Just when you thought the X-Men franchise is dead, here comes a new and unexpected chapter in Dark Phoenix, the twelfth installment in the X-Men franchise, and maybe the re-birth of a whole new generation of the beloved characters. Phoenix (aka Jean Grey) lives in 1992, where she interacts with younger versions of the better-known X-Men characters like Mystique, Cyclops …
Read More »Ron Jacobsohn Reviews The Secret Life of Pets 2
Whereas the successful The Secret Live of Pets gave us an inside look of what our pets do when we are not around, the sequel goes a step forward to show us what our pets do when we take them with us on a vacation to an out of town trip. Even though a few years have past in the …
Read More »Ron Jacobsohn Reviews Ma
When Octavia Spencer, one of only 11 actresses in the history to win the Critics Choice Awards, Golden Globes, SAG Awards, BAFTA Awards, and the Academy Awards, decides to do the most unlikely move and act in a formula horror flick, that means there must be more to the movie then beats the eye. Of course, there is the one …
Read More »Ron Jacobsohn Reviews Rocketman
Rocketman markets itself as the Elton John biopic, yet if you are looking for a docu-like reenactment of the superstars life, this is not that movie. It has taken way too many liberties to change life events to fit the narrative of the movie. None the less, this bigger than life musical production includes Elton John’s timeless tunes to help …
Read More »Ron Jacobsohn Reviews Disney’s Aladdin
I am sure that many of you, like me, did not envision Guy Ritchie, the man who brought us such movies as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch or even Sherlock Holmes, as the first choice to direct a Disney live-action remake of Aladdin. Yet Disney’s daring move paid off, as Ritchie delivered a very rewarding remake to the …
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