Top Posts & Pages
- Movie Review: What's the Deal with "Nefarious?"
- Movie Review: "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse"
- Movie Review: A Tragic Gay Romance from Italy, "The Neighbor" (aka "Hotel Milano")
- Movie Review: Miller shines, sprints and explains as "The Flash"
- Movie Review -- "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts"
- Documentary Review: More "Proof" of a UFO encounter that's nothing of the sort -- "Moment of Contact"
- Netflixable? The Soapy Story of a Danish Ed Sheeran's abitrary stardom -- "A Beautiful Life"
- So the reason "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" is getting mixed reviews is that it's "Woke?"
- Movie Review: A Love Story Musical set to The Indigo Girls -- "Glitter & Doom"
- Netflixable? German teens cope with joking genitals -- "Hard Feelings"
Find a Movie Review
Like Movie Nation on Facebook
Daily Archives: November 17, 2017
Preview: No Wallace, no Gromit, just Aardman doing Cave Women and Men in “Early Man”
Second trailer, fun clash between primitive man and Bronze Age Man. Great voices (Eddie Redmayne, Oscar winner), Maisie Williams, Tom Hiddleston, Richard Ayoade, Timothy Spall. Watch for the “Jurassic Pork” gag. Feb. 15 for this one.
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Comments Off on Preview: No Wallace, no Gromit, just Aardman doing Cave Women and Men in “Early Man”
Preview: An Infamous moment in Sailboat Racing is re-staged for “The Mercy”
“Around Alone” is a solo sailboat race around the world that’s gone under a variety of names over the decades. But one name stands out in its history, Donald Crowhurst. And not because he was a winner, either. Oscar winner … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Comments Off on Preview: An Infamous moment in Sailboat Racing is re-staged for “The Mercy”
Movie Review: “Wonder” is a Weeper That Earns Its Tears…up to a point
Tear-jerkers are always manipulative movies, and “Wonder” is no different. But tear-jerkers (weepers, if you prefer) that earn those tears honestly are a cut above mere manipulation. And “Wonder,” through depictions of the burdens shouldered by its characters, through jolting … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Comments Off on Movie Review: “Wonder” is a Weeper That Earns Its Tears…up to a point
Movie Review: “The Star” Struggles to Find Laughs in the Nativity Story
“The Star” is a tepid comic re-telling of the Nativity Story as seen through the eyes of the talking, joking, saving-the-day animals who accompany Mary and Joseph, and the Three Magi, to Bethlehem. The animation is stunning as befits the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Comments Off on Movie Review: “The Star” Struggles to Find Laughs in the Nativity Story
Movie Review: Pixar finds its Sweet Spot Again with the Enchanting “Coco”
A Mexican boy needs the help of his ancestors to realize his dream of becoming a famous mariachi in “Coco,” an enchanting musical and the most charming Pixar movie in years. And how does a Mexican lad confer with, debate … Continue reading