz Hart in Richard Linklater's excellent film BLUE MOON is his best performance to date. 90% of the film takes place in famed Broadway restaurant/bar Sardi's, where caricatures of famed stage stars line the walls. Hawke's portrayal of Hart is not a caricature. He physically transforms into a much older man, always ready for a cigar, a shot of whiskey and a dose of gossip. The dirtier the story,...

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

4 hours and 35 minutes of pure Tarantino cinema, KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR is an immersive thrill of killer dialogue and brilliant action. To experience this new epic on the big screen is palpable, from the first notes of "Bang Bang, My Baby Shot Me Down" to the final, new post-credits Lost Chapter! 90% of the sold out audience left during the long final credits, with only us, in-the-know diehards waiting for Tarantino's final surprise. More on that later. This experience in a...

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

The best Benoit Blanc mystery since the original, WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A Knives Out Mystery is a hilarious, suspenseful whodunit of the highest order. What a cast! What a mystery. When the original Knives Out hit theaters Thanksgiving week 2019, I had said in my review that I hoped Daniel Craig & Rian Johnson would make a hundred of these Sherlock Holmes style thrillers. Well the great news is our third entry is every bit as good as the first. Writer/Director Johnson has a knack for spinning a...

Paint Your Wagon

Underappreciated, hilarious and a spectacular example of the 1960's American musical, PAINT YOUR WAGON is a gold rush of classic stars and old fashioned spectacle. And those songs! Lerner and Loewe have always been a personal favorite, since my parents introduced us to the film version of "Camelot" on the big screen at a very young age. This 1969 film adaption of their 1951 Broadway musical is wholly different from the stage version, with five new songs and a greatly expanded story line. As...

The Great Flood

Seeing this was trending as the most watched film on Netflix on the lazy day after Christmas, I thought "Great! an old fashioned disaster flick", there's no better cinematic comfort food. THE GREAT FLOOD is kind of a disaster, but not in a good way. Drowning in ideas, and dragged waaaay under by one of the most annoying child characters in history, it's more sink than swim. We meet An Na and her young son in an opening scene so grating that I immediately wanted the kid to drown. Since the...

Avatar: Fire and Ash

James Cameron just delivered a jaw dropping Christmas gift with AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH , an IMAX 3D thrill ride that is,for me, the BEST of the series. The ever grumpy naysayers are murmuring, "It's too long", "its repetitive" "it's boring". NOPE, NOPE and HELL NO. For the entire middle of the film, it feels more like Mel Gibson's killer adventure "Apocalypto" than Avatar, and the final hour..... buckle up. For me, it's Cameron's best film since "Aliens", with strong echoes of that film and...

Ethan Hawke has emerged as one of our best American actors. His role as famed song lyricist Lorenz Hart in Richard Linklater's excellent film BLUE MOON is his best performance to date. 90% of the film takes place in famed Broadway restaurant/bar Sardi's, where caricatures of famed stage stars line the walls. Hawke's portrayal of Hart is not a caricature. He physically transforms into a much older man, always ready for a cigar, a shot of whiskey and a dose of gossip. The dirtier the story,...

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

4 hours and 35 minutes of pure Tarantino cinema, KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR is an immersive thrill of killer dialogue and brilliant action. To experience this new epic on the big screen is palpable, from the first notes of "Bang Bang, My Baby Shot Me Down" to the final, new post-credits Lost Chapter! 90% of the sold out audience left during the long final credits, with only us, in-the-know diehards waiting for Tarantino's final surprise. More on that later. This experience in a...

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

The best Benoit Blanc mystery since the original, WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A Knives Out Mystery is a hilarious, suspenseful whodunit of the highest order. What a cast! What a mystery. When the original Knives Out hit theaters Thanksgiving week 2019, I had said in my review that I hoped Daniel Craig & Rian Johnson would make a hundred of these Sherlock Holmes style thrillers. Well the great news is our third entry is every bit as good as the first. Writer/Director Johnson has a knack for spinning a...

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