2.5 out of 5 stars (decent) Hustlers wants desperately to be Goodfellas for women. It’s a fact-based story about a group of people who use their knowledge of a dirty profession to manipulate their customers and rise to power that has style, wall to wall music, and a career-best performance by Jennifer Lopez. The key… Continue Reading
White Boy Rick: Sluggish Biopic Has Unused Potential
2 out of 5 stars (has some good moments, but is overall bad) White Boy Rick is one of those movies that doesn’t quite work. It has a decent cast and potentially outrageous story, but makes the crucial mistake of playing the material seriously rather than off the wall. In the right hands, this could… Continue Reading
Happytime Murders: Mismarketed Puppet Film a Decent Crime Drama, With Raunch
3 out of 5 stars (Average) The Hapytime Murders is by far the most heavily mismarketed film of 2018. Advertised as a wild and raunchy comedy, the film is actually a decent crime drama with raunchy humor that showcases that puppets can do far more in movies than sing to your kids. However, people who… Continue Reading
Bosch Season 4: Amazon’s Dark Crime Drama Explores Topical Themes, but is Anticlimactic
3.5 out of 5 stars (above average) I entered Bosch’s 4th season totally cold. While TV crime dramas don’t usually interest me, this season of Bosch enthralled with its grounded narrative, flawed characters, and intelligent writing. I spent the first 9 episodes on the edge of my couch, but was sadly let down by an underwhelming… Continue Reading