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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #49 :: June 30 to July 6

June 30, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hotchka looks back at new movie releases across the decades… continue reading

Movies, Movies by the Decade Ace in the Hole, Carnal Knowledge, Monte Carlo, Moon Over Miami, Problem Child 2, S.O.B., Scary Movie 2, Shaft, Slacker, Strangers On a Train, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Decline of Western Civilization, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #48 :: June 23•29

June 23, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hotchka looks back at new movie releases across the decades… continue reading

Movies, Movies by the Decade A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Baby Boy, Bad Teacher, Cars 2, Dragonslayer, Fanny, For Your Eyes Only, Homicidal, Klute, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Le Mans, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, No Highway in the Sky, Pootie Tang, Stripes, The Great Muppet Caper, The Lavender Hill Mob

The Sparks Brothers has a simple message – Everyone ought to love the band Sparks

June 18, 2021Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘The Sparks Brothers’ is a comprehensive documentary about the cult band and their obsessive fans… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Beck, Documentary, Edgar Wright, Flea, Focus Features, Jack Antonoff, Jane Wiedlin, Jason Schwartzman, Music, Neil Gaiman, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, The Sparks Brothers

Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #47 :: June 16•22

June 16, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hotchka looks back at new movie releases across the decades… continue reading

Movies, Movies by the Decade Dr. Dolittle 2, Dying Young, Green Lantern, Superman II, The Anderson Tapes, The Big Store, The Cannonball Run, The Fast and the Furious, The Parent Trap, The Reluctant Dragon, The Rocketeer

Sublet tells a story of connection across generations to change things for better

June 11, 2021Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Sublet’ brings together two men from different generations in a slice-of-life story of the world… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Comedy, Drama, Greenwich Entertainment, John Benjamin Hickey, LGBT, LGBT+, Niv Nissim, Romance, Sublet

Movie Review :: In the Heights soars

June 10, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The film version of the Broadway hit is visually and musically amazing… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Dascha Polanco, Drama, Gregory Diaz IV, In the Heights, Jimmy Smits, Leslie Grace, Marc Anthony, Melissa Barrera, Musical, Olga Merediz, Stephanie Beatriz, Warner Bros. Pictures

Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #46 :: June 9•15

June 9, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hotchka looks back at new movie releases across the decades… continue reading

Movies, Movies by the Decade Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Broadway Limited, Clash of the Titans, History of the World Part I, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Little Big Horn, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Super 8, The Mephisto Waltz, They Might Be Giants

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It delivers the scares

June 6, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The third film in the franchise really stands up to the first… continue reading

★★★, Movies Eugenie Bondurant, Horror, John Noble, Julian Hilliard, Mystery, Patrick Wilson, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Ruairi O'Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook, Shannon Kook, Steve Coulter, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Thriller, Vera Farmiga, Warner Bros. Pictures

A Quiet Place Part II :: One of the best horror sequels ever

June 4, 2021Justin Moore Leave a Comment

Jump scares serve a purpose and shock the audience to their core…. continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Cillian Murphy, Djimon Hounsou, Drama, Emily Blunt, Horror, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Paramount Pictures, Sci-Fi

Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #45 :: June 2•8

June 2, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hotchka looks back at new movie releases across the decades… continue reading

Movies, Movies by the Decade City Slickers, Evolution, Final Exam, Gidget Goes Hawaiian, Jungle Fever, Just a Gigolo, Romanoff and Juliet, Shining Victory, Swordfish, Taste of Fear, The Last Sunset, The Lion of Judah, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, The Young Graduates, Tuck Everlasting, Y tu mamá también

Disney’s Cruella is bloody brilliant

May 27, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Dare I say ‘Cruella’ is a cinematic masterpiece?… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Comedy, Crime, Cruella, Emily Beecham, Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Mark Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Walt Disney Pictures

Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #44 :: May 26 to June 1

May 26, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hotchka looks back at new movie releases across the decades… continue reading

Movies, Movies by the Decade Big Jake, Blood and Sand, In the Navy, Kung Fu Panda 2, Master of the World, Melancholia, Polyester, Possession, Soapdish, That's My Boy, The Animal, The Four Feathers, The Grissom Gang, The Hangover Part II, X-Men: First Class

Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #43 :: May 19•25

May 19, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hotchka looks back at new movie releases across the decades… continue reading

Movies, Movies by the Decade Backdraft, Bustin' Loose, Death Hunt, Drop Dead Fred, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Hudson Hawk, Moulin Rouge, Outland, Pearl Harbor, Svengali, The Four Seasons, The Legend of the Lone Ranger, Thelma & Louise

Profile is an innovative, engrossing tale of a reporter going too far

May 15, 2021Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Profile’ uses a ‘screen-only’ approach to tell a based-on-a-true-story tale of a journalist getting more than she bargained for… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Focus Features, Mystery, Profile, Shazad Latif, Thriller, Valene Kane

Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #42 :: May 12•18

May 12, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hotchka looks back at new movie releases across the decades… continue reading

Movies, Movies by the Decade Angel Baby, Angel Eyes, Attack the Block, Bridesmaids, Chariots of Fire, Happy Birthday to Me, Midnight in Paris, Plaza Suite, Shrek, Stone Cold, Take This Job and Shove It, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, The Fan, The Great Caruso, The Public Enemy, Toto the Hero, What About Bob?

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✦ IN CINEMAS ✦

    NOVOCAINE    ★★★
    MICKEY 17   ★★★
    WOLF MAN   ★✩✩
    NOSFERATU   ★★✩
    WICKED   ★★★
    JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX   ★★★
    BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE   ★★✩
    ALIEN: ROMULUS   ★★★
    DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE   ★★★
    BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE   ★★★
    FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA   ★★✩
    THE FALL GUY   ★★★
    ABIGAIL   ★★★
    DUNE: PART TWO   ★★✩
    THE BEEKEEPER   ★★✩
    ALL REVIEWS
★✩✩ Avoid    ★★✩ Matinée    ★★★ Must See

✦ HOME VIEWING ✦

    KIKI'S FOURTH INGREDIENT  ★★✩
    NOT MY FAMILY: MONIQUE SMITH STORY ★★★
    THERE'S NO WAY OUT  ★★✩
    GIVE ME BACK MY DAUGHTER ★★★
    JOSH'S THIRD SERVING  ★★★
    SHARI'S SECOND ACT  ★★✩
    WIFE STALKER  ★★★
    JENNA'S FIRST LOVE  ★★✩
    TRAPPED IN HER DORM ROOM  ★★✩
    PLAYING WITH FIRE  ★✩✩
    ROYAL-ISH  ★★✩
    TAKEN AT A BASKETBALL GAME  ★★★
    WHAT WOULD YOU KILL FOR?  ★✩✩
    THE LAST WOMAN WHO LIVED HERE  ★★✩
    I WAS OCTOMOM  ★★✩
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