Kasey Butcher

PRIVILEGED STRANGERS WREAK HAVOC AT RESORTS – At The Movies With Kasey

September 10, 2021September 14, 2021 Kasey Butcher

Mysteries set at luxury destinations seem to be the trend of the summer. Over the last few weeks, I checked out two shows set at fancy resorts, The White Lotus and Nine Perfect Strangers, and a somewhat more grounded mystery in a New York high-rise, ... Read more

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FAMILY-FRIENDLY LOVE STORIES – At The Movies With Kasey

August 28, 2021September 11, 2021 Kasey Butcher

I think a children’s movie is about the only context in which it is acceptable to use a jungle raccoon’s bandana to wipe your eyes. I don’t know what it says about me that that was the part of Vivo that I found the hardest to suspend my disbelief for. ... Read more

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DOCUMENTARIES TO FRIGHTEN AND INSPIRE – At The Movies With Kasey

August 13, 2021August 17, 2021 Kasey Butcher

After I reviewed The Conjuring III earlier this summer, I started to get suggested articles about the Warrens and their cases. Considering that there’s a little part of my brain constantly mulling over whether or not they were charlatans, ... Read more

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MILLENNIALS ARE ALL GROWN UP & STUDIOS ARE COMING FOR OUR NOSTALGIA – At The Movies With Kasey

July 30, 2021August 2, 2021 Kasey Butcher

LeBron James and I are both Millennials. I’d guess that’s all we have in common. (Well, apparently we’re both Hufflepuffs.) Despite what you read about Millennials being the youths who are killing Applebee’s (RIP) and whining, many of us are ... Read more

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THE ICE ROAD AND NO SUDDEN MOVE PROVIDE TOO MANY PLOT TWISTS – At The Movies With Kasey

July 16, 2021July 17, 2021 Kasey Butcher

In The Ice Road, an explosion at a mine necessitates a five man band of Ice Road Truckers to drive across Canada in late spring to deliver the very heavy equipment needed to dig the miners out before they run out of oxygen. The crew of brave drivers ... Read more

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THE BEST OF THE BAD NEW MOVIES ON NETFLIX – At The Movies With Kasey

July 2, 2021July 2, 2021 Kasey Butcher

Netflix releases movies faster than I can keep up with and, with that volume of content, some bad films are bound to get into the mix. Last weekend, I sat down to watch what I thought would be a string of movies in the “so bad they’re good” category. ... Read more

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THE CONJURING III TERRIFIES AND CONFUSES – At The Movies With Kasey

June 18, 2021June 21, 2021 Kasey Butcher

God bless Lin-Manuel Miranda for bringing a Broadway musical to our homes (or movie theaters) two summers in a row. If you are a fan of Hamilton, In the Heights is a must-watch, full of Miranda’s wordplay and heartfelt storytelling. ... Read more

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IN DEFENSE OF ‘THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW’ – At The Movies With Kasey

June 4, 2021June 10, 2021 Kasey Butcher

Netflix’s The Woman in the Window, based on the novel by A.J. Finn, is not a good movie. I am not going to argue otherwise. I would argue, however, that despite commentary that suggests otherwise, the movie’s homage to Rear Window is not its primary ... Read more

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‘THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES’ OFFERS A FUN FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT – At The Movies With Kasey

May 21, 2021May 24, 2021 Kasey Butcher

Netflix has been releasing some great family content lately. Not long ago, we enjoyed Yes Day, during which my husband waxed poetic about how much he loves saying “no.” In contrast, The Mitchells vs the Machines had him growing very sentimental ... Read more

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‘THUNDER FORCE’ FALLS FLAT, ‘MARE OF EASTTOWN’ INTRIGUES – At The Movies With Kasey

May 7, 2021May 10, 2021 Kasey Butcher

Melissa McCarthy and her writer-director-husband, Ben Falcone have basically created an assembly line for movies featuring her as brassy underdogs. Last year’s Superinteligence, which debuted on HBO Max, gave McCarthy a softer, less ... Read more

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GODZILLA VS KING KONG IS A TITANIC FLOP – At The Movies With Kasey

April 23, 2021April 27, 2021 Kasey Butcher

How do I begin to explain how much I disliked Godzilla vs. King Kong? Looking back, I should not be surprised that I hated this movie because of how annoyed I was by one of its predecessors, Kong: Skull Island, in which a bunch of scientists and soldiers ... Read more

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WHAT’S GOOD & WHAT’S TERRIBLE NOW ON NETFLIX – At The Movies With Kasey

April 9, 2021April 14, 2021 Kasey Butcher

“‘No’ is my favorite word. I get an endorphin rush just saying it,” my husband joked as we sat down to watch Yes Day on Netflix. Our daughter has not yet hit the toddler phase, so no one is saying “no” that much in our house, but this new family movie ... Read more

