This was an excellent horror movie that could almost have been a musical, so important a part did music play in the story. The score was fabulous and the blues tunes, as well as the folk songs, had real power. I think I need to obtain a copy of the soundtrack, because I'll be wanting to listen to it multiple times.

The acting was phenomenal. Michael B. Jordan knocked it out of the park as twin brothers Smoke and Stack.…

I like this movie better every time I watch it. Chris Evans does such an excellent job of playing Steve Rogers/Captain America as a true-blue, good-hearted, do-what's-right hero. He's absolutely believable. So are the rest of the cast. I especially praise Hayley Atwell in her tough yet feminine role as Peggy Carter where she has excellent chemistry with the titular hero. And speaking of chemistry, I absolutely must mention Sebastian Stan as the charming Bucky Barnes whose wholesome friendship with…

A thrilling animated tale about a cat navigating a flood-swept world while encountering other animals along the way. The animation of the animals (done entirely with open-source software) does not, at first look, seem as sophisticated as what we're used to from Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, etc. But the animators have the movements and idiosyncracies down pat... the way a cat stretches or a yellow lab wags their whole body when excited. The look and feel of the nature scenes -…

I'm not a big Godzilla fan, but people have been raving about the movie since it popped up on Netflix, so I decided to give it a try. I'm so glad I did. Let's talk first about the look and feel of the movie. Of course I was gobsmacked by the visual effects, and the movie's Oscar win for that category was totally deserved. Godzilla looked, moved on land, destroyed buildings, and displaced water like an actual living creature. The…