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In Night School, Kevin Hart’s Teddy Walker, a high school drop-out, has been incredibly successful as a salesman. He is the embodiment of the saying, “it’s better to be lucky than good… but what if you’re both?” The thing is… when his luck runs out, the lack of an education […]

Night School Review: Tiffany Haddish Takes Kevin Hart Back to ...

September 28, 2018 in Movie Reviews tagged Kevin Hart / Movie Reviews / Night School / Tiffany Haddish by joeldamos

It takes a certain kind of actor to carry a film where they are the only one(s) who we the audience spend time with over the course of the story. Both Peter Dinklage and Elle Fanning are those types of thespians. That’s fantastic because they headline the end-of-the-world mind-bender that […]

I Think We’re Alone Now Review: It’s The End of ...

September 21, 2018 in Movie Reviews tagged I Think We're Alone Now / Movie Reviews by joeldamos

The mash-up that is Life Itself from Dan Fogelman is quite the quagmire to digest. Dan Fogelman wrote and directed this simultaneously compelling and emotionally manipulative with an all-star cast whose characters’ stories intermingle with the subtlety of a city bus killing someone at a crosswalk. Yet, it is so […]

Life Itself Review: Does “Life” Find a Way?

September 21, 2018 in Movie Reviews tagged Life Itself / Movie Reviews by joeldamos

There is a terrific line in the film White Boy Rick—teased in the trailer—where someone responds the extraordinary true story of Rick Wershe Jr. (Richie Merritt) with, “Would you believe a 15-year-old kid was working for the federal government?” To which his father Richard Wershe Sr. (Matthew McConaughey) responds, aghast […]

White Boy Rick Review: Performances Elevate Matthew McConaughey Starring True ...

September 15, 2018 in Movie Reviews tagged Matthew McConaughey / Movie Reviews / White Boy Rick by joeldamos

Lizzie Borden’s notorious story comes to the screen with a fresh twist and in the process exposes a new generation to the shock and awe that is Lizzie, starring Chloe Sevigny as the infamous accused murderer. The Bordens were one of the wealthiest families in New England in the late […]

Lizzie Review: Legendary Borden Story’s Slow Sizzle

September 14, 2018 in Uncategorized tagged Lizzie / Movie Reviews by joeldamos

Paul Feig’s A Simple Favor is a highly addictive noirish “thriller” with pitch perfect performances from its cast, comic undertones that are classic Feig, which all add up to a delightfully divine moviegoing experience. Anna Kendrick is Stephanie, a lonely suburban Connecticut single mother who operates a vlog and is […]

A Simple Favor Review: Blake Lively & Anna Kendrick Kill ...

September 14, 2018 in Movie Reviews tagged A Simple Favor / Movie Reviews / Paul Feig by joeldamos

That first Peppermint trailer had our anticipation shooting through the roof. There is something about Jennifer Garner in an action vehicle that pure movie magic. She was sensationally sublime in the TV hit Alias (that finished its run in 2006) and seriously killed it in 2007’s The Kingdom. Sure, there’s […]

Peppermint Review: Jennifer Garner Action Effort is Wasted

September 7, 2018 in Movie Reviews tagged Jennifer Garner / Movie Reviews / Peppermint by joeldamos

Searching is a timely film, for that there is no question. But, I would argue that a more apt descriptor for the online-only thriller starring John Cho is electric. Well, that and wildly inventive and an absolute cure for summer blockbuster fatigue. David Kim (Cho) experiences every parent’s nightmare when […]

Searching Review: John Cho Triumphs in Revolutionary Thriller

August 31, 2018 in Movie Reviews tagged John Cho / Movie Reviews / Searching by joeldamos

The capturing of the Nazi architect of Germany’s “Final Solution,” Adolph Eichmann, by Israeli forces should be a riveting, catch-your-breath cinematic journey. Largely, it is… but Operation Finale achieves that in the most unexpected of ways. What director Chris Weitz delivers—from Matthew Orton’s screenplay—is deliberate in every way. Those who […]

Operation Finale Review: Justice Served

August 30, 2018 in Movie Reviews tagged Ben Kingsley / Movie Reviews / Operation Finale / Oscar Isaac by joeldamos