One of my very favorite movies of last year makes its way to home video courtesy of MUBI. South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook’s brilliant “Decision to Leave” may be the acclaimed filmmakers very best film to date. It’s his first film since 2016’s “The Handmaiden”, and what a return it is. And despite the inexplicable … Continue reading
(CLICK HERE to read my full review in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette) “Your Place or Mine” lives and breathes through the likability of its two stars, Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher. Both have plenty of charm and they give us two best friends who are fairly easy to root for. They have decent chemistry, although it’s … Continue reading
Following its announcement, I’m guessing “Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey” prompted a slew of different reactions from belly-laughs to eye-rolls. I can see some immediately hopping onboard while others instantly checked out. And I bet there were just as many (myself included) left scratching their heads. Well, I can honestly say that after watching this baffling … Continue reading
How long has Kevin Feige and the massive entity known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe been introducing us to the Multiverse? It seems like forever. Yet here we are again with “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”, the first big Marvel production of the year and the 31st film in the MCU. Director Peyton Reed returns … Continue reading
Who hasn’t played Tetris? I know I have. I remember my little brother getting the original Nintendo GameBoy which came with Tetris packed in. Created by developer Alexey Pajitnov, the cascading puzzle game has had several iterations over the years, but it’s hard to beat the classic original which has sold hundreds of millions of … Continue reading
(CLICK HERE to read my full review in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette) It still remember seeing “Titanic” 25 years ago. Despite being directed by the same guy who did such “manly” movies as “The Terminator”, “Aliens”, and “True Lies”, I remember dismissing “Titanic” as little more that a cornball romance set aboard the ill-fated British passenger … Continue reading
