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Uh oh! Because of Thanksgiving, my Film Critic pants are pretty snug, but I have put them on again for three new film releases and this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, November 29, 2024 1) MOANA 2 Snapped right before the Press Screening of "Moana 2" began. I guess I was passive about the whole thing? Disney 's follow-up to their massive hit from 2016 is a largely disappointing sequel that started out as a Disney+  streaming series and not a feature film, and

My Film Critic pants are getting quite the workout these days! It's time for some capsule (short) reviews of four New Releases for the week of Friday, November 1, 2024 1) HERE Robert Zemeckis  is one of cinema's most significant, innovative, and influential filmmakers. He is more than just some hugely successful Oscar-winning creator of simple, crowd-pleasing box-office hits—leave that to Spielberg . Zemeckis is a true cinematic artist, the best commercial American filmmaker

Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, you know, the guy who directed "The Godfather,"   "The Conversation,"   "Apocalypse Now,"  etc., released a movie called "Megalopolis"  this past weekend, and it has divided critics and audiences alike. Most people absolutely hate it, some people (like myself) absolutely love it, but everyone can agree that it is weird—very weird. Coppola is not the only filmmaker to get weird, so in honor of Coppola's weird movie and how much fun it i