Mamma Mia! Review
The innocent exuberance of ABBA’s music carries the cast and the audience away, like a night of drunken karaoke. It’s all in good fun “” embarrassing, silly, joyous, unrestrained fun.
The innocent exuberance of ABBA’s music carries the cast and the audience away, like a night of drunken karaoke. It’s all in good fun “” embarrassing, silly, joyous, unrestrained fun.
Freed from the confines of an origin story, director Christopher Nolan lets loose with an intense, challenging, flawed and, yes, dark vision of Gotham under siege, featuring an unforgettable final performance by Heath Ledger as the clown prince of crime.
An illicit affair among French aristocrats contains none of the heat and excitement one might expect in this waste of celluloid posing.
It’s the 70’s and punk rock is exploding in L.A. in this biopic of the Germs, a band destined to live in the hearts of a very few but very dedicated fans.
Kent Mackenzie’s 1961 foray into the world of reality drama is back, and it is easy to see why so many recall it as a vital part of an important movement in film.
Like cotton candy, it’s an airy, sweet treat that evaporates as soon as it’s consumed.
Visually stunning comic book sequel from the endlessly inventive Guillermo del Toro amounts to little more than a noisy mess. But it sure looks pretty along the way.
A young pot dealer is graduating from high school and his psychiatrist/customer is growing up (again) right along with him in this pleasing and unusual tale.
A journalist suffering from brain damage is united with his uncle suffering from Alzheimer’s in a story that may be a comedy or drama. Just like their brains, it’s not all that clear.
French snobbery versus American ingenuity in this predictable, unfunny version of a true story about a wine taste-off in 1976.
| ★★★★★ | Perfection |
| ★★★★☆ | Outstanding |
| ★★★☆★☆ | Excellent |
| ★★★☆☆ | Very good |
| ★★☆★☆☆ | Good |
| ★★☆☆☆ | OK |
| ★☆★☆☆☆ | Pretty Bad |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Poor |
| ☆★☆☆☆☆ | Blech! |
| No Stars | Fail! |