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  • Movie Review: “Mrs Harris Goes to Paris”

    Movie Review: “Mrs Harris Goes to Paris”

    1957 13 years after her husband was declared missing in WW II, Ada Harris (Lesley Manville) is making a living as a house cleaner. Mrs. Harris is a good person as she always helps people without asking for anything in return. One day, while cleaning a non-paying clients house, Mrs. Harris sees a dress that…

  • Movie Review: “Hello Goodbye and Everything in Between”

    Movie Review: “Hello Goodbye and Everything in Between”

    Claire (Talia Ryder) and Aidan (Jordan Fisher) meet at a party at the beginning of their senior year. They decide that, no matter what, they will break up at the end of the year (assuming they are still together) so they can be free to lead their lives the way they feel best. Claire is…

  • Movie Review: “Father Stu”

    Movie Review: “Father Stu”

    Stuart Long (Mark Wahlberg) is an amateur boxer with a fair record….15-2. BUT…..he is getting old and the beatings he is taking is leading to some disturbing medical issues. His mother, Kathleen (Jacki Weaver) urges him to quit boxing and get a job. His father, Bill (Mel Gibson), could care less what his loser son…

  • Movie Review: “Rescued By Ruby”

    Movie Review: “Rescued By Ruby”

    Warwick, RI state trooper, Daniel O’Neil (Grant Gustin) has been trying to get into the elite K9 unit for the past 7 years, without success. This year, Daniel is 29 and the age limit for acceptance into the K9 unit is 30! So this is his last chance. He loves animals, but, does not even…

  • Movie Review: “Elvis”

    Movie Review: “Elvis”

    Elvis Presley (Austin Butler) and his mother Gladys (Helen Thomson) moved to a black neighborhood after his father Vernon (Richard Roxburgh) was sent to jail. Elvis was a talented kid with quite the singing voice. He grew up loving gospel and the blues and was, eventually, signed by Sun Records. Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks)…

  • Movie Review: “Waffle Street”

    Movie Review: “Waffle Street”

    Financial wizard, James Adams (James Lafferty), just landed the biggest deal in company history. A bit shady, but, not illegal….just like the company likes and encourages. He knew he would make partner. He got fired. Luckily, his wife, Becky (Julie Gonzalo) is a nurse and makes enough, supplemented by their savings, to keep them afloat…

  • Movie Review: “The Bachelors”

    Movie Review: “The Bachelors”

    Bill (J.K. Simmons) and Wes Palet (Josh Wiggins) lost their wife and mom a little over a year ago. Bill, who was married to Jeanie (Kimberly Crandall) for 33 years is depressed and is not getting any better. BUT, he is functioning and decides that a change of scenery will do them both good. Soooooo,…

  • Movie Review: “Go Back to China”

    Movie Review: “Go Back to China”

    Shasha Li (Ana Akana) graduated from fashion school over a year ago and, although she has been diligently looking for a job, she has not found one because she has no work experience. Typical catch-22 of a person new to the job market. Nevertheless, Shasha keeps trying to find a job, then spends her nights…

  • Movie Review: “Hollywood Stargirl”

    Movie Review: “Hollywood Stargirl”

    After spending years in Mica, Arizona, Stargirl Caraway (Grace VanderWaal) and her (new) mother, Ana (Judy Greer), headed off for a new job for Ana, leaving all of Stargirl’s friends behind. See my review of “Stargirl” here. Several jobs later, Stargirl is tired of bouncing around and makes her mother promise her that they will…