Category: Reviews
I.S.S. Movie Review
Though I.S.S. isn’t the biggest disappointment I’ve ever had at the theaters, it surely wasn’t as good as I had expected it would be nor as exceptional as the trailers made it out to be.
Zone of Interest Movie out in Phoenix 1/19/24
In case you didn’t know, the term for the film’s title came from the area surrounding Auschwitz. The Germans labeled the 15 square miles that bordered the concentration camp the Zone of Interest. It’s the perimeter or boundary between the security monitoring setup and the external network.
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The Teachers’ Lounge Movie Review
Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesch) is a young math and gym teacher, new to this school and new to the job as a whole. What you can tell right away is that she seems to be a bit in over her head.
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Driving Madeleine Movie Review
Freud’s Last Session Movie Review
C.S. Lewis was the writer of the children’s imaginative series The Chronicles of Narnia. “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” in 1950 marked the beginning of the series and the most popular of the set. Fame was also chatting about Christianity during WWII on the BBC. That’s not what this movie is about and the subject isn’t mentioned until the movie’s end in post-script.
The Crime is Mine (Subtitled) Movie Review
The beginning has us in Paris, France. We see a young blonde actress, Madeleine Verdier, played by Nadia Tereszkiewicz, walking out of a beautiful estate after some screaming and indications of a fight. The music by Philippe Rombi is astounding.
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The Beekeeper Movie Review
January 11, 2024
(updated January 11, 2024)
Published by JMcNaughton
“The Beekeeper” is a movie guaranteed to generate some ‘buzz’. But will this equate to good publicity, or will it ‘bee’ a typical January mediocre movie release? That would depend on how much you like (or at least tolerate) action star Jason Statham. And how much you like explosions, violence, and bloody beatings… Read more
Night Swim Movie Review
January 4, 2024
(updated January 4, 2024)
Published by JMcNaughton
“Night Swim” is a tight, tense little movie that asks a question: If a Wishing Well could grant you a fabulous wish, would you want the results if there was a terrible cost to be paid? What if the ‘Wishing Well’ was in your own backyard? What if it the ‘Well’ was — as Jethro Bodine might say — a ‘Cee-ment Pond’? Read more
All of Us Strangers Movie Review
January 3, 2024
(updated January 3, 2024)
Published by Shari K. Green
Friday, January 5th, exclusively at Harkins Camelview at Scottsdale Fashion Square.
Writer, director, and producer Andrew Haigh (45 Years) has created a moving, tear-jerker of a film, adapted from the novel by Taichi Yamada, that will haunt you as you leave, listening to the beautiful song “The Power of Love” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood blast from the speakers.
