Life of the Party
Movie Title: Life Of The Party Grade: B Rating: PG-13, 105 minutes In a Nutshell: Despite its terrible score on Rotten Tomatoes, Melissa McCarthy is fantastic and offers an entertaining comedy that will probably be … Continued
Deadpool 2 movie review
Movie Title: Deadpool 2 Grade: B+ Rating: R, 119 minutes In a Nutshell: Marvel is on a roll. The X-Force team assembles under the guidance of the most disrespectful, irreverent superhero ever, Deadpool, played expertly by Ryan Reynolds. As … Continued
Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare gets my grade of D for dumb
Movie Title: Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare Grade: D for dumb Rating: PG-13 In a Nutshell: Brought to the Big Screen by the same producers as the award winning Get Out and Happy Death Day this horror teen flick scored a terrible 15% … Continued
Love Simon is a coming out and coming-of-age dramedy
Movie Title: Love, Simon Grade: B Rating: PG-13, 109 minutes In a Nutshell: Nick Robinson stars as Simon Spier in this coming-of-age dramedy that shows how difficult it is for a teenager to “come out” and reveal who he … Continued
Ready Player One celebrates video games over the decades
Movie Title: Ready Player One Grade: A- Rating: PG-13, 140 minutes In a Nutshell: The creator of the largest virtual reality world ever, called the OASIS, dies and leaves a challenge to anyone who can find three invisible keys that … Continued
A Wrinkle in Time isn’t smooth sailing through the universe
Movie Title: A Wrinkle in Time Grade: C+ Rating: PG, 1 hour 49 minutes In a Nutshell: Despite its best intentions, A Wrinkle in Time is disappointing as a film, although kids will probably still like it. Based … Continued
Maze Runner: The Death Cure ends the YA dystopian trilogy
Movie Title: Maze Runner: The Death Cure Grade: B+ Rating: PG-13, 114 minutes In a Nutshell: This third film provides a fitting finale to a thrilling young adult book and movie franchise. Congrats to my friend, James Dashner, for … Continued
Lady Bird is a funny, truthful coming-of-age story
Movie Title: Lady Bird Grade: A Rating: R, 1 hour 34 minutes In a Nutshell: No, this movie has nothing to do with Lady Bird Johnson, the wife of former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. This coming-of-age story is a … Continued
Pitch Perfect 3 is the swan song of the franchise
Movie Title: Pitch Perfect 3 Rating: PG-13, 1 hour 33 minutes Grade: C+ In a Nutshell: I admit that Pitch Perfect is one of my guilty pleasures. I’ve seen the first two movies in the Pitch Perfect franchise … Continued