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THE MARVELOUS MRS MAISEL SEASON 5 REVIEW Midge Maisel is back for her final set in the last season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. As we left her in season 4, Rachel Brosnahan’s Midge found herself at a crossroads yet again trying to figure out with her manager Susie, played by Alex Borstein, what their […]

STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE REVIEW Michael J. Fox was just a short kid from Canada with a dream of being an actor. When he turned 18, he drove to Hollywood and started chasing that dream, barely making ends meet until the stars aligned, and in 1982, he landed the career making role of […]

STAR WARS: VISIONS VOLUME 2 REVIEW Star Wars is back with a second season of Visions, the Disney Plus 2021 animated short series that featured the visions of several animators across the globe. The nine animation studios put to task this time are El Guiri, Cartoon Saloon, Punkrobot, Aardman, Studio Mir, Studio La Cachette, 88 […]

WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? MOVIE REVIEW Love, true love, is what brings us critics here today to talk about a movie about marriage. Marriage, that blessed arrangement, that dream within a dream. Director Shekhar Kapur and writer Jemima Khan present a romantic comedy that looks at the arrangement of marriage and asks […]

ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME MARGARET. MOVIE REVIEW Are you there, God? It’s me, OneofUs. I’m watching a movie today. I’m so scared, God. I’ve never had a film adaptation of the book Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret before. Suppose Judy Blume’s beloved masterpiece about adolescence and personal discovery is reduced down […]

SUZUME MOVIE REVIEW Following up the international success of his 2019 films Weathering with You and the 2018 anime classic Your Name, writer/director Makoto Shinkai is bringing back the magic and beauty of Japan’s ancient culture with Suzume. The title is the name of an adventurous teenage girl brought up by her reserved and cautious […]

THE MANDALORIAN SEASON 3 REVIEW Star Wars fans rejoice! Our favorite helmeted bounty hunter Din Djarin (yeah I said it) and the delightful Grogu are reunited and onto a new adventure…yes, Grogu is back. Please turn to The Book of Boba Fett for any questions. After removing his helmet in violation of the Mandalorian creed, […]

PAINT MOVIE REVIEW What if Bob Ross wasn’t who you thought he was? What if he was embroiled in some sort of seedy scandal? That’s the thought that led writer/director Brett McAdams to create Paint, the new IFC film starring Owen Wilson as Carl Nargle, a Bob Ross analog. Carl has hosted Burlington, Vermont’s number one […]

THE MAGICIAN’S ELEPHANT MOVIE REVIEW Do you have bored kids on a Friday afternoon and all the theatrical runs are being ruled by John Wick 4? No kid friendly films for as far as the eye can see? Fear not Moms and Dads, Netflix has got you covered. Based on the beloved children’s book by […]

THE LOST KING MOVIE REVIEW Based on a true story, The Lost King follows Philippa Langley (Sally Hawkins), a middle aged woman just stuck… Until she sees a performance of Richard III, and now the dead King follows her around. She takes it as a sign that she needs to find Richard’s body, which was […]