Movie Reviews
Titles starting with J
Jupiter Ascending
It’s all just another super-detailed video game, isn’t it? As in so many movies these days, your jaw will drop from the detail work that went into the settings and the super-fast action scenes … and if you’re anything like me, your jaw will drop again in a big, fat, yawn. It’s the yawn that will remain in your memory. You won’t know much about what’s going on, and you won’t much care. ... Read more »
Jupiter’s Darling
Esther Williams was a phenomenon that it’s probably impossible to explain to the current generation. Hell, she’s a tough one for even my generation. Her chief talent was the ability to hold her breath for a long time. She could swim pretty well, too, and might have won gold at the 1940 Olympics in Tokyo or the 1944 games in London, except for the fact that both cities had the shit bombed ... Read more »
Jurassic World
Special effects have come a long way since we were first wowed by Jurassic Park, back in 1993. Sadly, storytelling has not improved; in fact, in many ways, it has gotten worse. There are dozens of references to that ground-breaking film here, but making everything bigger, faster, and almost infinitely more elaborate hasn’t made up for the lack of something the ... Read more »
Just Like Heaven
Romantic ghost comedies have been a Hollywood staple since at least the 1930s. I tend to like them, if there is good writing and acting, and there is both in this. Sure, they’re corny, but so what? This one doesn’t rise to the level of Ghost, it doesn’t take itself quite that seriously and doesn’t have Whoopi Goldberg to lighten things up when it threatens to bog ... Read more »