T.J. Reid leaves his review of Antione Fuqua’s “Emancipation,” starring Will Smith, on Apple TV+.
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REVIEW: Thirteen Lives: The definitive Thai cave rescue movie
TJ Reid gives his review of Ron Howards telling of the story of the rescue of the youth soccer team rescued from a Thai cave in 2018.
REVIEW: Cunk on Earth: Mockumentary brings satire to history
“A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals.” A great line from Men in Black that has always been true, no matter how far back we reach in our history.
REVIEW: Andor: the show you’re looking for
TJ Reid offers up his review on the latest entry in the Star Wars universe, Andor.
REVIEW: Ortega and the Addams shine in otherwise dreadful Wednesday
The Addams Family gets a new iteration in Netflix’s Wednesday, where the titular character and her morbid family are the only interesting things.
REVIEW: Matilda: magical musical adaptation
A review of Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, on Netflix
REVIEW: Return to the 3D spectacle of Pandora
TJ Reid review’s James Cameron’s Avatar: Way of Water
A dark and beautiful comedy
There have been a few films that I have seen over the years that I was not even aware were considered black comedies until I looked them up on Wikipedia long after the fact, and I am never sure if this is because the ratio was off or if I just wasn’t dialed into the humor for whatever reason. On the Count of Three has a good deal of this unevenness, but it has even more moments where the balance is pretty darn good.
Let’s get Weird
By TJ REID For the Keizertimes The first time I ever truly felt old was the day I realized that I didn’t recognize any of the songs Weird Al Yankovic was parodying on his last album, 2014’s Mandatory Fun. Taking something serious and replacing it with something silly while treating[Read More…]
Prey is the hunt you’ve been waiting for
It’s tough to be a fan of the Predator franchise. Although Predator 2 and Predators have their defenders, the only thing we in the fandom can unanimously agree on are the facts that the original 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger film is the only truly better-than-average film of the bunch, and that[Read More…]