tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-147816532024-03-14T03:03:23.732-05:00A Penny in the WellFilm Reviews by Andrew D. WellsAndrew D. Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463840099966307025noreply@blogger.comBlogger1657125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14781653.post-81382140024047847122023-09-21T21:50:00.000-05:002023-09-21T21:50:10.908-05:00Outlaw Johnny Black / * (PG-13) Film review by Andrew D. WellsOutlaw Johnny Black: Michael Jai WhiteJessie Lee: Anika Noni RoseBessie Lee: Erica AshReverend Percy: Byron MinnsBrett Clayton: Chris BrowningTom Sheally: Barry BostwickBill Bassett: Randy CoutureU.S. Marshall Cove: Kevin ChapmanSamuel Goldwyn Films presents a film directed by Michael Jai White. Written by White and Byron Minns. Running time: 130 min. Rated Andrew D. Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463840099966307025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14781653.post-75241041762172443972023-03-09T10:42:00.000-06:002023-03-09T10:42:18.753-06:0022 Albums for 2022 Here’s the sad thing. I had this list finished on December 13th. Yeah, I could’ve posted this any time over the past three months, and I’ve just been sitting on it. At first it was because my life was immensely busy. I had a birthday, then my daughter’s birthday, then Christmas, then my son’s wedding, then New Years. After that the excuses begin to peter out. I just never got around to it. Andrew D. Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463840099966307025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14781653.post-57447744910345353712022-05-08T12:03:00.003-05:002023-03-09T10:10:26.559-06:00The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent / *** (R) Nick Cage: Nicolas CageJavi Gutierrez: Pedro PascalVivian: Tiffany HaddishOlivia: Sharon HorganLucas Gutierrez: Paco LeónRichard Fink: Neil Patrick HarrisAddy Cage: Lily SheenGabriella: Alessandra MastronardiCarlos: Jacob ScipioMartin: Ike BarinholtzNicky: Nicolas Kim CoppolaLionsgate presents a film directed by Tom Gormican. Written by Gormican & Kevin Etten. Running time: 107 min. Andrew D. Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463840099966307025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14781653.post-19396766803458140792022-05-05T21:51:00.001-05:002022-05-05T21:52:34.395-05:00The Bad Guys / *** (PG) Featuring the voices of:Wolf: Sam RockwellSnake: Marc MaronTarantula: AwkwafinaShark: Craig RobinsonPiranha: Anthony RamosProfessor Marmalade: Richard AyoadeDiane Foxington: Zazie BeetzPolice Chief Misty Luggins: Alex BorsteinTiffany Fluffit: Lilly SinghUniversal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation present a film directed by Pierre Perifel. Written by Etan Cohen and additional material by Andrew D. Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463840099966307025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14781653.post-80166933483619409612022-04-30T20:42:00.000-05:002022-04-30T20:44:06.656-05:00The Northman / ***½ (R) Amleth: Alexander SkarsgårdQueen Gudrún: Nicole KidmanFjölnir the Brotherless: Claes BangKing Aurvandil War-Raven: Ethan HawkeOlga of the Birch Forest: Anya Taylor-JoyThórir The Proud: Gustav LindhGunnar: Elliott RoseHeimir the Fool: Willem DefoeSeeress: BjörkFocus Features and New Regency Productions present a film directed by Robert Eggers. Written by Sjón & Robert Eggers. Running Andrew D. Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463840099966307025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14781653.post-55457718581048350072022-04-21T23:52:00.005-05:002022-05-10T21:08:30.339-05:00The Lost City / ***½ (PG-13)Loretta/Angela: Sandra BullockAlan/Dash: Channing TatumAbigail Fairfax: Daniel RadcliffeBeth Hatten: Da’Vine Joy RandolphJack Trainer: Brad PittParamount Pictures presents a film directed by Aaron Nee & Adam Nee. Written by Oran Uziel and Dana Fox and Adam Nee & Aaron Nee from a story by Seth Gordon. Running time: 112 min. Rated PG-13 (for violence and some bloody images, suggestive Andrew D. Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463840099966307025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14781653.post-27355678545876608052022-04-16T23:02:00.000-05:002022-04-16T23:04:09.203-05:00Morbius / ** (PG-13) Dr. Michael Morbius: Jared LetoMilo: Matt SmithMartine Bancroft: Adria ArjonaDr. Emil Nicholas: Jared HarrisAgent Simon Stroud: Tyrese GibsonAgent Rodriguez: Al MadrigalColumbia Pictures and Marvel Entertainment present a film directed by Daniel Espinosa. Written by Matt Sazama & Burt Sharples. Based on the Marvel Comics character. Running time: 104 min. Rated PG-13 (for intense Andrew D. Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463840099966307025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14781653.post-543935228411611812022-04-16T13:18:00.000-05:002022-04-16T13:20:34.964-05:00Sonic the Hedgehog 2 / ** (PG)Sonic (voice): Ben SchwartzDr. Robotnik: Jim CarreyTails (voice): Colleen O’ShaughnesseyKnuckles (voice): Idris ElbaTom Wachowski: James MarsdenMaddie Wachowski: Tika SumpterRachel: Natasha RothwellRandall: Shemar MooreWade: Adam PallyAgent Stone: Lee MajdoubCommander Walters: Tom ButlerParamount Pictures presents a film directed by Jeff Fowler. Written by Pat Casey, Josh Miller and John Andrew D. Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463840099966307025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14781653.post-13739906391249305472022-02-17T00:09:00.000-06:002022-04-16T23:04:32.517-05:00Favorite Music of 2021In no particular order, here is my favorite music of 2021. 21 albums (well, one's an EP and one's a mixtape) and 13 film scores (Only Lovers Left Alive is a 2013 film, but the score was just released in 2021). The 4th album down is Ryley Walker's Course in Fable. The rest should be identifiable. AlbumsScoresAndrew D. Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463840099966307025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14781653.post-29571374224478132252022-02-07T19:43:00.001-06:002022-02-07T19:47:04.613-06:00Favorite Movies of 2021 Covid has changed our lives in so many negative ways over the past two years. One of the most difficult for a cineaste such as myself has been having to find new ways to see all the movies throughout the year. Not really much of a problem in the grand scheme of things. In fact, it seemed such a trivial problem last year that as I struggled to catch up with the movies of 2020 to make my yearAndrew D. Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463840099966307025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14781653.post-88078508176544772222020-01-13T21:34:00.000-06:002020-01-13T21:34:48.410-06:00Favorite Music 2019
OK. I really don’t know what happened last year. I couldn’t make a decision about my favorites to save my soul. Of course, a person’s mind can change daily on something like this. This year I’ve been much more decisive. Not only did I keep my favorite albums list to ten entries this year, but I put them in ascending order (first album listed is my number one, second is my number two, etc.) for Andrew D. Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463840099966307025noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14781653.post-52192688667832795052020-01-08T19:45:00.002-06:002020-01-13T20:35:08.897-06:00Little Women / **** (PG)
Columbia Pictures
Jo March: Saoirse Ronan
Meg March: Emma Watson
Amy March: Florence Pugh
Beth March: Eliza Scanlen
Marmee March: Laura Dern
Theodore ‘Laurie’ Laurence: Timothée Chalamet
Aunt March: Meryl Streep
Mr. Laurence: Chris Cooper
Mr. Dashwood: Tracy Letts
Columbia Pictures presents a film written and directed by Greta Gerwig. Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Running Andrew D. Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463840099966307025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14781653.post-76735550156184043102020-01-06T20:21:00.001-06:002020-01-06T20:21:34.668-06:00Favorite Movies of 2018
