The 1941 Dumbo is one of Disney's most beloved (if dated), emotionally rich, and rewarding animated films. It's about a baby pachyderm, born in the circus, who is torn from his mother and turned into a circus freak but finds acceptance after discovering he can fly. The 2019 Dumbo is about how a once-reliable company took another former masterpiece, crassly (if slickly) … [Read more...] about DUMBO New Movie Review: It’s a flop-o
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WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? New Movie Review
I remember once, when I was a boy, sitting with my Grandma as she flipped the dial and channel surfed her way into Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. It was a warm afternoon in her Florida condo and she had a tendency to suck me into watching whatever program she settled on (in fact, this was how I wound up seeing Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho for the first time). Once Grandma hit the … [Read more...] about WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? New Movie Review
Your MauiTime 2017 Summer Movie Wrap-Up
A baffling summer at the movies started strong, until the good choices were too widely dispersed over the course of four months. The bad movies were in such abundance, audiences managed to wisely put their foot down and voted with their pocketbook. Instead of saying, "Oh, why not, I saw the other four....," filmgoers actually said no to Michael Bay's Transformers: The Last … [Read more...] about Your MauiTime 2017 Summer Movie Wrap-Up
SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING New Movie Review
Spider-Man: Homecoming begins awkwardly, as white collar bureaucrats undermine a group of blue collar workers who are cleaning post-battle superhero rubble. We meet Michael Keaton's central villain, who takes advantage of the position by stealing alien technology. What follows is "a film by Peter Parker," showing the young Parker/Spider-Man meeting Tony Stark (played by an … [Read more...] about SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING New Movie Review
MauiTime Summer Movie Preview 2017
A critic recently stated that movie theaters are overloaded with examples of "Corporate Cinema" and little else. There's truth to that, especially in the thrill-seeking summer movie season. Between now and September, I'm not looking forward to catching the dueling look-how-hip-and-ultra-violent-we-are Baby Driver and Atomic Blonde. Nor the desperate, dueling Girls Gone Wild … [Read more...] about MauiTime Summer Movie Preview 2017