Reviews

Ron Jacobsohn Reviews The Art of Racing in the Rain

Every dog owner has at some point looked into his k-9’s eyes and wondered what they were thinking? Hollywood too has had its love affair with our four-legged friends trying to give us an insight into what they are thinking. Just think about movies like Marley & Me, A Dog’s Purpose, the Air Buds movies, The Secret Life of Pets, …

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Ron Jacobsohn Reviews The Kitchen

The Kitchen is based on a DC Vertigo comic-book miniseries that was published in 2015. Kathy, Ruby, and Claire are forced into a world of crime being their husbands are sent to jail after they get arrested by the FBI, at a liquor-store holdup gone wrong. Its the type of story where you kinda half-expect what is going to happen …

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Ron Jacobsohn Reviews Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

In a year where so many franchises are winding down, from The Avengers to Star Wars to X-Men. here comes one that is trying to actually expand, fan favorites Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham collaborate on saving the world in this very over-the-top spin-off to Fast & Furious. For the record, 18 years have past since this franchise began as …

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Ron Jacobsohn Reviews Once Upon A Time in Hollywood

It’s hard to believe that 25 years passed since director Quentin Tarantino erupted into all our lives with Pulp Fiction, which like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood also premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. This 161 minutes long movie is a fantastical tale set in 1969 of a Hollywood struggling actor and his stunt double/best bud, and how their …

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Ron Jacobson Reviews The Lion King

Jon Favreau’s remake of the 1994 animated classic, The Lion King, is nothing less than stunning. From the ecstatic Zulu chant that opens the film to the thundering drumbeat that ends it, it sometimes gets a bit distracting (for those of us who saw the original) to be constantly comparing between the two versions, the remake feels by far closer …

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