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
Quentin Tarantino
Summer Movie Roundup 2019: Farewell to the worst summer movie season in years
Grown-ups rule and kids drool. This is the conclusion I've come to after four months of one of the worst summer movie seasons in years. Movies made for young, out-of-school, spectacle-loving audiences are a highlight of my year but not when the formula has become this stale. A tub of popcorn shouldn't be the best thing about the movie you see, but here we are. As of press … [Read more...] about Summer Movie Roundup 2019: Farewell to the worst summer movie season in years
‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’ New Movie Review: This film is a pleasure to watch
In Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Rick Dalton, a B-level Western star whose career has never branched outside of television and who’s often accompanied by Cliff, his stuntman, go-to repairman, and best friend (played by Brad Pitt). As the late-1960s radical counter-cultural movement overtakes America, Dalton's career momentum as … [Read more...] about ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’ New Movie Review: This film is a pleasure to watch