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it’s complicated

This was a comedy about a divorced couple who hooked up at their son’s graduation 10 years after their divorce. It was pretty predictable, but good for what it was. It had quite an all-star cast, which didn’t hurt–Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, John Krasinski, and more. My rating: …

bohemian rhapsody

While I’m not necessarily a big Queen fan, I heard great things about this movie so I figured I’d give it a go. Brian joined Jake and I for the first part of the movie, but didn’t stick around until the end. Jake’s really into music right now and thoroughly …

boy erased

This was a pretty good movie about parents (played by Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe) who send their teenage son (played by up-and-comer Lucas Hedges) to a conversion therapy program (guess what? it didn’t work). That’s really all there was to it. My rating: 3/5

a star is born

Everyone already knows what this movie is about since it’s the umpteenth telling of it. I will say, it was quite a good film. I especially liked how they did the vocals and music live (instead of lip syncing–that was one of the things The Dirt did horribly). And, while …

the dirt

This was an entertaining movie about the history of Motley Crue. It didn’t delve too deep, though (it just hit the high–or low–points that we’ve all heard about already). Stylistically speaking, I wasn’t a fan, but it did make me long for the gold old days of hair metal. My …