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  • “Avengers: Infinity War” Movie Review

    “Avengers: Infinity War” Movie Review

    Thanos (Josh Brolin) has a plan to wipe out half of the sentient beings in the universe. In his mind, overpopulation is a problem, and Thanos is the only one who knows how to take care of it:  By mass murder. His theory is that once overpopulation is taken care of, the remaining beings (and…

  • “East Side Sushi” Movie Review

    “East Side Sushi” Movie Review

    A single mother in Oakland, CA, Juana (Diana Elizabeth Torres), operates a fruit cart with the help of her father. Times are tough and money is short, but, the family of three somehow survives. One night, Juana is waiting for her father to pick her and the cart up, when she is robbed at gunpoint…

  • “Love Birds” Movie Review

    “Love Birds” Movie Review

    Doug / Flash (Rhys Darby) was rudely dumped by his girlfriend, Susan (Faye Smythe). According to Susan, Flash is underachieving in his life as he “has a degree” but is content to work in the City’s Maintenance crew.  But, hey, Susan is a jerk, so good riddance. Shortly after the dumping, Doug was at home…

  • “Black Panther” Movie Review

    “Black Panther” Movie Review

    After his father was killed in a blast in Captain America: Civil War, T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) has become king of Wakanda. Wakanda is a technologically advanced country thanks to vibranium, the strongest metal in the world (Captain America’s shield is made from a piece of vibranium that Tony Stark’s dad got from Wakanda) and also,…

  • “The Great Gilly Hopkins” Movie Review

    “The Great Gilly Hopkins” Movie Review

    Gilly Hopkins (Sophie Nelisse) is on her last chance foster home.  If she messes this up, the social services department will find alternative living arrangements for the difficult Gilly. Maime Trotter (Kathy Bates) is a foster home veteran who knows the ropes and is very good at taking care of difficult cases such as Gilly…

  • “Preggoland” Movie Review

    “Preggoland” Movie Review

    Ruth (Sonja Bennett) is 35 years old and the last of her college friends that is single and childless. Her weird, party friendly, sense of humor is alienating her from her more grown-up friends, who, sadly tell her to take a hike. She does not listen. One day while shopping for a shower gift (a…

  • “Up In The Air” Movie Review

    “Up In The Air” Movie Review

    Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) fires people for a living.  He does this by flying all over the country, gathering up air miles by the millions, to deliver the bad news with the spin that the people losing their jobs can do better now they are free (there is truth to that, but, the person has…

  • “The Circle” Movie Review

    “The Circle” Movie Review

    If the events in “The Circle” do not scare the shit out of you……they should. As I write this (March 28, 2018) the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica “scandal” is just developing.  In case you are living under a rock, Facebook gathers as much information on YOU as they possibly can. They store this information, they…

  • “The Zookeeper’s Wife” Movie Review

    “The Zookeeper’s Wife” Movie Review

    “The Zookeeper’s Wife” is a true story based on the diary of Antonina Zabinski describing the time period at the Warsaw Zoo, run by her and Jan Zabinski, just before and after the Nazi’s invaded Poland at the start of WW II. Antonina Zabinski (Jessica Chastain) and her husband, Jan (Johan Heldenbergh) own and operate the…