Category: Movies (Page 1 of 8)

USAToday  Leftist critics hate ‘Melania,’ but the audience loves it

Movie reviewers trade their credibility to be snidely and biased.  I understand why Youtube reviewers would do that.  Nobody knows who they are, but some reviewers are with established media outlets.  If Trump Derangement Syndrome determines the movie review, there’s not point to reading the column.

I’m not going to watch Melania because I’m not interest in first ladies or a look behind-the-scenes.  I just got tired of journalists who put partisanship over professionalism.

Emma Stone should win the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Bugonia.

The Best Actor or Best Actress should go to someone who convincingly plays a difficult role.   Here are the nominations.

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This has been a bad year for big budget movies, so movie reviewers are recommending movies that were overlooked.  That’s how I ended up with Roofman.

It’s based on a true story about a guy who couldn’t get on track after leaving the Army.   He started robbing fast food restaurants by cutting a holes through the roofs.  When the cops were after him, he spent several months living inside a Toys ‘R’ Us store.

Early on in the movie, one aspect of the story was too incredible to suspend disbelief.

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Christmas movies can be sappy or overly sentimental.  The good ones are not.  In It’s a Wonderful LIfe, George Bailey is a man who is knocked flat by life, and kills himself.  The dark is necessary for a meaningful journey to the light.

Klaus is a good Christmas movie that gives an explanation for Christmas traditions without a Christmas miracle.

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This year’s meme is, “It’s not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls off Nakatomi Plaza”, so no need to rehash why Die Hard is a great Christmas movie.  Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a Christmas movie that gets overlooked.

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I watched Train Dreams last night, and don’t want to describe it because I’m likely to mess it up.

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Predator: Badlands, is more like Predator: Bad Families, since it’s all about family dynamics. The synthetic human, predator and indigenous creature become a found family because their real families aren’t up to it.

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I might have heard that there was a major Pinocchio movie out in 2022.  There were actually two major Pinocchio movies released that year.

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