In 2014, an elderly man named Leo Sharp was arrested for being a drug mule. Sharp delivered tons of cocaine, driving cross country for a Mexican drug cartel. After doing this for years, he was caught and served jail time. Sharp was a World War II veteran and a celebrated horticulturist. At the time of […]
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET Movie Review: The endless product placement and cameos represent everything troubling about Disney
At the beginning of Ralph Breaks the Internet, the lovable doofus “Wreck It” Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) and tiny, sugary-voiced Vanellope (voice by Sarah Silverman) are still best friends and enjoying the simplicity of their lives as video game characters. When the steering wheel attached to Vanellope’s “Sugar Rush” breaks, she and Ralph […]
BOY ERASED New Movie Review: Great performances and important subject matter make this a film worth seeing, despite directorial missteps
Joel Edgerton directs and stars in this adaptation of Garrard Conley’s 2016 memoir about the time he spent in gay conversion therapy. Lucas Hedges is “Jared,” a teen whose strict Christian parents (played by Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman) send him to a gay conversion facility led by the charismatic Victor Sykes (played by Edgerton) […]
FREE SOLO New Movie Review: Watch this film during Kihei’s Indie Film Day on Wednesday – just remember to breathe
A memorable moment in the otherwise much derided Star Trek V: The Final Frontier depicts Captain James T. Kirk (played by William Shatner) free climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. The scene is very on the nose, not only because Kirk, without any ropes or gear, is climbing the mountain bare-handed (The Captain is climbing […]
‘CREED II’ New Movie Review: The ‘Rocky’ series still has fight left
The first line spoke in Creed II is “You got this.” It’s uttered to Adonis Creed (played by Michael B. Jordan) by his girlfriend, Bianca (played by Tessa Thompson), before a boxing match and the statement pretty much sums up the movie: overly familiar but confident. While Creed is enjoying his sudden fame and a […]
THE FRONT RUNNER Bonus New Movie Review: This soft-shoed take doesn’t hit as hard as the tabloids did
The infamous photograph of Senator Gary Hart, sitting on a pier in a Monkey Business shirt with model Donna Rice in his lap, defined not only an election year but Hart’s political career. It summed up the failed presidential candidacy of a man but also provides a telling, cheeky, and unintentionally funny snapshot of a […]
WIDOWS New Movie Review: ‘12 Years A Slave’ director Steve McQueen returns with an almost-classic thrill ride filled with great performances and tour-de-force filmmaking
Characters in movies can sometimes reveal a layer to themselves based on the kind of pets they have. This is true of real life, too. If you’re looking for a window into the soul, note the kind of animal a person keeps near them for company. In the case of Veronica, the lead of Steve […]
THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB New Movie Review: This film has a lot going for it… except a good story
Lisbeth Salander is still at large. Known in some circles as “The Girl Who Hurts Men Who Hurt Women,” Salander is a brilliant online hacker, career criminal, and dark, elusive figure. Almost always attired in black and living a permanently transient existence, she is a ruthless enforcer of justice and a haunting presence. I love […]
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Bonus New Movie Review: Epic rock n’ roll, not enough sex and drugs
There is a powerful film trying to escape from within Bohemian Rhapsody, the Freddie Mercury rock biopic that plays it too safe. We meet a young, odd Mercury, played by Rami Malek in a performance that will make him a household name. In 1970, while Mercury works at Heathrow Airport hauling luggage and seeming unlikely […]
BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM Retro Movie Review — One of the franchise’s best films returns for a special showing
Early on in the 1993 animated film, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, there’s a scene where Bruce Wayne, out of his Batman costume, is watching TV with his butler, Alfred. Following a negative newscast on news of “the Batman,” Alfred angrily turns off the set and assures Wayne, “Such rot! Why, you’re the very model […]
MID90s New Movie Review: Jonah Hill calls in favors for his directorial debut, but asks the most of the audience
Comic and dramatic actor Jonah Hill’s Mid90s is his debut as a writer and director, a depiction of a deeply troubled childhood amidst the Clinton era. While a young cast performs well enough, there’s little here to suggest Hill learned anything while working for pros like Martin Scorsese, Gus Van Sant, or the Coen brothers. […]
HALLOWEEN New Movie Review — The original Scream Queen returns for yet another Halloween
Jamie Lee Curtis returns to the series that gave her the unchallenged title of Scream Queen and launched her career. After years of establishing her versatility in various projects, Curtis once again honors her fan base with another deeply felt, complex take on Laurie Strode. In this distinctly different take on the series, Strode is […]
FIRST MAN New Movie Review: A familiar history lesson becomes a masterpiece
There has never been a film about space exploration like First Man. While most possess a passing knowledge about NASA and Neil Armstrong’s “one small step for man,” the new film from writer and director Damien Chazelle places the emphasis on the struggles of the astronauts, not the spectacle of their occupation or the triumphant […]
A STAR IS BORN Bonus New Movie Review
The fear of being on stage in front of an audience is said to be among the most crippling phobias many face. How about magnifying that fear with knowing that you were never meant to be there in the first place, that your presence on a performance space in front of hundreds is an unnatural […]
VENOM New Movie Review: A haywire, big-budget remake of ‘Upgrade’ and ‘The Mask,’ with pieces from every other Marvel movie mashed in
My younger brother Marty had a Venom action figure that used to freak out my mother. It was likely due to how, if you pressed the button on the back of the figure, it would declare, “I wanna eat your brain!” Venom is an offshoot of Spider-Man and a towering, black-clad figure, who plainly resembles […]
PET SEMATARY Old Movie Review
For the month of October, the Queen Ka‘ahumanu’s Consolidated Theatres is throwing Horror Fest: Stephen King Edition, with a different classic King film adaptation every Wednesday night at 7pm. The offerings are Brian De Palma’s Carrie (Oct. 3), Rob Reiner’s Misery (Oct. 10), Mary Lambert’s Pet Sematary (Oct. 17), David Cronenberg’s The Dead Zone (Oct. […]
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