Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Melissa McCarthy Grants Wishes for Holiday Harmony in Genie

File this one under: Christmas movie I didn’t know was a Christmas movie until I was deep into it. If I’m reading the credits correctly, Genie is directed by Sam […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Marry Me Proposes a RomCom With Plenty of Product Placement but Zero Chemistry

Sometimes film reviews are hard to write. Especially, at least for me, reviews for films I don’t have strong feelings about one way or another. Finding ways to say, “Meh, […]

Lisa Trifone /
Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Beatles-centric Yesterday Is Ever So Slightly Off Key

Yesterday

The hardest reviews to write are the ones for greatly anticipated movies that ultimately fall short of expectations. Such is the case with Yesterday, a film that, based on its […]

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Review: For Summer Fun at the Movies, Mamma Mia! Sequel is a Sure Thing

Mamma Mia 2

Let’s get this out of the way up front: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, like its predecessor (and smash hit, currently sitting at $144M worldwide gross), is silly from start […]

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