
Aloha movie review: hello, and good-bye
A mess of a romantic dramedy full of colonialistic offensiveness, forced quirkiness, implausible emotion, and oblivious masculine self-centeredness.

A mess of a romantic dramedy full of colonialistic offensiveness, forced quirkiness, implausible emotion, and oblivious masculine self-centeredness.
Spotlight takes four awards, including Best Film…

It’s all a bit satirical. Or maybe not. Look, over there, Shakespeare in a superhero cape!

Now with winners indicated.
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists is one of the orgs for which I help choose year-end best-ofs.

A flimsy trifle, but a diverting one. Colin Firth is absolutely hilarious, and the re-creation of the 1920s French Riviera is gorgeous.

Suffers badly by comparison with the cogent, witty Avengers flicks. This feels like a campy Saturday-morning cartoon left over from the 1970s.

My picks: Saoirse Ronan and Daniel Radcliffe…
Was this secretly produced by the Institute for Creation Research?
Inspired by Movie 43, which distinguishes itself in this regard merely by the sheer number of incomprehensible movie-star appearances in a single film…