Rating: PG Runtime: 1 hour, 42 minutes Director: Dan Scanlon Quick Impressions: Initially, we planned to take our kids to see Pixar’s latest, Onward, over spring break. Then the coronavirus pandemic made social distancing essential, spring break eternal, and going out impossible. When I wrote my review of The Hunt …
Rating: RRuntime: 1 hour, 49 minutesDirector: Craig Zobel Quick Impressions:Apparently this is a horror movie. I know I was absolutely terrified while watching, worried I had killed my parents by risking a trip to the movie theater. So much has changed since earlier in the week when we bought the …
Rating: PG Runtime: 2 hours, 4 minutes Director: Autumn de Wilde Quick Impressions: I’m fairly confident that nobody has been more excited to see this new version of Emma than my mother. (I mean…Maybe Miranda Hart’s mother…) My mom is a huge fan of Miranda Hart and her eponymous sitcom. …
Rating: R Runtime: 2 hours, 4 minutes Director: Leigh Whannell Quick Impressions: The premise of this re-envisioning of the H.G. Wells classic The Invisible Man is pretty compelling. The film’s trailer caught my interest immediately. If you’ve ever been abused, controlled, or stalked by someone, then you know that said …
Rating: PGRuntime: 1 hour, 39 minutesDirector: Jeff Fowler Quick Impressions:My four-year-old son isn’t always crazy about sitting through movies, but he loves Sonic the Hedgehog. He considers himself a gamer and dreams of a career as a professional YouTuber. (“I’ve been practicing saying, ‘Comment down below.’”) So even though he’s …
Rating: R Runtime: 1 hour, 49 minutesDirector: Cathy Yan Quick Impressions:I was stunned when I found out that a lot of people didn’t like Suicide Squad. Of course, I saw the movie late, at home, because my son was about fourteen months old when it came out, and we didn’t …
Rating: R Runtime: 1 hour, 49 minutes Director: Reed Morano Quick Impressions: As we watched the first act of The Rhythm Section, I couldn’t resist leaning over and whispering to my husband, “I think the real star of this movie is Blake Lively’s hat.” I’m not kidding, I love that …
Rating: RRuntime: 1 hour, 53 minutesDirector: Guy Ritchie Quick Impressions:At a certain moment in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen, I realized, “I have become deeply invested in these characters. This had better go the way that I hope.” What a cool movie! At this point, awards season fatigue has crept into …
Rating: RRuntime: 1 hour, 59 minutesDirector: Sam Mendes Quick Impressions:My husband and I saw this on Sunday afternoon with our older son and daughter. Our four-year-old wasn’t invited, which was fine with him until he learned his sister was going. He tried to convince her to stay home with the …
Rating: R Runtime: 2 hours, 15 minutes Directors: Benny and Josh Safdie Quick Impressions: I left this film feeling lucky to escape with my life. Head exploding, heart racing, kidneys falsely reporting assault with a bag of bricks, I needed a minute to catch my breath and reflect on what …
