Runtime: 2 hours, 32 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Rian Johnson Quick Impressions: This isn’t an ordinary movie, and I can’t possibly treat it that way. My family is a bunch of Star Wars fanatics. Don’t let the fact that we waited until Sunday morning to see the movie fool you. …
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 …
