The year that Paradise Video, the last video store on Maui, finally closed is the same year everyone got addicted to Disney Plus. A sign of the times. Someone once sang that “Video Killed the Radio Star” and it seems, at the moment, that streaming online has taken over the leave-your-home, mingle-with-filmgoers experience…except it hasn’t. Not one bit. Movie lovers … [Read more...] about Best of the Wurst 2019: The top films of the year
Ad Astra
‘Ad Astra’ New Movie Review: The film is engrossing, but asks challenging questions
Director James Gray's Ad Astra takes place in "The Near Future" and stars Brad Pitt as Roy McBride, a celebrated astronaut of notable lineage – Clifford, his late father (played by Tommy Lee Jones) is a cosmonaut of legendary status. McBride is working on the International Space Station when a cosmic freak occurrence, referred to as "The Surge," creates chaos that threatens the … [Read more...] about ‘Ad Astra’ New Movie Review: The film is engrossing, but asks challenging questions