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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Heretic (Delta)

I liked it so much that I wasted half of a meeting at OFC talking about it with the marketing rep.

Saturday, April 19, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

One of the few books where I think watching the movie first helped, as the characters were easier to sort mentally.

Friday, April 18, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Electric State (Netflix)

I watched this while my dad was in hospice, so I do not recall much but will not watch it again.

Thursday, April 17, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Number 24 (Netflix)

Not to be overlooked, especially by those who know little of what Scandinavia suffered under the Nazi regime. Quite well done.

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Kraven the Hunter (Disney+)

Not nearly as bad as I'd expected, and some of the action scenes are rather well done. And it's got Ariana.

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

The 21-Word Review: The Wild Robot (Peacock)

A terrifically original idea, well executed, adorable, and touching. It makes up for that other Peacock content that I inadvertently watched.

Monday, April 14, 2025

The 21-Word Review: The Gorge (Apple)

A move that looks like it came from a video game, but didn't, so someone needs to make the associated game.

Sunday, April 13, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Despicable Me 4 (Netflix)

Yeah, they're still pretty good fodder for an evening cooldown when stuck in a hotel room far from home. Or plane.

Saturday, April 12, 2025

The 21=Word Review: Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain (Peacock)

I got Peacock to watch the SNL 50th celebrations and this movie came along for free. Free was way too expensive.

Friday, April 11, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Conclave (Peacock)

Some films win awards for acting. Some for progressive wish fulfillment. This one wins for both, but it's stall quite amazing.

Sunday, February 23, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Joker: Folie a Deux (Netflix)

The reviews were not wrong. It feels like the creative team wanted to kill the Joker legend before it grew unmanageable.

Saturday, February 22, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Wolfs (Apple)

There's a long history of movies where stars are just having a good time playing their stereotypes together for our enjoyment.

Friday, February 21, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Equalizer 3 (Netflix)

I've not seen the second. Maybe that's the one somewhat similar to the original series? Good enough Denzel movie, I guess.

Thursday, February 20, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Swamp Story by Dave Barry

A bit darker than the usual Barry or Hiaasen romp, but still funny in that insane Florida (and not political) way.

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Wasteland by Oliver Franklin-Wallis

Answers a lot of questions about where trash and recycling does and doesn't go. I wish a scientist had written it.

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Wallace and Gromit : Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix)

I watched it over the holidays with my kids. They are both PhD candidates. What's the point you're trying to make?

Wednesday, January 08, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Nosferatu

Phipps Plaza Theaters have really upped their game over the years. I'll have to return and see a better movie sometime.

Tuesday, January 07, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Days Like These by Brian Bilston

I diligently read a poem a day for all of 2024. (OK, I missed a few and had to catch up.)

Saturday, January 04, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Lift (Netflix)

Kevin Hart's not a bad action movie star, it's just not what I expect. But ok - it's a decent heist movie.

Friday, January 03, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Subservience (Netflix)

Because of course if you make a robot to help with childcare while your wife is sick, you make Megan Fox.

Thursday, January 02, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Predestination (Netflix)

Stuck in a hotel room while my son attends class in Boulder, I think the digital gods that Netflix was created.

Wednesday, January 01, 2025

The 21-Word Review: Slingshot (Delta)

When you fly a lot, sometimes you have to dig deep into the movie library and occasionally there are interesting nuggets buried.

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

The 21-Word Review: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Delta)

The producers must have seen Jenna Ortega and thought, "ok, finally we can make a sequel with a next generation Deetz."

Monday, December 30, 2024

The 21-Word Review: Gladiator II

No cinematic level of charisma will again match Russel and Juaquin, so a sequel was bound to pale somewhat in comparison.

Friday, December 06, 2024

The 21-Word Review: Fly Me to the Moon (Delta)

Scarlett is a national treasure that only gets better with age. And her character said she graduated from Georgia Tech. Perfect.