This movie started out strong and clever, but then became boring and predictable. It poses Bronze Age sophisticates alongside cave-dwellers in a game of soccer. It’s a game the bronze-age city dwellers excel at, and one the cave dwellers know nothing about, except for some mysterious cave paintings that appear to show their ancestors playing the game. If the cave dwellers lose, the Bronze Agers will overtake their land for mining. It’s probably a poor bet for Dug, the cave-dwelling…
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The Greatest Showman 2017
Hugh Jackman delights in this fictionalized account of the life of PT Barnum. It celebrates diversity and overcoming adversity more than it does celebrate Barnum himself. The score is strictly modern, and only about half of the costumes are period, but if you put this movie into context with the genre created by Baz Luhrmann in Moulin Rouge, it makes sense.
Jackman himself is better in high-energy roles like this where we really get to see his full arsenal of…
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Paddington 2 2017
Just adorable. I have not yet figured out what the charm of these movies is, but they are irresistible. It's like a British Rom-Com for kids. The writing is sharp, the acting is heartfelt, and the animation is top-notch. A Paddington movie is like a little trip to London, too, because they're so lovingly photographed.
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Somewhere in Time 1980
I keep going back to this film over and over throughout my life. I can't think of another film that blends my three favorite things: time travel, romance, and theatre into one movie. Yes, it can get schlocky at times. And yes, it's based on the real-life actress Maud Adams, who really did perform these plays and really did become a recluse and really was disarmingly beautiful. But it charms as an improvement over Richard Matheson's original book, "Bid Time…
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