Category: 2024

  • A Complete Unknown (2024)

    A Complete Unknown (2024)

    Directed by James Mangold Drama/Biopic R 2h 21m Something somewhat strange happened to me when I saw “A Complete Unknown”. I have never been a Bob Dylan die-hard, although I do deeply respect his writing and will boldly state that several of the songs, he penned are some of the greatest ever written. But listening…

  • Saturday Night (2024)

    Saturday Night (2024)

    Directed by Jason Reitman    Comedy/Thriller/History    R    1h 49m Even if you’ve never seen an episode, you know the impact. “More Cowbell” “The Coneheads”, “The Wolverines”, “Emily Litella”, “Matt Foley – Inspirational Speaker”, “The Californians”, “Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood”, “Church Lady”, “Close Encounters”, “David Pumpkins”.  All are comedy sketches brought to life by the talented ensemble casts of one…

  • Trap (2024)

    Trap (2024)

    Directed by M. Night Shyamalan        Thriller/Horror/Crime          PG-13 1h 45m M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller, Trap, embarks on an emotional roller-coaster for the first hour, then becomes a dragging dread for the final act. I don’t necessarily mean that the movie is bad, in fact I found it quite entertaining. But the final act of the film, including – what I…

  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

    Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

    Directed by Tim Burton             Comedy/Fantasy/Horror         PG-13 1h 44m From Dostoevsky references to a Mario Bava parody, Tim Burton’s long-awaited Beetlejuice Beetlejuice delivers a ghoulishly good time at the movies! After three decades, audiences have returned to everyone’s favorite haunted house. In said house, is everyone’s favorite demon/bio-exorcist, whose name you dare not udder three times! 2024 has seen its…