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STORYLINE: In this satirical political slasher, a small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election. As accusations fly and the threat of a masked killer darkens every street corner, the residents must race to uncover the truth before fear consumes the town.   …

STORYLINE: Freud invites iconic author C.S. Lewis to debate the existence of God. And his unique relationship with his daughter, and Lewis’ unconventional relationship with his best friend’s mother.      I must admit Freud’s Last Session was not my favorite move.  It was not the worst movie I ever saw either.      There…

STORYLINE: Grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, writer Isabel Wilkerson sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery as she writes Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.     When I saw the trailer for Origin, I must admit I was unsure of yhr plot.  It took some reading for me to uncover what…

STOEYLINE: Joe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn’t quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz and he’s good. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.      2020 sucked! Thank you to the Covid…

STORYLINE: A lyrical, decades-spanning exploration across a woman’s life in Mississippi, the feature debut from award-winning poet, photographer and filmmaker Raven Jackson is a haunting and richly layered portrait, a beautiful ode to the generations of people and places that shape us.        Not all movies feature lavish musical numbers or over the…

STORYLINE: One man’s brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as “Beekeepers”.     I like action films.  Whether I am watching Liam Neeson in Taken, Gerald Butler in Olypus Has Fallen, The Expendalrs franchise, or countless others…

STORYLINE: From the comedic mind of Tina Fey comes a new twist on the modern classic, MEAN GIRLS. New student Cady Heron (Angourie Rice) is welcomed into the top of the social food chain by the elite group of popular girls called “The Plastics,” ruled by the conniving queen bee Regina George (Reneé Rapp) and…

STORYLINE: Forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, former baseball player Ray Waller moves into a new house with his wife and two children. He hopes that the backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for himself. However, a dark secret from the home’s past soon unleashes a…

STORYLINE: It is Cord Jefferson’s hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write…

      In addition to my annual ten favorite films of the year I have added a handful of categories to highlight additional films of 2023 I felt were note worthy.  I call them sidebars.  Enjoy and RESPECTFULLY discuss.  BEST FAMILY FILMS: The Inventor (little ones esp) Champions, Are You There God It’s Me…