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 The beginning of "The Fabelmans" starts with the family taking young Sammy to the cinema.  Apparently it was the director Steven Spielberg's first film that he saw with his mom & dad.  Throughout the film the movie shows how Spielberg became fascinated with moviemaking became a skillful storyteller.   I am familiar with Spielberg's career and throughout the years he has given many interviews about his growing up & making movies in his teens.   In fact it was a photo of him shooting a miniature of a spacecraft that made me interested in filmmaking.  A good documentary to see if you have time is literally named " Spielberg ".   It is the most definitive documentary about Spielberg & his family.  It is on HBO Max and it is longer than the film the Fabelmans by about 17 minutes.  The film "the Fabelmans takes some liberties on Spielberg's origin story as I call it, and I had no problem with that.  After all this is no documentary.  In fact

  So the biggest release to come from Marvel Studios is "Wakanda Forever" starring Angela Bassett ,  Lititia Wright , Lupita Nyongo'o , Danai Gurira & Tenoch Huerta .  To say that the film is an ambitious foray into the Marvel Universe is an understatement. The film is directed by Ryan Coogler who directed the first Black Panther movie with Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther.  Mr. Coogler to his credit did not recast Boseman's character.  Both Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole wrote the screenplay of the second one, and in it they tell of the Black Panther's death by an illness.  After all how can you recast Chadwick Boseman?  Boseman played Black Panther with such grace and charisma that it is almost impossible to think of re-casting the film. Yet life continues & for the studio needs to continues the franchise and after all business is business.   Instead of permanently using Lititia character to become the Black Panther they  use her character as a t

  Where do I start with this film.  It tries to be another end of the world film like " Dr. Strangelove " or " On the Beach ", and it tries really hard, and there are some good parts in this film.  It updates our civilization and how social media has affected us and how our politics have become toxic.  I like what it does, but it throws everything in and assaults your senses.  The movie runs 2 hours and 25 minutes, and is in dire need of some cuts.   The movie goes into detail showing how social media & politics & science have morphed into our culture, and why it will be our downfall.  Meryl Streep  plays the US President with a strong influence of the late President Trump administration.   There are parts of this movie that are genius & then there are other parts that really drag on & bring the film down.  I even had myself fast forward through the tedious and non consequential parts.  What makes me say that those parts are inconsequential?  Simple