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Ordinary Justice Movie Review

It’s told mostly through the actions of a little girl and a young woman who are left stranded outside the courtroom while one of the parents is inside enduring the reality of the law. At first, the two women have no interaction, this ever so slowly changes as time draws on and boredom sets in.   //   Taking so much time to establish a relationship between the two main players forces you to discard your usual thirst for quick dramatic tension. It eases you into a view ...

Dirt Music Movie Review

It’s a good thing the two leads, Kelly Macdonald as Georgie, the heroine of the piece, and Garrett Hedlund as Lu Fox, the mysterious stranger, have innate chemistry together as the script is quite opaque during the first act. It initially suffers from a lack of background information to connect the players with their actions.   //   By the time the elements that drive the characters' actions become known, it has missed the chance to spike your interest and draw you in ...

Retro Movie Review – Moonrise Kingdom

There are a number of technical things that make up this wonderful landscape, not the least of which is Anderson’s ability to elicit a style of performance from his actors that rounds the rough edges off. There is still human emotion, even sorry, it’s just filtered through a prism that reflects more than just human angst.   //   In his latest film, Wes has assembled a few of his usual suspects like Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman but has added a number of new ...

Retro Movie Review – Jackie

She married into one of America’s most infamous and wealthy political families at only 24 years old and seemed to dissolve herself into their clan. Her husband John F. Kennedy was a man used to getting his own way and the outward appearance was that she capitulated to most of his whims. There was a strength there however that she possessed that wasn’t always apparent in the sexist media coverage of the times.   //   That her life blossomed in the years after the ...

Antebellum Movie Review

She wakes up in a present-day apartment with a loving husband Nick (Marque Richardson) and cute as a button daughter Kennedi (London Boyce). In this reality, she is Veronica Henley, a successful professor, and author. On this day she is leaving home on a book tour and engaging in a series of lectures. Things don’t go well.   //   The film is unsuccessful at building suspense and littered with flaws of story and character. For example, when Veronica hooks up with her ...

Retro Movie Review – Moon

Moon is the first major film by the son of David Bowie, Duncan Jones (born Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones) and it ticks a lot of the boxes. It’s got a great concept, great acting by Sam Rockwell, looks suitably grotty to be actually located on the moon and most of all, features good science.   //   The story revolves around a lone individual, Sam Bell (Rockwell) who is nearing the end of a three-year stint as the sole proprietor of a mining establishment on the Earth’s ...

Movie Review – The Goddess of Fortune

From the outside looking in, Alessandro (Edoardo Leo) and Arturo (Stefano Accorsi) are the perfect couple, but the cracks are starting to appear. When a former muse, Annamaria (Jasmine Trinca), and her two young children arrive unbeknownst to Alessandro, it shifts the couple’s dynamic in a major way. When the truth behind her visit becomes known, it shifts things into overdrive.   //   Every family has its secrets and Annamaria’s upbringing was rife with trying times ...

Retro Movie Review – Kingsman: The Golden Circle

It’s an odd universe that super spy and everyday pom Eggsy (Taron Egerton) had returned to. He’s made good as a Kingsman and has a successful relationship with Princess Tilde (Hanna Alström) even though it’s against company policy. His world is turned upside down when super baddie Poppy (Julianne Moore) reeks havoc on the secret affiliation.   //   All of the over the top tendencies are not only keep intact from the first film but with a bigger budget and more ...

The High Note Movie Review

Maggie is good at her job but dreams of more. She secretly wants to be a record producer and has the musical smarts and sensitivity to do just that. The banter between the players shows that the writer, Flora Greeson has a good working knowledge (or good advisers) of the minutia of soul music and this attention to detail is fun for fans of that genre of music. Her grasp of personal dynamics is less sure.   //   The musical interactions between players are satisfying and ...

Retro Movie Review – The Hitman’s Bodyguard

Jackson as the hitman tries his best to drop more F bombs than any of his other films and Reynolds delivers a Deadpool lite performance that shows how well he has a handle on comic timing. Salma Hayek, who has little screen time but nonetheless gives Jackson a run for his money in the profane stakes, plays the incarcerated wife of the hitman.   //   The story simplified to its core element is just a soon to be buddies road movie and almost all the characters are comic ...