by Ty Davison | Jun 21, 2022 | News & Commentary
I’ve now seen the first Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi episode, and I have a report. The good news is that Ewen McGregor, Jimmy Smits, and whoever the guy is who plays Owen Lars are all in fine form. They successfully reprise their roles from the movies. That is where the...
by Ty Davison | Nov 27, 2016 | News & Commentary
— WARNING: Spoilers ahead. — No Harry Potter movie has been as good as the book, and that has not changed with J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Whereas the motivating premise of the Harry Potter series was a boy discovering that he was...
by Ty Davison | Jun 6, 2012 | Essays
Spoilers, should such a thing be possible with this kind of movie, follow Background Bearing in mind that I know nothing about the characters that I didn’t learn from the horrid first movie (review here), let me catch you up to date: The protagonist, Carrie, is...
by Ty Davison | May 2, 2012 | Essays
Warning: Spoilers, to the extent a movie of this nature can be spoiled, follow Opening voice-over: “Year after year 20-something women come to New York City in search of the two Ls: Labels and love.” If this is true, it’s a horrible indictment of a...
by Ty Davison | May 30, 2011 | News & Commentary
We’ll start with the positives: Diane Lane is gorgeous, and it helps considerably that she’s in virtually every scene. The film is well-acted. It’s based on a true story. Secretariat is arguably the best race horse ever. Um…I’m running...
