Stephen Garrett, Author at Book and Film Globe

Jungle Cruise

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Bungle Cruise

July 30, 2021August 1, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Dwayne Johnson, Edgar Ramirez, Emily Blunt, Jack Whitehall, Jaume Collet-Serra, Jesse Plemons, Jungle Cruise, Paul Giamatti

Disney’s ‘Jungle Cruise’ is a theme-park pastiche

Old

What a Drag it is Watching ‘Old’

July 23, 2021 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment

M. Night Shyamalan tries to trick us again

Ducournau

Julia Ducournau, the ‘Titane’ of Cannes

July 20, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Cannes Film Festival, Julia Ducournau, Renate Reinsve, Spike Lee, The Worst Person in the World, Titane

The festival finally awards its top prize to a woman

Cannes

The Cannes Came Back

July 15, 2021July 19, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments abigail breslin, Adam Driver, Adrien Brody, After Yang, Benicio del Toro, Bergman Island, Bill Murray, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Colin Farrell, Frances McDormand, Joanna Hogg, Jodie Turner-Smith, Léa Seydoux, Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Mia Hansen-Løve, Stillwater, The French Dispatch, The Souvenir Part II, Tilda Swinton, Tim Roth, Tom McCarthy, Vicky Kreips, Wes Anderson

Masked and not-really-distanced, the world’s most glamorous film festival returns

‘Black Widow,’ With Heart

July 9, 2021July 15, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Black Widow, David Harbour, Florence Pugh, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Rachel Weisz, Scarlett Johansson

Marvel send-off is an action-packed, emotion-filled origin story

‘No Sudden Move’ Is A Winning Heist

July 6, 2021July 12, 2021 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Benicio del Toro, Bill Duke, David Harbour, Don Cheadle, Kieran Culkin, No Sudden Move, Steven Soderbergh

Soderbergh’s newest film marks a delightfully twisty return to his roots

Furious Family Values

June 24, 2021July 5, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Charlize Theron, F9, Fast and Furious, Helen Mirren, John Cena, Kurt Russell, Ludacris, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Vin Diesel

Cars go into space, cars go boom, it’s all about family, again

Luca

‘Luca’ is All Wet

June 21, 2021June 24, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Jacob Tremblay, Luca, Maya Rudolph, Pixar, Sacha Baron Cohen, Soul

Latest from Pixar traffics in sea monsters and Italian stereotypes

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Hitman, Baby One More Time

June 18, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Antonio Banderas, Frank Grillo, Morgan Freeman, Richard E. Grant, Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek, Samuel L. Jackson, The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard,’ a sequel to a franchise you didn’t know existed

In the Heights

‘In The Heights’ is the Song of the Summer

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Aidy Bryant, In The Heights, Jimmy Smits, John M. Chu, Leslie Grace, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Melissa Barrera

Partying and dreaming on the block

Cruella

Cruella Shoes

May 28, 2021May 31, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 101 Dalmatians, Cruella, Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Mark Strong, Paul Walter Hauser

A live-action girlboss reboot for Disney’s Dalmatian Universe

Army of the Dead

Zach Snyder’s Zombies

May 23, 2021May 26, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Army of the Dead, Dave Bautista, Day of the Dead, George Romero, Justice League, Night of the Living Dead, Tig Notaro, Zach Snyder

‘Dawn of the Dead’ Meets ‘Ocean’s 11’

Underground Railroad

‘The Underground Railroad’ Beautifully Adapts Colson Whitehead’s Masterpiece

May 14, 2021May 19, 2021 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Aaron Pierre, Barry Jenkins, Colson Whitehead, Joel Edgerton, Thuso Mbedu, Underground Railroad

Director Barry Jenkins applies the ‘Black Gaze’ to a slavery narrative

Mitchells Vs. Machines

Machine Learning

May 7, 2021May 7, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Abbi Jacobson, Christopher Miller, Danny McBride, Eric Andre, Fred Arimsen, Into The Spider-Verse, Maya Rudolph, Olivia Colman, Phil Lord, The Millers Vs. The Machines

A dysfunctional nerd family battles the robot apocalypse in ‘The Mitchells Vs. The Machines’

Stowaway

‘Stowaway’: a Tale of a Fateful Trip

April 29, 2021May 5, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Joe Penna, Mars, Shamier Anderson, Stowaway, The Cold Equations, Toni Collette

A Mars expedition faces hard science and even harder choices

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