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David Crosby: Remember My Name Movie Review

August 2, 2019 (updated August 3, 2019) Published by JMcNaughton

“David Crosby: Remember My Name” is a reference to the Crosby of “Crosby, Stills and Nash” fame, and later refers to “Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young”. No, that’s not a high-powered law firm. It is a seminal acoustic/rock and roll band back from the early 1970’s. Kids, you might need to ask your parents or grandparents about this. They were all part of the L.A. music scene, and hung out in Laurel Canyon area. Read more

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Movie Review

August 2, 2019 (updated August 3, 2019) Published by JMcNaughton

“Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” is quite a mouthful. And like the physique of Dwayne Johnson – it is larger than life. This is a spin-off from the “Fast and Furious” movie series. It is not a spin-off from “Calvin & Hobbs”, but there are lots of humorous moments. But mostly there is Action, preceded with a capital A. Read more

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Movie Review

July 26, 2019 (updated July 28, 2019) Published by JMcNaughton

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” wants to show people that this world belongs to Quentin Tarantino, and we are all just living in it. His writing takes the direction to glamorize the glamour capital of the world, Hollywood. His direction takes liberties with our recollection of history, and makes up new facts. But with such a talented cast and crew, the long journey into the year 1969 takes us on a slow and steady discovery of the Tarantino World. Read more

The Farewell Movie Review

July 19, 2019 (updated July 19, 2019) Published by JMcNaughton

“The Farewell” is a wonderful look into a Chinese-American family with a family crisis in full swing. It has a great ensemble cast of ethnic Chinese actors and much of the dialog is in Mandarin (with subtitles). But that should not scare you off, because the words spoken (and translated) show a unique love of a special grandmother. Read more The Farewell Movie Review

The Lion King Movie Review

July 19, 2019 (updated July 19, 2019) Published by JMcNaughton

“The Lion King” – the first movie was original and very enjoyable, and now this one is enjoyable – but not all that original…

The Disney formula used to be “Wonder, Joy and Amazement”, but it has turned into “Wash, Rinse and Repeat”. Looking back at a classic Disney animation movie such as this, it is difficult to come up things that would need to be changed to improve on the original. Read more The Lion King Movie Review

Maiden Movie Review

July 5, 2019 (updated July 5, 2019) Published by JMcNaughton

“Maiden” is a documentary of the yacht racing event that happened 30 years ago — an event that rocked the previously ‘boys only club’ of yachting. Read more Maiden Movie Review

Spider-Man: Far From Home Movie Review

July 2, 2019 (updated July 2, 2019) Published by JMcNaughton

“Spider-Man: Far From Home” is a Marvel superhero movie that comes after the events of other recent Marvel blockbusters. The people and plot of this one has been affected by many things that happened during the prior movies. Read more Spider-Man: Far From Home Movie Review

Annabelle Comes Home Movie Review

June 26, 2019 (updated June 29, 2019) Published by JMcNaughton

“Annabelle Comes Home” is a horror movie that is built from the so-called “Conjuring Extended Universe”. This all started with a mildly interesting story about the real-life Warrens (a husband and wife team of actual ‘Ghostbusters’). Read more Annabelle Comes Home Movie Review

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

June 13, 2019 (updated June 25, 2019) Published by JMcNaughton

“The Last Black Man in San Francisco” is a small independent movie about the power of a house when you consider it home. But the house in question is a quaint little place in a very old section of San Francisco. Read more The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Men In Black: International Movie Review

June 13, 2019 (updated June 25, 2019) Published by JMcNaughton

“Men In Black: International” demonstrates that the whole world still needs to be saved from some truly awful aliens. But MIB is no longer only in America, eh – mostly in New York City – but now in London, Paris and other exotic locations. Read more

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