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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)…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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Movie Review: “House of Gucci”
Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver) was going to school to become a lawyer. One day, while he was at a party and standing behind the bar because he felt uncomfortable, Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) comes up to the bar and asks for a drink. What the heck, Maurizio, made her a drink and, some time later,…
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Movie Review: “Jurassic World Dominion”
In the past 4 years, since Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs have inhabited every corner of the world and are living in harmony (well….sometimes) with humans. As with everything, the greedy with money, in this case Lewis Dodgson (Campbell Scott) owner of BioSyn, has had his team (in particular, Dr. Henry Wu (BD Wong)) develop…
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Movie Review: “Finding You”
Since her brother died, Finley Sinclair (Rose Reid) has been struggling with her violin failing to get into the college of her dreams. She can play the violin, but, her heart is just not in it. Together with her mother, Finley decides that a change of scenery might be a good thing, and takes summer…
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Movie Review: “American Underdog”
Since he was a kid, Kurt wanted to be a football player. He loved the game and he played it well. Well….when he played. At his small university in Iowa, Kurt (Zachary Levi) was a bench warmer. His coach did not like it that Kurt left the pocket to throw the ball. So he sat.…
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