Rating: 2/4 Over 50 years ago, Walt Disney’s Mary Poppins was released. The film, originally starring Julie Andrew and Dick Van Dyke, centers around a magical nanny…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: ‘Mary Poppins Returns:’ Is What P.L. Travers Always Feared”

Rating: 3/4 Two years ago if you’d told me that there’d be two well-produced DC films from Warner Bros., I would have asked if you worked for…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: ‘Aquaman:’ Warner Bros has Righted the Ship”

Make no mistake, Kevin Hart has no one to blame but himself. Three days ago, December 4th, Academy announced Hart as their host for the 91st Academy…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: Kevin Hart Brought This on Himself”

Rating: 2/4 The new religion of the 21st century? Director Brady Corbet, in his film Vox Lux, would have one believe “the celebrity.” Corbet’s journey to demonstrate such,…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: ‘Vox Lux:’ Portman Shines Even as the Film Lacks Insightful Hooks”

Rating: 2/4 “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” Ian Malcom’s words have never rung so true…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: ‘Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle-‘ Never Finds its Balance”

We found the pocket! Much like the old prospector in the Coen Brothers’ “All Gold Canyon,’ we’ve spent much of the year, the decade in fact, digging…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: 812filmreviews’ Top 25 Films of 2018”

Rating: 3.5/4 Yes, another Spider-Man film. Yes, another Marvel movie. The comic book franchise bonanza continues….and may never end. If you’re like me, burned out by capes,…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’”