Front Row Critics

7/8/22 – PG-13 – 1h 59m – Marvel Studios Alan: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Michelle: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is another classic Thor adventure. Gorr the Godkiller is on a mission to kill all of the gods. Thor must stop him. Along the way Thor must face his past trauma and figure out how to repair the relationships he damaged…

7/1/22 – PG – 1h 27m – Universal Pictures Illumination Entertainment Alan: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Michelle: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Minions: The Rise of Gru shows Gru when he was an 11 year old youngster in the 1970s. He already had his crew of minions helping him pull off heists. His application to join the gang of supervillains he idolizes…

6/24/22 – PG-13 – 2h 31m – Warner Bros Alan: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✩Michelle: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✩ Elvis is a biopic of  Elvis Presley tracing Elvis’s path from growing up in poverty in Tennessee to his professional success as the King of Rock and Roll. Michelle: Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge is one of my favorite films and I love music…

6/24/2022 – R  – 1h 42m – Universal Pictures Alan: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Michelle: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Black Phone is classified as “Horror/Thriller” and it is. But it is also a mystery/detective story. And it is an adolescent revenge power fantasy.  Boys in town have been disappearing. Finney Shaw, a bright 13 year old baseball pitcher who is…

06/17/21 – R – 1h 47m – Picture Start Apple TV+ Alan: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✩ Michelle: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✩ Cha Cha Real Smooth is the story of recent college grad Andrew who has moved back home. He’s working at a Meat Stick food court restaurant and as a party starter at bar and bat mitzvahs while he interviews for…

6/17/22 – PG-13 – 1h 36m – Paramount+ Alan: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✩ Michelle: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✩ Jerry Selbee worked his entire career in the local factory, but does not have enough money saved to live through his forced retirement. Jerry doesn’t take risks with his money. He wouldn’t invest it in the stock market because that has risk. But…

5/6/2022 – PG-13 – 2h 06m – Marvel Studios Alan: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Michelle: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Doctor Strange meets America Chavez, a young woman with the natural ability to move between parallel universes. She is being chased by the MCU’s Scarlet Witch who wants to steal her powers so that she can be reunited with a version of…

4/22/22 – PG – 1h 40m – Universal Pictures Alan: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Michelle: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✩ In a world of anthropomorphic animals there are certain beings that everyone knows are bad: Sharks, Piranha, Snakes, Spiders and, of course, the Big Bad Wolf. As “The Bad Guys”  they steal lots and lots of stuff in elaborate heists. Everyone is afraid…

4/5/22 – PG – 2h 2m – Paramount Pictures Alan: ⭐⭐⭐✩✩ Michelle: ⭐⭐⭐✩✩ Based on the classic Sega game, Sonic is an anthropomorphic hedgehog with the superpower of super speed. His nemesis is Dr. Robotnik, a mad scientist super genius who builds robots and other devices to take over the world. Sonic banished Robotnik through…

4/1/2022 – PG-13 – 1h 44m – Sony Pictures Alan: ⭐⭐✩✩✩Michelle: ⭐⭐✩✩✩ Dr. Micheal Morbius develops superpowers and a biological imperative to drink blood after performing an experiment with bats meant to cure his own congenital genetic disease. Alan: I love Marvel. This movie, like Venom, is not directly a part of the Kevin Feige’s…