Rating: PG-13Runtime: 2 hours, 12 minutesDirector: David F. Sandberg Quick Impressions:“We’re going to see Shazam! Shazam! Shazam! Shazam!” my son sang as he danced into the theater. Honestly, when I first saw the earliest trailer for this movie, my immediate question was, “Why?” My follow up question was, “Seriously?” But …
Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 1 hour, 59 minutes Director: Emilio Estevez Quick Impressions: I didn’t feel brave enough for the remake of Pet Sematary. Part of me wanted to see it simply because it looked like such a dramatic improvement on the 1989 version which I have seen (unfortunately. My main …
Rating: PG Runtime: 1 hour, 52 minutes Director: Tim Burton Quick Impressions: My intense desire to see Dumbo took me completely by surprise. I mean, if I were to rank my favorite Disney animated features, Dumbo would be pretty far down the list. I bought the Blu-ray when my daughter …
Rating: R Runtime: 1 hour, 56 minutes Director: Jordan Peele Quick Impressions: The ending of this movie made it for me. That was the first thing I said to my husband when we left the theater. He looked stunned. “I thought the whole movie was good,” he said. I agreed, …
Rating: GRuntime: 1 hour, 33 minutesDirector: Todd Douglas Miller Quick Impressions:This is probably the second buzziest documentary of the year so far (after that disturbing Michael Jackson exposé that I’m not sure I can stand to watch). In fact, since Apollo 11 heavily features second man on the moon Buzz Aldrin, …
Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 2 hours, 3 minutes Director: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Quick Impressions: “What in the heck is wrong with that kitty?” That’s my three-year-old’s one sentence review of Captain Marvel. Of course, the movie isn’t really aimed at kids his age, but he has begun to resent …
Rating:RRuntime: 1 hour, 40 minutes Director: Vincent D’Onofrio Quick Impressions:I loved this movie. My husband showed me a trailer on YouTube a couple of weeks ago, and I was hooked instantly. Dane DeHaan as Billy the Kid, Ethan Hawke as Pat Garrett, plus Chris Pratt and Adam Baldwin? You had …
Rating: RRuntime: 1 hour, 52 minutesDirector: Ty Roberts Quick Impressions:My husband and I arranged to meet friends of ours at the theater last night to see the movie To Dust at 7:20. But it wasn’t actually showing. “Sometimes the app is not up to date,” the ticket seller told me …
Rating: PGRuntime: 1 hour, 44 minutes Director: Dean DeBlois Quick Impressions:Overall, 2018 was a frustrating, disappointing year for animation. Yes, Into the Spider-Verse was superb, Isle of Dogs was excellent, Incredibles 2 was pretty good, and The Grinch was pretty, but then…what a steep drop off! I feel like we …
Rating: R Runtime: 1 hour, 38 minutes Director: Neil Jordan Quick Impressions: The theater where we saw Greta showed (at least) seven previews before the film (which feels excessive for a Thursday night), and they kept getting increasingly dark and sinister, prompting my husband to ask in concern, “How scary …