OK. Here's my last catch up post from last year. This is last year's favorite movies list!!! 2018! The reason I never posted this last year is my inability to make any choices. In the last days of the year a saw an inordinate of great films and I was overwhelmed. Anyway, I chiseled my list down to twenty. These are my twenty favorite from last year. Plus honorable mentions. Plus the five worst Andrew D. Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463840099966307025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14781653.post-17799010567862691792020-01-02T17:54:00.004-06:002020-01-06T19:47:09.743-06:00Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (PG-13) ***
Walt Disney Pictures/Lucasfilm
Rey: Daisy Ridley
Kylo Ren: Adam Driver
Finn: John Boyega
Poe: Oscar Isaac
General Organa: Carrie Fisher
Chewbacca: Joonas Suotamo
General Hux: Domhnall Gleeson
Allegiant General Pryde: Richard E. Grant
Zorii Bliss: Keri Russell
Jannah: Naomi Ackie
General Calrissian: Billy Dee Williams
Emperor Palpatine: Ian McDiarmid
Luke Skywalker: Mark Hamill
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Early in 2018, I made a vow to do better with my movie blog site. This very site that you are at right now. Most of you probably just wandered through here and have no bearing on how devoted I was to the site at one point in time. I posted a daily review of a movie or television series or some such related material for over two years and multiple entries a week for the 8 years prior to that.&Andrew D. Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463840099966307025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14781653.post-77032822643989650472018-08-05T15:59:00.000-05:002018-08-05T15:59:50.492-05:00Blindspotting / **** (R)
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Fox Searchlight
Mac: Steve Lemme
Rabbit: Erik
Stolhanske
Thorny: Jay
Chandrasekhar
Foster: Paul Soter
Farva: Kevin
Heffernan
Captain O’Hagan: Brian
Cox
Genevieve Aubois: Emmanuelle
Chriqui
Guy LeFranc: Rob Lowe
Mountie Podien: Hayes
MacArthur
Mountie Bellefuille: Tyler
Labine
Mountie Archambault: Will
Sasso
Governor Jessman: Lynda
Carter
Fox Searchlight Pictures presents a film Andrew D. Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463840099966307025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14781653.post-71954083066187214382018-04-27T23:05:00.001-05:002018-04-27T23:05:42.973-05:00Avengers: Infinity War / ***½ (PG-13)
Marvel Studios
Tony Stark/Iron Man: Robert Downey Jr.
Thor: Chris Hemsworth
Bruce Banner/Hulk: Mark Ruffalo
Steve Rogers/Captain
America: Chris Evans
Natasha Romanoff: Scarlett Johansson
James Rhodes/ War Machine: Don Cheadle
Doctor Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch
Peter Parker/Spider-Man: Tom Holland
T’Challa/ Black Panther: Chadwick Boseman
Gamora: Zoe Saldana
Nebula: Karen Gillan
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Warner Bros.
Parzival/Wade: Tye Sheridan
Art3mis/Samantha: Olivia Cooke
Sorrento: Ben Mendelsohn
Aech/Helen: Lena Waithe
I-R0k: T.J. Miller
Ogden Morrow: Simon Pegg
Anorak/Halliday: Mark Rylance
Warner Bros. presents a film
directed by Steven Spielberg. Written by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline. Based on
the novel by Ernest Cline. Running time: 140 min. Rated PG-13 (for sequences of
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Andrew D. Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463840099966307025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14781653.post-67471065794212063922018-03-19T16:14:00.002-05:002018-03-19T16:14:58.982-05:007 Days In Entebbe / *** (R)
Focus Features
Brigitte Kuhlmann: Rosamond Pike
Wilfred Böse: Daniel Brühl
Yitzhak Rabin: Lior Ashkenazi
Shimon Perez: Eddie Marzan
??: Ben Schnetzer
Patricia Martel: Andrea Deck
Jacques le Moine: Denis Ménochet
Focus Features presents a
film directed by José Padilha. Written by Gregory Burke. Running time: 106 min.
Rated PG-13 (for violence, thematic material, some drug use, smokingAndrew D. Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463840099966307025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14781653.post-32646680853190996972018-03-17T17:00:00.000-05:002018-03-17T17:00:15.883-05:00My Favorite Music of 2017, part 2
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