Let Them All Talk: Movie Review

Small themes, well crafted characters.

Steven Soderbergh and Meryl Streep collaborations seem like they should be bigger than they are. The Laundromat made very little impact last year and Let Them All Talk seems destined for a similar fate this year. It’s going to have a small impact because it’s a small story. A simple tale of an older woman, a successful author, who has invited her friends on a cruise.		2020 Directed by: Steven Soderbergh Screenplay by: Deborah Eisenberg Starring: Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, Dianne Wiest and Lucas Hedges

Palm Springs: Movie Review

Inventive, clever and funny.

Palm Springs is clever and funny, and it’s a romantic comedy. The concept may be lifted from Groundhog Day but that doesn’t stop the filmmakers from applying it in a unique and inventive way, adding layers to a mainstream comedy. I love how the plot is explored, love the comedy, and how cohesively meshed the two are within the rom-com structure.		2020 Directed by: Max Barbakow Screenplay by: Andy Siara Starring: Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, Meredith Hagner and J.K. Simmons

Guest House: Movie Review

Stripped of all originality and humanity.

The weird premise – a couple buys a house with a strange man permanently living in the guest house – is the least of Guest House’s problems. It’s just a poorly written, poorly executed comedy that seems to have been created by Netflix’s algorithm to hit all the points that comedies should have and is stripped of any originality or humanity. Turns out it's not a Netflix original, but I stand by that last sentence.		2020 Directed by: Sam Macaroni Screenplay by: Sam Macaroni, Sean Bishop, Troy Duffy Starring: Paul Shore, Mike Castle, and Aimee Teegarden