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Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping – Film Review

Conner Friel (Andy Samberg), Owen Bouchard (Jorma Taccone) and Lawrence Dunn (Akiva Schaffer) become famous after launching their rap album. But Conner abandons the band to form a solo career and is forced to see his celebrity status crash after the project fails. Usually I do not start reviews off like this but it is…

  • 2025

Marriage Story – Film Review

A stage director named Charlie Barber (Adam Driver) and his actor wife Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) struggle through a gruelling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal and creative extremes. Noah Baumbach is a filmmaker that I deeply admire. Every single one of his films to date have been extremely exceptional and one of the…

  • 2025

Klaus – Film Review

After proving himself to be the worst postman at the academy, a postman named Jesper Johansson (voice of Jason Schwartzman) is posted to a frozen town in the North where he discovers Santa Claus (voice of J.K. Simmons) is hiding out. Ah, yes, animated movies. Some of my all-time favorites if I am going to…

  • 2025

The Banana Splits Movie – Film Review

A boy named Harley Williams (Finlay Wojtak-Hissong) and his brother Austin (Romeo Carere), mother Beth (Dani Kind), and step-father Mitch (Steve Lund) attend a taping of The Banana Splits TV show, which is supposed to be a fun-filled birthday for young Harley and business as usual for Rebecca (Sara Canning), the producer of the series….

  • 2025

Knives Out – Film Review

When a crime novelist dies just after his eighty fifth birthday, an inquisitive detective arrives at his estate to investigate. He soon sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind the writer’s untimely demise. Murder mysteries and crime shows/movies are the subject of fascination by millions of people…

  • 2025

The Irishman – Film Review

In the 1950s, truck driver Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro) gets involved with Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci) and his Pennsylvania crime family. As Sheeran climbs the ranks to become a top hit man, he also goes to work for Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino) — a powerful Teamster tied to organized crime. To say that Martin…

  • 2025