Runtime: 2 hours, 2 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Dan Gilmore Quick Impressions: Denzel Washington’s Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor didn’t concern me (because they have ten slots to work with and love to woo huge stars), but then he got a SAG nomination, too, and I realized in a …
Runtime: 1 hour, 44 minutesRating: RDirector: James Franco Quick Impressions:My first initial impression as The Disaster Artist drew to a close was, “Tommy Wiseau had a beautiful film inside of him. He just needed someone with more talent to make it, someone who knows how to make movies.” Then the …
Runtime: 1 hour, 26 minutes Rating: PG Director: Timothy Reckart Quick Impressions: We were supposed to see The Disaster Artist Thursday night. Then while my husband and I were enjoying a delicious dinner at the Brick Oven, snow started to fall (in Austin!!!). As it defied the odds and got …
Runtime: 2 hour, 14 minutes Rating: R Director: Dee Rees Quick Impressions:As I was periodically glancing over at my laptop yesterday afternoon, watching the results of the LA Film Critics Association Awards gradually trickle in, I saw they named Mary J. Blige runner-up Best Supporting Actress and thought, Well, I …
Runtime: 1 hour, 55 minutes Rating: R Director: Martin McDonagh Quick Impressions: I loved this movie so much. It’s my favorite film this year by a very wide margin. To my delight, my husband felt the same way. As the credits rolled, he leaned over to me and whispered, “I …
Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes Rating: PG Directors: Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina Quick Impressions: I’ll begin this review with two pieces of advice. 1.) If you get a chance this holiday season, try to watch Coco. 2.) Try not to watch it with my two-year-old son. That second thing …
Runtime: 2 hours Rating: PG-13 Director: Zack Snyder Quick Impressions: Like the latest incarnation of Batman, I’m going to be brave but crazy and begin this review with a bold statement. I liked Justice League. It’s my favorite of these new DC movies so far (except for Wonder Woman and …
Runtime: 1 hour, 33 minutes Rating: R Director: Greta Gerwig Quick Impressions: Immediately after seeing Murder on the Orient Express with my parents last weekend, my eight-year-old daughter gushed to me, “Mom! We got the best preview. I forgot what it was called, but it was so funny! We have …
Runtime: 1 hour, 54 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Kenneth Branagh Quick Impressions: Seeing this film was an event for my family. It was a very close second to The Last Jedi as our most anticipated film of the year. Well, actually, for my mother, I’m sure that The Last Jedi …
Runtime: 2 hours, 10 minutesRating: PG-13Director: Taika Waititi Quick Impressions:If you like broad shoulders and broad humor, then the Thor movies just keep getting better and better. This one is full of engaging action, charismatic actors, and relentless (often physical) humor. It’s almost slapstick. (If they keep on like this, …