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THE LAST BLOCKBUSTER & THE UNITED STATES VS BILLIE HOLIDAY

March 26, 2021March 28, 2021 Kasey Butcher

There is such an abundance of great new content on streaming services that I am having a hard time keeping up. I did not expect that I would put The Last Blockbuster in the “great content” category, but this fun little documentary provided me with ... Read more

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NETFLIX GOES FULL GIRL POWER WITH MIXED RESULTS – At The Movies With Kasey

March 12, 2021March 16, 2021 Kasey Butcher

When a show is declared “the new Gilmore Girls,” I take notice. Although I found that Ginny & Georgia’s similarities peaked with the single teen mom backstory, I think the Netflix show is smart, clever, and incredibly dramatic in a fun way. ... Read more

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NETFLIX’S ‘CRIME SCENE’ FOCUSES ON THE WRONG VOICES – At The Movies With Kasey

February 26, 2021February 28, 2021 Kasey Butcher

Streaming on Netflix, Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel takes a deep dive into the mysterious case of Elisa Lam, a 21-year-old Canadian tourist who disappeared at the infamous Los Angeles hotel. True crime buffs are likely familiar ... Read more

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‘THE LITTLE THINGS’ & ‘LUPIN’ SERVE OLD-SCHOOL DETECTIVE DRAMA – At The Movies With Kasey

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 Kasey Butcher

When I started watching The Little Things, so much of its style looked very familiar. There are a lot of great neonoir elements including a green tinge to the lighting and the use of shadows, windows, and even an awesome shot from outside a diner. ... Read more

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CAN WE MAKE GOOD MOVIES DURING THE PANDEMIC? – At The Movies With Kasey

January 29, 2021February 2, 2021 Kasey Butcher

In theaters and streaming on Amazon Prime, One Night in Miami follows Cassius Clay (a.k.a. Muhammad Ali), Malcolm X, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke on the night in 1964 that Clay defeated Sonny Liston to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World. ... Read more

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WONDER WOMAN 1984 OVERPROMISES & UNDERDELIVERS – At The Movies With Kasey

January 15, 2021January 20, 2021 Kasey Butcher

I waited, mostly patiently, for years for the second Wonder Woman movie to be released. It got pushed back repeatedly due to COVID-19 and finally was released on Christmas simultaneously through HBO Max and in theaters. The triumphant previews ... Read more

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‘LOVE, GUARANTEED’ PROVIDES LIGHTHEARTED FUN – At The Movies With Kasey

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Kasey Butcher

Netflix’s newest romantic comedy, Love, Guaranteed, leans heavily on conventions of the genre, but is so fun that I forgive its clichés. In the movie, Rachel Leigh Cook plays Susan, a lawyer with a heart of gold who takes the case of Nick (Damon ... Read more

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HULU & NETFLIX KICK OFF THE HOLIDAY MOVIE SEASON – At The Movies With Kasey

December 4, 2020December 7, 2020 Kasey Butcher

‘Tis the season for corny, cliched holiday movies, and I could not be more ready for it. This year, both Netflix and Hulu are offering plenty of options, some more delightful than others. ... Read more

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NEW ON NETFLIX: DASH & LILY AND THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 – At The Movies With Kasey

November 20, 2020November 24, 2020 Kasey Butcher

I am a Wingnut. That is to say, a big fan of The West Wing, Aaron Sorkin’s drama about quixotic civil servants in a White House so earnest it makes my heart hurt a little. Naturally, I was excited to watch The Trial of the Chicago 7, a new drama written ... Read more

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‘CHESS MINISERIES’ MORE THRILLING THAN NETFLIX’S ‘GOTHIC ROMANCE’ – At The Movies With Kasey

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 Kasey Butcher

Gothic novels and adaptations of them are making a comeback this year—a trend that I wholeheartedly embrace. With the genre’s gloomy settings, antiheroes, and suspenseful plots, you would think it would be hard to go wrong, but Netflix’s ... Read more

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HALLOWEEN HITS & MISSES – At The Movies With Kasey

October 23, 2020October 27, 2020 Kasey Butcher

At the beginning of the year, in the Before Times when movies were still coming out in theaters, I reviewed The Turning, a decent adaptation of one of my favorite books, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. The new followup to last fall’s The Haunting ... Read more

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PIONEERING WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND SCIENCE FICTION – At The Movies With Kasey

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Kasey Butcher

Available on Amazon Prime, Radioactive tells the story of the innovative careers and passionate love story of Marie (Rosamund Pike) and Pierre Curie (Sam Riley). From the time they meet as Marie is struggling to find her place in the scientific ... Read more

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AWAY OFFERS SPACE DRAMA, ROMANCE, & RICH CHARACTERS – At The Movies With Kasey

September 25, 2020September 28, 2020 Kasey Butcher

New on Netflix, Away chronicles a group of astronauts on a roundtrip mission to Mars, as well as the complicated feelings of their families back on Earth. ... Read more

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