Film Reviews
Camila Cabello stars in a modern musical adaptation of the fairytale, directed by Kay Cannon. Adapting a legendary fairytale that dates back more than two millenium, writer/director Kay Cannon sets her version of the story in a European historical period … Continue reading Review: ‘Cinderella,’ Where Musical Dreams Come True
Simu Liu, Awkwafina and Tony Chiu-Wai Leung star in an action-adventure, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. The best Marvel movie yet, Shang Chi and the Ten Rings is a grand Chinese adventure, coming from an unexpected source: director Destin Daniel … Continue reading Review: ‘Shang Chi and the Ten Rings’
The animated Marvel series debuts on the Disney Plus streaming service. Where does the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe lie as it enters its fourth phase? The answer may be found in the Marvel Streaming Universe. The first three … Continue reading Review: ‘What If…?”‘ Strongly Suggests ‘Why Not?’
I can imagine French filmmaker Leos Carax has wanted to make a musical for decades now. Just picture the exuberance captured in the single take of Denis Lavant writhing down the street to David Bowie’s “Modern Love” in the 1986 … Continue reading Review: ‘Annette’
Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt star in an action adventure, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Cheerily haphazard in nature, Jungle Cruise quickly reveals its instinct for precisely-timed, jam-packed action sequences that are entirely plucked from the minds and imaginations of people … Continue reading Review: ‘Jungle Cruise,’ Road to Nowhere
I would never have guessed the next documentary about a well known actor coming down the Hollywood pipeline would involve Val Kilmer, but here we are. Yes it can be a bit self indulgent at times, but it’s also an … Continue reading Review: ‘Val’
Dallas Film Now. Reviews by Joe Baker & Peter Martin 