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Film Review: The French Dispatch (2021)

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The French Dispatch Indian Paintbrush/American Empirical Pictures Searchlight Pictures Release date: 10/22/2021 Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch Releases on Digital December 14 and Blu-ray™ and DVD on December 28, 2021 My Rating: 7/10   #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 73% Express Review The movie is an about American newspaper operating out of a fictional small town in France called Ennui-Sur-Blasé.   The writers of the magazine 'The French Dispatch' are planning to publish the final issue of the magazine. Arthur Howitzer Jr. (Bill Murray), the editor of a magazine is deceased.  The magazine discusses art, literature, sex, politics, food, and cinema.  The movie is made up of multiple short films.   [TRAVEL SECTION] The first story begins with Herbsaint Sazerac (Owen Wilson) on a bike discussing the history of the city.  [FEATURE STORY] The Concrete Masterpiece is about a convicted murderer Moses Rosenthaler (Benicio Del Toro) who has an aff...

Film Review Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)

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Minions: The Rise of Gru Illumination Universal Pictures Release date  July 1, 2022 Social media #Minions #TheRiseofGru #Illumination Genres Action-Comedy   Steve Carell (Gru) discusses Minions: The Rise of Gru Minions: The Rise of Gru has to do with a young Gru who is trying to assert his dominance as one of the up-and-coming villains in the world. He has an interview with the vicious 6 who are the main villains of the day, to try to join their group. They deny him. So in order to show them what he is worth, he steals this a very important gem. At that point the movie, the movie launches into mayhem.  A true villain is somebody who is ultimately not a very good person. I think at his core Gru is a very good person.  He's a good dad, he's a good husband.   He's a quirky dude. He loves the life of villainy, but in the reality, he's kind of a pussycat.  It's interesting to see sort of the genesis of like what you know where he started, and what h...