Author Archives: Jack Poessiger

‘DUMBO’—what can I tell you? It’s a beautifully staged and photographed (i.e. filmed) LIVE-Action, family fantasy movie that should please audiences of ALL ages. Parents and/or grandparents taking the kids to see it will enjoy it as well. Imagine that. … Continue reading →

When did the Academy Awards show lose its edge? On Sunday night, that’s when. The opening number by Queen followed by Tina Fey, Amy Pohler and Maya Rudolph was alright…I guess. But it felt more like the Grammys meets the … Continue reading →

Think the Academy Awards has lost its luster? I DO! There’s very little buzz surrounding it these days. Seems like the only times we hear anything about the awards is when there’s a negative spin to them.  And there’s been … Continue reading →

Who is taking the biggest hit due to the Chiefs missing out on the Super Bowl? It’s got to be Kansas City’s local television stations. You just know that every local outlet would have aired its own Chiefs specials prior … Continue reading →

Stephen King, Wes Craven, John Carpenter—and yes, M. Night Shyamalan… They’re all shock-meisters in their own right. Whenever a new film is released with their names attached, fan curiosity peaks. And so it is with the latest entry from M. … Continue reading →

The year 2018 turned Ruth Bader Ginsburg into a Rock Star! Her newfound status came primarily due to the release of the highly popular documentary “RBG” which enjoyed long theatrical engagements across America But if you think you know everything about America’s judicial … Continue reading →

“Houston, ‘The Eagle’ has landed” That’s the monumental sentence spoken in 1969 that rocked the world. But if you thought you knew the story—THINK AGAIN! FIRST MAN is the (sometimes tedious) biographical drama of Neil Armstrong‘s journey to becoming the first … Continue reading →

Imagine a kid/family-friendly fantasy thriller that doesn’t bore parents to death…. (Come to think of it, I saw adults jumping several in their seats during our screening.) That’s what we get from THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, … Continue reading →

I was pretty stoked… On Monday I was to screen the new PREDATOR movie. It had been 31 years since Arnold Schwarzenegger took on a faceless, ferocious fiend in South America. The original was a solid action thriller that picked you up … Continue reading →

Let’s cut right through the hype and get to the down and dirty… The filmmakers behind THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS believe in truth in advertising. Like their main barker lines in ads that state, “No Sesame. All Street.” And, “Sex. Murder. Puppets.” … Continue reading →

I’ll be honest… When I first heard of this movie it sounded like a racial slur to me. Imagine substituting just about ANY other ethnic group into the title! “Crazy Rich (Blank),” anyone? I digress. CRAZY RICH ASIANS is a fantasy, … Continue reading →

BLACKkKLANSMAN ranks right up there as the ULTIMATE CON… Had things not gone down the way they did in the late 1970s we’d be tearing it apart for being too improbable. But this is an incredible and outrageous TRUE story! The … Continue reading →