MOVIE REVIEWS

Quick-witted repartee makes LATE NiGHT an entertaining movie and a welcome addition to this summer’s amusement agenda.

As a child, J. R. R. Tolkien becomes friends with a group of fellow artists and writers at his school, with whom he finds inspiration and courage. Their bond of fellowship grows with the years, as they experience life together, as does his love for Edith Bratt whom he marries after World War I.

Many of us grownups fantasize about going back to middle or high school where…

Fighting with My Family is fast-paced, funny, and totally engaging. The characters are quirky and lovable. I would have liked Fighting with My Family to go on and on, that’s how enjoyable it was.

Mary Queen of Scots opens with Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, going to the chopping block to be beheaded after being imprisoned by her cousin, Elizabeth Tudor, Queen of England. The movie then goes into the back story and what led to her execution by effectively showing Sixteenth Century misogyny, sexuality, rivalry, competitiveness, jealousy, women’s empowerment, sense of entitlement, and dysfunctional family connections.

In CREED II, Adonis Creed is challenged to fight Viktor Drago, the son of Ivan Drago, the Russian boxer who killed his father Apollo Creed. CREED II focuses mostly on Adonis Creed’s grueling preparation for the fight, with the backstory about his changing personal life. He and his lady, Bianca, are about to have a baby. As with Rocky and all the Rocky sequels, it’s clear who to cheer for and who to boo. When the Rocky theme played, we cheered for the winner.

Hugh Jackman portraying Gary Hart was excellent casting. Also, this movie is very timely. It got me thinking about then and now. Now, in 2018, while in this #MeToo era, would Gary Hart, a Yale graduate, a prominent Attorney, a Senator, be judged as harshly as he was then in 1987, or would his perceived indiscretions be forgiven?

Written with humor, empathy, honesty, intelligence, and love, this movie is a beautiful, very well-acted inspirational story about a couple who take on the monumental responsibility of adoption and learn to bond with their Instant Family.

Bohemian Rhapsody is a high energy, wonderful story about the legendary British Rock Band QUEEN and its iconic lead singer Freddie Mercury. Add to this, the music everybody loves by these experimental, talented performers.

With his putty-like facial expressions, uncertain speech pattern accentuated by his British accent, and over-zealous desire to get it right, Rowan Atkinson portrays the bumbling-but clever Agent Johnny English with perfect comic timing so that at its silliest, everyone laughed out loud.