Your Hollywood Authority

Yearly Archives: 2019

Full disclosure, INXS is one of my favorite bands in the entire world. As a movie reviewer, I have frequently had to put my personal passions in the side car and rev on ahead down the road. That being said, witnessing the concert film INXS: Live Baby Live on the […]

INXS Live Baby Live Review: Sometimes You Kick, Sometimes You ...

December 16, 2019 in Movie Reviews tagged INXS / Movie Reviews by joeldamos

The first It arrived in 2017 and was a critical and box office bonanza. The Stephen King page to screen effort vastly improved on the 1990 television miniseries, but that is not saying much. Simply as a cinematic effort, it rocked our world as it introduced us to The Losers […]

It Chapter Two Blu-Ray Review: The Losers Club Floats On ...

December 14, 2019 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD-Blu-Ray / It Chapter Two by joeldamos

Adam Sandler has been many things to many people. With his stunning turn in the Safdie brothers’ Uncut Gems, award winning actor is something nobody thought would be a descriptor to contextualize his thespian skills. Alas, that is exactly where we are as I can merely try to put into […]

Uncut Gems Review: Adam Sandler Is a Diamond in the ...

December 14, 2019 in Movie Reviews tagged Adam Sandler / Movie Reviews / Uncut Gems by joeldamos

It’s firmly Oscar season, so let the pontificating proliferate. For our first insight/prediction Oscar Watch column, we turn our attention to the Best Actor category and like it is every year because let’s be honest, there are more better roles for men than women in Hollywood—although the gap is closing […]

Oscar Watch: Best Actor … Who Can Contend & What ...

December 13, 2019 in Oscar Watch tagged Adam Driver / Best Actor / Eddie Murphy / Oscars / Tom Hanks by joeldamos

Richard Jewell was denied the glow and glory that comes along with being labeled a hero after putting oneself in harm’s way to save lives. After the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing at Centennial Park, where Jewell discovered the bomb and helped clear out the area, minimizing the casualties that could […]

Richard Jewell Review: A Hero Gets His Due

December 13, 2019 in Movie Reviews tagged Clint Eastwood / Movie Reviews / Richard Jewell by joeldamos

Do filmmakers take a risk with a sequel or play it safe and deliver more of the same? That inquiry seems to always be a question that permeates pitch meetings. Jumanji: The Next Level found a way to do both. It’s been two years since Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle […]

Jumanji The Next Level Review: Upping the Gamesmanship

December 13, 2019 in Movie Reviews tagged Dwayne Johnson / Jack Black / Jumanji: The Next Level / Kevin Hart / Movie Reviews by joeldamos

One of the greatest cinematic experiences of 2019 has come home on DVD, Blu-Ray, digital download formats and On Demand. Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood is the ninth film from auteur extraordinaire Quentin Tarantino and features all the hallmarks of QT filmmaking, from whip smart dialogue, too cool […]

Once Upon a Time … In Hollywood Blu-Ray Review: A ...

December 12, 2019 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged Brad Pitt / DVD Reviews / DVD-Blu-Ray / Leonardo DiCaprio / Once Upon a Time in Hollywood / Quentin Tarantino by joeldamos

Everyone is talking about Hustlers, now out on DVD, Blu-Ray and digital download, and Jennifer Lopez. Sure, she gives is a force of nature, a hurricane of power that must be reckoned with constantly through writer-director’s Lorene Scafaria (who scored a Hollywood Critics Association nod for her work) sensational film. […]

Hustlers Blu-Ray Review: The Joy of Stripping White Privileged Crooks

December 11, 2019 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD-Blu-Ray / Hustlers by joeldamos

There are moments in pop culture history that stand above all others. Aretha Franklin recording her gospel album at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles in January 1972 is one of them, and thanks to advancements in technology, the documentary of that two-night event recorded by filmmaker […]

Amazing Grace DVD Review: I Once Was Lost, But Now ...

December 10, 2019 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged Amazing Grace / Aretha Franklin / DVD Reviews / DVD-Blu-Ray by joeldamos