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Monday, March 18, 2024

The 21-Word Review: The Marvels (Disney+)

Marvel, it's time to start making more movies that don't require you to have seen 3 prequels and 2 limited series.

Monday, February 12, 2024

The 21-Word Review: Being Henry by Henry Winkler

I was going to post a photo of my wife meeting Henry, but that would have been 1000 words, not 21.

Friday, February 02, 2024

The 21-Word Review: Poor Things

The weirdness in the trailer just scratches the surface. It's not the quirky, fun movie you may be led to believe.

Thursday, February 01, 2024

The 21-Word Review: Three Thousand Years of Longing (Amazon)

I spend way too much time trying to determine what my three wishes will be when I finally find that lamp.

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

The 21-Word Review: The Creator (Delta In-Flight)

Not terrible, but the best thing about it is that it is exactly the length of a LGA to ATL flight.

Monday, January 29, 2024

The 21-Word Review: Priscilla (Amazon Prime)

A fascinating contrast to the other recent Elvis movie. He was not just a victim, but a victimizer. Hard to watch.

Sunday, January 28, 2024

The 21-Word Review: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Amazon Prime)

Waiting until the dystopian YA furor fully died before releasing this very watchable prequel was genius. Nicely done and well cast.

Saturday, January 27, 2024

The 21-Word Review: Rebel Moon (Netflix)

World building is tough, especially when it's this complex, so despite this effort falling short I'll give the sequel another shot.

Friday, January 26, 2024

The 21-Word Review: The Cat in the Hat (Amazon Prime)

Not sure why I never saw this little fever dream aimed at a much more mature audience than the source material.

Thursday, January 25, 2024

The 21-Word Review: The Premonition by Michael Lewis

Almost too depressing to read, not just for the mistakes made before, but for the lessons forgotten in the years since.

Saturday, December 23, 2023

The 21-Word Review: Wind River (Netflix)

With the prevalence of the Marvel movies, one could almost forget that Jeremy Renner is a talented and accomplished dramatic actor.

Friday, December 22, 2023

The 21-Word Review: Love and Monsters (Netflix)

In case you missed it, the villain's name is Brooks Wilkinson. How can I give a bad review to a Wilkinson?

Thursday, December 21, 2023

The 21-Word Review: Leave the World Behind (Netflix)

A relatively subdued and slow-burning apocalypse story with some phenomenal talent and a truly scary (if, hopefully, somewhat unrealistic) ending.

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

The 21-Word Review: Polite Society (Netflix)

A lot more Scott Pilgrim and Jordan Peele than I expected. Fortunately, I like Scott Pilgrim and Jordan Peele a lot.

Sunday, December 10, 2023

The 21-Word Review: The Killer (Netflix)

I never realized how rare it is today to have a thoughtful action movie without inappropriate scene-breaking humor shoved inside.

Saturday, December 09, 2023

The 21-Word Review: Vindicta (Delta In-Flight)

Someone please give Sean Astin better roles so he doesn't have to work in more dreck like this. Truly, truly awful.

Thursday, December 07, 2023

The 21-Word Review: Blue Beetle (Max)

Entirely formulaic with the Spanish marbled throughout being the only somewhat unique aspect, but entertaining enough for a sleepy, rainy day.

Wednesday, December 06, 2023

The 21-Word Review: Expend4ables (Delta In-Flight)

Stupid, yes, but a special kind of well-produced stupid that is perfect for a long flight with brain turned off.

Tuesday, December 05, 2023

The 21-Word Review: A Haunting in Venice (Delta In-Flight)

A little heavy on the atmosphere, but a great cast and - if you haven't read the book - a good mystery story.

The 21-Word Review: Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell

I did not realize it was made into a movie. It is hard to imagine Hollywood could do the story justice.

Monday, December 04, 2023

The 21-Word Review: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Netflix)

Better than an animated superhero movie has any right to be. Live action movies could take notes on action scene construction.

Sunday, December 03, 2023

The 21-Word Review: The Take (Delta In-Flight)

Idris Elba could definitely fill James Bond's shoes. The rare rogue spy with reluctant civilian help flick with limited plot holes.

Saturday, December 02, 2023

The 21-Word Review: Upgrade (Delta In-Flight)

Cool story, great action, but I can't get over the 16-pin chip having enough inputs to interface with a nervous system.

Friday, December 01, 2023

The 21-Word Review: No Hard Feelings (Netflix download)

I can't believe it took me this long to realize that I can download movies and get around the country restrictions.

Thursday, November 30, 2023

The 21-Word Review: The Covenant (ANA In-Flight)

Sure, it's a fictional story told through Guy Ritchie's inimitable film style, but kudos for highlighting real life courage and tragedy.