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Coyote vs. Acme (2026)

Is there a more resolute, fictional lovable loser than Wile E. Coyote? Because I can’t think of one.

For over ¾ of a century, his quest to capture the Road Runner has been more memorable than any cartoon short of Tom and Jerry. His 0 percent success rate is one of the truly rare things that can make me laugh with the same delight I had as a kid watching reruns on Cartoon Network. Still, all this time I thought Wile was the bad guy (being a carnivore and all), but now, having seen Coyote vs. Acme, I’m not so sure.

Tags 2026, Animation, Coyote vs. Acme, looney-tunes, Movie Review, Movies, PG, Rated PG, reviews, Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote

2 Stars

Michael (2026)

As Michael started, I found myself guessing I knew no more than approximately 20% about the King of Pop.

By the end, I would bump that up to roughly 25-30%.

Tags Colman Domingo, film, Jafaar, Jafaar Jackson, Michael, Michael Jackson, Movie Review, Movie Reviews, Movies, music biopic, PG-13, Rated PG-13, reviews

"Top Tens", and others Movies

Top 10 Films of 2024

Before I could finalize this list, it was rather fitting that the last movie I caught up with was Hundreds of Beavers.

While it did not make the list (despite being hilarious), it summed up the 2024 movie year with one word: Ambition.

4 1/2 Stars Movies

May December (2023)

There is not as much shame as there used to be when I would admit to going into a movie thinking it was bad and it ends up being good (or vice versa).

I had more of a “mistaken identity” when watching May December. I’m not sure where I read it (or where I thought I did) but I went into the film thinking that the two main actresses, Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, were a married couple. Regardless of how I came to this false conclusion, it is not the case the new film by Todd Haynes, but that does not at all take away from the true film, with one of the more unique and admittedly disturbing premises in recent memory.

Tags 2023, Charles Melton, Dark Comedy, Drama, Julianne Moore, May December, Movie Review, Mr. Holland's Opus, Natalie Portman, Netflix, Rated R, Richard Dreyfuss, Todd Haynes

5 Stars Movies Vintage

Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)

Post author By Mark A. Lester
Post date May 15, 2020
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As we reach our teen years, world events start to play a bigger part in our lives in the classroom.

When I entered middle school back in 2000 (!), more people were talking about the election, only to be followed a year later by the 9/11 attacks. I can only imagine what the talks will be like with young people now regarding the COVID-19 pandemic (especially those like my brother Jackson who are in the graduating class of 2020). These were evident in my mind as I was watching Louis Malle’s Au Revoir les Enfants, a reflection of his own childhood during World War II in France.

Tags 1987, Au Revoir Les Enfants, Coming of Age, Film Friday, Foreign, Foreign Language, France, holocaust, Louis Malle, Movie Review, PG, Rated PG, World War Two