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Author: Kasey Butcher

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‘Air’ Tells The Story Of A Shoe

May 28, 2023May 28, 2023 Kasey Butcher
This week, I watched two movies with incredible star power and fairly weak storytelling: Air on Amazon Prime and The Mother on Netflix. ... Read more
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Judy Blume Arrives On Big & Small Screens ~ At The Movies With Kasey

May 12, 2023May 17, 2023 Kasey Butcher
I was not a reader of Judy Blume’s books when I was a young person, because, unfortunately, I was a little snob who went to the library and found the biggest book on the shelf in the children’s section. It turns out that while I read Robin Hood, I missed ... Read more
Local Opinion Editorials 

Netflix’s ‘Beef’ Lives Up To The Hype ~ At The Movies With Kasey

April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 Kasey Butcher
This week, we hit a dead zone in the Hollywood calendar. Finding a movie that looked worth the time was a real struggle. It seems like every story must be produced as a miniseries. At the theater, my best option was a movie so ridiculous that even ... Read more
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‘Unstable’ & ‘The Power’ Put Separate Spins On Social Commentary ~ At The Movies With Kasey

April 14, 2023April 28, 2023 Kasey Butcher
This week, my toddler came down with a fever, which gave me plenty of naptimes to check out new streaming series. Unstable, a comedy, and The Power, a drama, take very different tones, but both offer social commentary and significant star power. ... Read more
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‘Scream VI’ Builds The Franchise ~ At The Movies With Kasey

March 31, 2023April 13, 2023 Kasey Butcher
In the latest Scream movie, now in theaters, the rebooted cast moves to attend college in New York City. When a new Ghostface killing (in a gripping opening sequence featuring Samara Weaving) hits their neighborhood, Sam (Melissa Barrera) ... Read more
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‘Luther’ Returns To Catch A New Killer ~ At The Movies With Kasey

March 17, 2023April 13, 2023 Kasey Butcher
During its initial run, the BBC drama, Luther returned every few years, airing just twenty episodes between 2010 and 2019. Although the show seemed to have a definitive finale, creator Neil Cross brought Luther back for a movie, Luther: The ... Read more
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‘Cocaine Bear’ Smashes Into Theaters ~ At The Movies With Kasey

March 3, 2023April 13, 2023 Kasey Butcher
On a frigid winter night, I headed out for the first available showing of Cocaine Bear because my husband wanted me to review it. I asked if he wanted to come with me, but he clarified that he did not want to watch it, he wanted me to watch it. Cocaine ... Read more
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‘Your Place or Mine’ Brings Back Romcom Faves ~ At The Movies With Kasey

February 17, 2023February 21, 2023 Kasey Butcher
In the last issue, I reviewed a romantic comedy starring JLo. This week, one starring Reese Witherspoon. They can keep their fashion choices, but I am happy to see these familiar leading ladies again. ... Read more
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‘Shotgun Wedding’ Shoots Blanks ~ At The Movies With Kasey

February 3, 2023February 21, 2023 Kasey Butcher
A little comedy, a little action, just a smidge of romance, Shotgun Wedding, out now on Amazon Prime, tries to deliver a classic romcom with a twist. In the movie, Darcy (Jennifer Lopez) and Tom (Josh Duhamel) planned an extravagant destination ... Read more
Local Opinion Editorials 

‘The Menu’ Thrills & ‘The Pale Blue Eye’ Chills ~ At The Movies With Kasey

January 20, 2023January 26, 2023 Kasey Butcher
Studios often use this time of year to dump movies that they do not think will perform well at the box office, but the rise of streaming and simultaneous releases has provided an opportunity for quality films to perform well in January. The Menu, ... Read more
Local Opinion Editorials 

An Overview Of Holiday Streaming Features ~ At The Movies With Kasey

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 Kasey Butcher
I watch five movies every holiday season: The Holiday, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, The Shop Around the Corner, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Die Hard. Die Hard is a Christmas movie—it is, after all, about the reunification of a family for the ... Read more
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‘Falling For Christmas’ Stumbles ~ At The Movies With Kasey

November 18, 2022December 16, 2022 Kasey Butcher
Catherine Called Birdy was one of the popular novels I did not read when I was young because I was busy trying to read literally the biggest books in my school library. Boy, I missed out. In the adaptation by Amazon Studios, Catherine, called Birdy ... Read more
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‘Rosaline’ Makes Comedy From Tragedy ~ At The Movies With Kasey

November 4, 2022December 16, 2022 Kasey Butcher
In school, I liked Shakespeare, but I hated Romeo and Juliet. Sure, it has some beautiful poetry tucked in, but the story? Too much teen angst. Hulu’s new movie, Rosaline, based on the novel When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle, takes a comedic ... Read more
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The Best & Worst Of Scary Streaming For October ~ At The Movies With Kasey

