“On the Rocks”: Coppola’s Restraint, Murray’s Humor Make For a Well-Mixed Comedy Cocktail

My lips pursed with glee as Sofia Coppola’s gorgeous “On the Rocks” spooled out. My glee wasn’t over the fact that the film laments relationships that are on the fritz, nor that we've forgotten how to communicate with one another. Nor did they raise over Laura’s (Rashida Jones) blind insistence that nothing was wrong with [...]

By |2020-09-30T21:41:00-07:00September 30th, 2020|Movie Reviews, Reviews|1 Comment

Movie Review: “Save Yourselves!”

Few things are more frightening to our current generation than the fear of missing out.  Many of us are constantly glued to our phones, paying them more attention than the human sitting beside us.  Painfully aware of the negative impact social media is having on their relationship, Su (Sunita Mani) and Jack (John Reynolds) decide [...]

By |2020-09-29T15:35:21-07:00September 29th, 2020|Movie Reviews, Reviews|0 Comments

Enter to win a free ticket to see TENET (Arizona)

Enter to win to see TENET for free! https://youtu.be/L3pk_TBkihU John David Washington is the new Protagonist in Christopher Nolan’s original sci-fi action spectacle “Tenet.” Armed with only one word—Tenet—and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold [...]

By |2020-09-24T13:28:34-07:00September 24th, 2020|Arizona, Giveaways, Screenings|0 Comments

“All In: The Fight for Democracy”: Election Year Doc is Imperative Viewing; Get Out and Vote

"We the People of the United States . . ." Powerful words open the preamble to the Constitution of the United States. Meaningless in our current environment. It's easy to sit here and armchair-quarterback how our duly elected representatives work to represent their constituents when words like "voter suppression" permeate the airwaves of cable news [...]

By |2020-09-17T22:36:50-07:00September 17th, 2020|Movie Reviews, Reviews|0 Comments

“The Broken Hearts Gallery”: A Modern “It’s Complicated” Formula Romance

There is something to be said for people who stick their necks out for romance. Even if it's just a one night fling (which doesn't constitute romance), the passion that goes into mating rituals is quite involved. "It's Complicated," therefore, might be an apt way to describe the kitschy romance that evolves in Natalie Krinsky's [...]

By |2020-09-10T22:03:58-07:00September 10th, 2020|Movie Reviews, Reviews|0 Comments