Kasey Butcher

Long Cons & A Terrible Romcom – At The Movies With Kasey

February 25, 2022March 1, 2022 Kasey Butcher

The Netflix Original Series Inventing Anna follows reporter Vivian Kent (Anna Chlumsky) as she strives to cover the rise and fall of Anna Sorokin, a.k.a. Anna Delvey (Julia Garner), the “fake heiress” who took elite members of New York’s business ... Read more

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A Thrilling Spoof & A Film Noir Drama – At The Movies With Kasey

February 11, 2022February 14, 2022 Kasey Butcher

Sometimes it feels like if you’ve read one psychological thriller from the last few years you’ve read them all. The same tropes pop up repeatedly—the full wine glasses, the dark pasts not disclosed at a therapist’s office, the disturbing events ... Read more

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Scream Brings Back A Horror Favorite After 10 Years – At The Movies With Kasey

January 28, 2022February 2, 2022 Kasey Butcher

Scream (1996) is my favorite scary movie, and I would be thrilled to have a new installment every decade as long as Neve Cambell and Courteney Cox are willing to come back. I mean, Jamie Lee Curtis is still doing Halloween movies. The fifth Scream ... Read more

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The Buzziest New Movies – At The Movies With Kasey

January 14, 2022January 18, 2022 Kasey Butcher

Welcome to 2022. Let’s catch up on some of the buzziest movies that were released over the holidays, many of which, perhaps as a sign of the times, were grim, even when trying to be funny. ... Read more

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The Best & Worst New Christmas Movies for 2021- At The Movies With Kasey

December 17, 2021December 20, 2021 Kasey Butcher

I set out to review all the new Christmas movies on streaming services this year, but I ran into some snags. First, Hulu opted for a holiday reality show instead of a movie. Then, I refuse to acknowledge the reboot of Home Alone streaming on Disney+, ... Read more

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‘King Richard’ Raises ‘The GOAT’ And Will Smith’s Oscar Hopes

December 3, 2021December 8, 2021 Kasey Butcher

In theaters and on HBO Max, King Richard tells the story of the early career of Venus Williams (Saniyya Sidney) and Serena Williams (Demi Singleton), driven to success by their ambitious, devoted, overbearing father, Richard (Will Smith). ... Read more

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Blockbusters Continue To Stream Home With Red Notice – At The Movies With Kasey

November 19, 2021November 22, 2021 Kasey Butcher

Red Notice is Netflix’s biggest, most-expensive movie ever, reportedly costing $200 million to produce after studio changes, scheduling conflicts, and moving most filming to a soundstage in Atlanta because of the pandemic. Undoubtedly, ... Read more

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Dune Or Don’t – At The Movies With Kasey

November 5, 2021November 9, 2021 Kasey Butcher

Especially in the fall and winter, my go-to genre is mystery and suspense, with a little horror sprinkled in until the Christmas movies start to stream. We all have our comforts, but I found myself in a bit of a rut and decided it was time to branch ... Read more

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Enjoy October With Candyman & Midnight Mass – At The Movies With Kasey

October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 Kasey Butcher

Before jumping into my review, I would like to first speak out about the slander against bees that takes place in the Candyman movies. A swarm of bees is not aggressive. They’re just looking for a new home. Wasps are aggressive. ... Read more

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WHICH IS WORSE: A MALIGNANT TWIN OR MOLDY LEGGINGS? – At The Movies With Kasey

September 24, 2021September 30, 2021 Kasey Butcher

There are multiple ways to measure the value of a movie. Of course, there’s artistic quality, but there is also something to be said for a movie that gets people talking. The new horror movie, Malignant is not exactly a quality production, but ... Read more

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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