Mini Movie Reviews Archives
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Just Mercy
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor This was the opening night film at The 28th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival (Oct 17-28) starring Michael B Jordan, Jamie Foxx and Brie Larson in a supporting role. It zeros in on one particular case of world-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson‘s work to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner. It’s one of these movies you want to get behind, like CLEMENCY, because you know they are making important statements on society, justice and black life, and they are technically well-done, however, neither movie is very good in terms of enjoyment. That may sound superficial or trifling, but there are movies like The…
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STAR WARS: The Rise of Skywalker
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor The press screening for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was at 1pm in the middle of the day on a Tuesday, for those of us who run movie sites on the side, but need to clothe, shelter and feed ourselves, that’s the worst possible time, if it were in the morning, I could take half a day, if it were late afternoon I could take half a day, but to take a full vacation day to see Star Wars was not happening as I’m not a huge Star Wars person, I love sci-fi, fantasy, action for which this falls into, but truthfully, I’ve always…
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CATS
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor I’ve read a number of truly hilarious reviews of #CatsMovie 😆 more entertaining than the movie itself. In a country divided, at least the majority of us can agree this star studded feline flick is beyond bad. Having never seen the musical, I never would have guessed the plot revolved around singing their life with their words in order to earn a ride in a reincarnation balloon – What the F&8%!?! I’m the lenient reviewer who likes to find the positives, who looks to be engaged and respect the artist’s intentions. I love movie musicals and Tom Hooper (Les Miserable, The King’s Speech, The Danish…
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UNCUT GEMS
Next thing you know, I am DEEP into this flick!!! The tension built is genius. The score is maddening, but really heightens the mood. Characters just talk over one another, speaking at the same time, like real life. Actually, half of them I think were real people, not actors. There’s never a dull moment.
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Philadelphia Film Critics Circle 2019 Winners
Most major cities have a Film Association which lends weight to the movies out during Awards Season. Philly didn't have one up until 3 years ago when Critics Rich Heimlich and Stephen Silver decided it was time for Philadelphia (a movie town) to weigh in, establishing the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle (PFCC).
