Book, Movie, and TV show Reviews with a Little Writing Thrown In
Starring: Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Djimon Hounsou, Grace Fulton, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Faithe Herman, Cooper Andrews, Marta Milans, Adam Brody, Michelle Borth, Ross Butler, D.J. Controna, Meagan Good My Rating: 4.5/5 Stars Rotten Tomatoes: 90% Critics, 82% Audience Rotten Tomatoes Description: “We all have a superhero inside of us … Continue reading Shazaam! (2019)
Rating: 2/5 Stars Rotten Tomatoes/Goodreads Rating: 22% critic, 64% Audience Overview: As the X-Men timeline is rewritten, Jean Grey gets a new origin story with some otherworldly villains. After absorbing a mystical power while in space, Jean must learn to control it to defeat the extra-terrestrial enemies that have come chasing it or it will … Continue reading X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
Rating: 3/5 Stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 52% critic, 57% audience Overview: A darker take on the story we all know, this reinterpretation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is unafraid of reimagining the story beyond the narrative, and creating a film more fit for an adult audience. As Scrooge travels through his trials with the … Continue reading A Christmas Carol (FX – 2019)
Starring: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Katherine Langford My Rating: 5/5 Stars Rotten Tomatoes: 97% Critics, 92% Audience Rotten Tomatoes Description: “The circumstances surrounding the death of crime novelist Harlan Thrombey are mysterious, but there's one thing that renowned Detective Benoit Blanc knows for sure -- … Continue reading Knives Out (2019)
Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Algee Smith Directed by: George Tillman Jr. My Ranking: 4/5 Stars Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97% Critics, 83% Audience Amazon Description: “A teen witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood friend by a trigger-happy cop and must decide whether to testify or not.” My overall impression of this movie … Continue reading The Hate U Give (2019)
Starring: Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari Directed by: Guy Ritchie My Ranking: 4/5 Stars Rotten Tomatoes Score: 54% Critics, 94% Audience Amazon Description: “From Disney come the thrilling and vibrant live-action adaption of the animated classic Aladdin, the exciting tale of the charming street rat Aladdin, the courageous, self-determined Princess Jasmine, and … Continue reading Aladdin (2019, Live Action)
2/5 stars Starring: Donald Glover, Beyoncé, and some other people? First off, we didn’t need a new version of this film. They can call it live-action all they want, it’s just a more advanced form of animation that honestly is worse that the first because it invokes uncanny valley (the feeling that something isn’t quite … Continue reading The Lion King 2019
Starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern and some tangential guys (like Timothy Chalamet) Directed by Greta Gerwig 4.9/5 Stars Full disclosure, I never read the book growing up. It was a slow, slice of life narrative, and I craved adventure when I was young. I needed magic and mystery to … Continue reading Little Women (2019)
Starring: Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones 4/5 Stars This movie is on Amazon Prime and is an on original. Unlike Netflix originals, Amazon can be very hit-or-miss. This movie, I would say is an underappreciated gem. I am a sucker for historical piece, especially when people put time and effort into the little details that … Continue reading The Aeronauts (2019)
5/5 stars Starring:Michelle Dockery, Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Joanne Froggatt, Allen Leech, Jim Carter, Phyllis Logan, Laura Carmichael and a host of others I have been waiting for this movie for so very long, and I knew the moment it started that I would not be disappointed. Why? Because the theme started as the letter … Continue reading Downton Abbey (2019)
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