Posted on April 23, 2023 at 1:51 pm
Many thanks to the News-Gazette’s Jeff D’Alessio for including me in his round-up of critics about the worst movies we’ve reviewed. My comments: “I can almost always find something to like even in the worst movie, with one exception, and that is a movie that condescends to the audience, with an attitude of ‘we know …
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Posted on April 13, 2023 at 8:05 pm
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for bloody violence, some gore, language throughout and some drug use |
| Profanity: | Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Non-explicit sexual situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Extended fantasy peril and violence, vampires, some very grisly and disturbing images |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | April 13, 2023 |
If I told you to try to imagine a film from the creators of “Rick and Morty,” “The Walking Dead,” and “Robot Chicken” based on the IP (intellectual property) owned by the movie studio behind “Frankenstein,” “Dracula,” “The Mummy,” and “The Wolfman,” you would probably guess that it would be a a very gory but …
Posted on April 13, 2023 at 5:40 pm
C| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for bloody violence, sexual content and language |
| Profanity: | Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking and drunkenness, references to drug dealing |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Crime-related peril and violence including shoot-outs, murders, poison |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | April 14, 2023 |
“Mafia Mamma” is a high concept elevator pitch that might have sustained a seven-minute comedy sketch but does not work as a feature-length movie. It’s a classic fish out of water: American suburban mom inherits an Italian mafia operation in the middle of a turf war. It could have worked. I kept thinking of the …
Posted on April 5, 2023 at 5:45 pm
B +| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for language throughout |
| Profanity: | Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Some alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: | None |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | April 7, 2023 |
A good movie will capture our attention even when we know, because it is a true story, how it turned out. How it happened can be an engrossing story itself, especially if it was a shift with consequences so pervasive we can hardly remember when things were different. Today, dozens of celebrities, even the biggest …
Posted on April 3, 2023 at 4:16 pm
Many thanks for including me on the terrific Piecing It Together Podcast to discuss the references and inspirations for “John Wick 4.” Yes, I found a way to bring in Proust, Gene Kelly, and the overlooked “Jupiter Ascending.”
