A nice quality to great art is how addictive it can become. I was once told that, for example, “Breaking Bad” is the kind of series you get hooked on after the first four episodes, tops (truthfully, that show had me after the second episode). Here’s a movie that will have the same effect. With Lost Girls, I suspect you’ll be hooked after the first 10 minutes and won’t … [Read more...] about Barry’s Streaming Cinema: ‘Lost Girls,’ ‘The Farewell,’ and an animated classic
The Farewell
Best of the Wurst 2019: The top films of the year
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
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
‘The Farewell’ New Movie Review: A unique, sensitive, and absorbing comedy-drama
When we meet Billi (played by Awkwafina), she's broke and living alone in New York. The one constant in her life is her relationship with Nai Nai (played by Zhao Shuzhen), her grandmother who lives in China. Billi is informed by her parents that Nai Nai's doctor discovered she has cancer. Nai Nai doesn't have much longer to live and, even worse, no one in the family is going to … [Read more...] about ‘The Farewell’ New Movie Review: A unique, sensitive, and absorbing comedy-drama
Maui Film Festival Brings the Talent
Every year, film buffs eagerly await the details of the annual Maui Film Festival in Wailea – wanting to know what movies are being screened; but more than that, we all anticipate which major celebrity will be honored at that year's event. Wait no longer. Paul Rudd will receive the Nova Award at the 2019 Maui Film Festival, which will celebrate its 20th annual event from … [Read more...] about Maui Film Festival Brings the Talent