At the beginning of “Not Okay,” we watch our female protagonist, Danni Sanders (Zoey Deutch), cry as she reads some online posts.
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“Vengeance” is a cleverly designed and intriguing look at certain divisions in the country. But it is completely wrapped up in a ‘fish-out-of-water’ tale in which an elite guy from New York City spends a considerable amount of time with a West Texas family. At first his reaction is disbelief, amazement, and some ridicule. But after a while, he begins to see the ‘Blue State’ principles that he has learned might be softened by the ‘Red State’ values that he finds can also ring true. Read more
“Nope” is a movie that will take some common science-fiction and horror concepts and stands them on their head. It peels back the layers of complexity into simple and familiar scenes. There are questions that are suggested, and the movie plans to answer only a few of them. The rest of them are puzzles to be worked out and studied, like some jigsaw pieces that have been painted Black. Read more
Opens July 22 — in Phoenix area — exclusively at Harkins Camelview at Fashion Square
“My Donkey, My Lover and I” is a French-language movie about… well — about a lady who has to travel with a donkey in order to see her lover. The problem is, her lover is married, and she does not know anything about traveling with a donkey.
Have we seen this romance storyline before? To be completely honest, yes. To a degree. That being the case, we haven’t seen it like this.
I’m starting this review with a bit of trivia. This film had a $200 million budget, making it the most expensive Netflix original movie ever made.
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“Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song” as a documentary is, in short, a bit too much of a good thing. Toward the film’s end, Cohen suggests with a smile that maybe it’s time people stop singing the song for a while. Then the journey starts…
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In 2011, Gabby Giffords, a promising young Congresswoman from Tucson, Arizona, was shot as she was campaigning at a grocery so her constituents could better get to know her. She was shot in the head, and six others were tragically killed. Among those murdered were a judge and a politically minded nine-year-old girl named Christina-Taylor Green, who was already passionate about democracy.
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Not something usually done, “Don’t Make Me Go” tells us, using voiceover, what we’re going to think about the film. For some reason, Wally, played by young Mia Isaac, says to the audience, “You’re not going to like how this story ends.”
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In 1992, director Anthony Pullen Shaw adapted Paul Gallico’s novel “Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris” into a film starring Angela Lansbury and Omar Sharif. The book was the first in a series about a maid who works for well-to-do clients who treat her as though she owes them something.
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