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“Upside Down Magic” Movie Review
After her mother passed away, Nory (Izabela Rose), discovered that she could do magic. More specifically, she could morph into any animal she concentrated on…..well sort of. It turns out the animals she morphs into are a mixture of animals and that she has little to no control over her final form! Yikes. Nory’s best…
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“Black Widow” Movie Review
Ohio 1995 A normal family living the good life in Ohio. Two girls, Natasha and Yelena are happy and well adjusted. Both parents, Melina (Rachel Weisz) and Alexei (David Harbour) are working and seem to be enjoying their suburban life. Until one night when Alexei announces that the big adventure the girls have been expecting…..is…
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“Luca” Movie Review
Luca Paguro (Jacob Tremblay) lives with his family in a nice underwater cave. He is a sea monster. One day while herding his sheep-fish to pasture, Luca finds an alarm clock and a joker card…..human stuff that he is forbidden to have. In fact, he is forbidden to even think about going above the water…at…
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“Safety” Movie Review
With a football scholarship to Clemson University, Ramon “Ray-Ray” McElrathbey (Jay Reeves), learns that his brother, Fahmarr (Thaddeus J. Mixson) is alone at home. His mother, Tonya (Amanda Warren) has picked up her drug habit again and is now in jail. Not wanting Fahmarr to live in a state-run home, or with another relative, Ray…
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“Cruella” Movie Review
“Cruella” is a live action prequel to the 1961 animated “One Hundred and One Dalmations” and the 1996 live action “101 Dalmations”. This movie tells the story of how Cruella became the evil……Cruella De Vil. All her life, Cruella, errr, Estella, (Emma Stone) had the urge to be a mean girl. A genius with a…
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Marvel Celebrates the Movies
Here is a pretty awesome trailer released May 3, 2021 for Phase 4 of the Marvel Universe. Included in this trailer is the first, very quick, look at the “Eternals” starring….Dinesh (for all us “Silicon Valley” fans). And….oh, yeah…..Awkwafina is here too….and a bunch of other lesser known people (Scarlett Johansson, Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie,…
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“Raya and the Last Dragon” Movie Review
Note: I paid $29.99 to Disney+ for special access to watch this movie, at home, before it becomes available to all Disney+ subscribers on June 4, 2021. Since our normal movie nights, according to Lori, cost over $30, I thought this was a good deal. I am so glad I did this as “Raya and…
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“Flora & Ulysses” Movie Review
Ten year old Flora (Matilda Lawler) loves following superheroes in the comics and movies. Unfortunately, Flora now knows that superheroes do not exist in real-life. Flora loves the superheroes developed by her father, George (Ben Schwartz), who is depressed because his comics are constantly being turned down by publishers. In fact, after the last rejection,…
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“Soul” Movie Review
Joe (Jamie Foxx) is a middle school music teacher with dreams of becoming a full-time jazz musician. He is, after all, a very good musician….just not spectacular. One day, an old student of his who is now a musician, Curley (Questlove), hooks Joe up with a famous jazz saxophonist, Dorothea (Angela Bassett), and lo-and-behold, Joe…
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