October 21, 2022November 8, 2022 Kasey Butcher
October is my favorite month. In our home, it is a month-long celebration of cinnamon tea, cozy sweaters, and pumpkin beer. My pumpkin patch even produced an abundance of decorative gourds. I also spend the month preparing this movie review, ... Read more
Local Opinion Editorials 

‘Lou’ Boasts Great Performances But A Terrible Script ~ At The Movies With Kasey

October 7, 2022October 18, 2022 Kasey Butcher
Allison Janney is an American treasure, but her new movie is so poorly written I can only imagine that she agreed to make it to mark starring in an action movie off her celebrity BINGO card. That is the only plausible reason why she made Lou. Spoiler ... Read more
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‘Marcel The Shell With Shoes On’ Gets A Full-Length Feature ~ At The Movies With Kasey

September 23, 2022September 26, 2022 Kasey Butcher
“Showing in select theaters”—the dreaded phrase I thought had vanished in the streaming era reared its ugly head when I wanted to see Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. It turned out that “select theaters” translated to a small handful of showings ... Read more
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Hulu Capitalizes On The Talents Of Zoey Deutch & Steve Carell ~ At The Movies With Kasey

September 9, 2022September 16, 2022 Kasey Butcher
For me, anything with Zoey Deutch is a must-see. In Not Okay, Deutch plays Danni Sanders, a struggling writer who lies about going to Paris only to post a photoshopped picture of her at the Arc Du Triomphe minutes before a terrorist attack at the ... Read more
Local Opinion Editorials 

‘The Bear’ & ‘A League Of Their Own’ Showcase Excellent Ensembles ~ At The Movies With Kasey

August 26, 2022August 29, 2022 Kasey Butcher
My husband is from Chicago, so I did not exactly have to twist his arms into watching The Bear, Hulu’s show about an Italian beef shop, but the show was even better than we expected. ... Read more
Local Opinion Editorials 

A Story Of Community & Heroism ~ At The Movies With Kasey

August 12, 2022August 16, 2022 Kasey Butcher
This week, I watched two family-friendly movies that involve harrowing feats and a whole lot of water. Although Thirteen Lives is not suitable for the youngest family members, it provides a much better story than The Sea Beast does. ... Read more
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‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ & ‘Men’ Tell Stories of Survival

July 29, 2022August 3, 2022 Kasey Butcher
Based upon the best-selling novel, Where the Crawdads Sing is part coming-of-age story, part sentimental romance, and part murder mystery, set in the marshes of North Carolina. In the story, Kya Clark’s (Daisy Edgar-Jones) entire family ... Read more
Local Opinion Editorials 

‘Emergency’ Turns A Buddy Comedy Into A Poignant Drama ~ At The Movies With Kasey

July 15, 2022July 21, 2022 Kasey Butcher
Netflix’s Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between follows the rise and decline of a senior year love using more montages than I knew was possible. I was once a young person, and even then, I’m not sure I would have liked this movie. ... Read more
Local Opinion Editorials 

‘Father Of The Bride’ Remakes A Classic With A Twist – At The Movies With Kasey

July 1, 2022July 7, 2022 Kasey Butcher
In an entertainment landscape comprised of so many remakes and reboots, it is refreshing when a remake has a new perspective to offer on an old story. Father of the Bride, the remake of the 1991 film starring Steve Martin, leans less on the sentimentality ... Read more
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‘Hustle’ Features Adam Sandler At His Best ~ At The Movies With Kasey

June 17, 2022July 21, 2022 Kasey Butcher
In Netflix’s Hustle, Adam Sandler plays Stanley Sugerman, an NBA scout improbably married to Queen Latifah. When the owner of the 76ers (Robert Duvall) promotes him to assistant coach, it seems like Stanley’s dreams have come true. Almost ... Read more
Local Opinion Editorials 

Senior Year A Love Letter To Elder Millennial Culture ~ At The Movies With Kasey

June 3, 2022July 21, 2022 Kasey Butcher
In 2002, I wrote my first film review for The Waynedale News. A year away from a driver’s license and from my little sister’s birth, I was a sophomore in high school and, although I would never willingly go back to that age, there are still things ... Read more
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Wading Into The Flood Of Recent True Crime Content – At The Movies With Kasey

May 20, 2022May 24, 2022 Kasey Butcher
Just when you think that the true crime market is totally saturated, out come the dramatic miniseries adaptations of books and documentaries covering already popular cases. Although some, like Hulu’s The Girl from Plainfield, are so melodramatic ... Read more
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