Tag - movies

Freeze Frame: “Your Place or Mine” (PG-13), “Consecration” (R), “Pamela: A Love Story” (TV-MA)

Attractive, likable stars can't save the creaky, warmed-over Netflix rom-com "Your Place or Mine." Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher play long-distance friends who hooked up once twenty years ago. She’s now a struggling single mom living in LA who wants to take a class in New York City. He’s a...

Freeze Frame: “80 for Brady (PG-13), “Knock at the Cabin” (R), “True Spirit” (PG)

The broad and goofy comedy "80 for Brady" is aimed squarely at the underserved older moviegoer demographic. Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Sally Field and Rita Moreno play elderly fans of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. They experience some sitcom hijinks when they travel to Houston to watch their hero play in...

Freeze Frame: “You People” (R), “Infinity Pool” (R), “Living” (PG-13)

The Hollywood rom-com meets an R-rated social commentary in the Netflix movie, "You People." Jonah HIll plays Ezra, a white Jewish podcaster who falls for an African-American Muslim designer named Amira, played by Lauren London. Eddie Murphy and Nia Long are Amira’s perplexed parents and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss and David Duchovny...

Freeze Frame: “Women Talking” (PG-13), “The Son” (PG-13), “Alice, Darling” (R)

"Women Talking" is an award-winning film adapted from a 2018 novel by Miriam Toews. It’s loosely based on the true story of a group of Mennonite women who gather to discuss what to do when they become the victims of sexual attacks by the men of their colony. The solid...