Movie - Despicable Me 4

PG (1:34)

Wide release 7/3/2024

Viewed 7/29/2024 with Tristan at the Carlisle Theater

IMBd:  6.3/10

RT Critic:  56  Audience:  88

Critic's Consensus:  Fast paced and teeming with slapstick gags, Despicable Me 4 is as overstuffed as a piñata but full of enough candy to give audiences an enjoyable sugar rush.

Cag:   4/Liked it a lot 

My comments:  I wasn't looking forward to it (animated!) but Tristan said he'd like to go, and I'm taking every opportunity to spend time with this now-14-year-old!  It ended up being a very good movie that I liked a lot.

RT/ IMDb Summary:  Gru welcomes a new member to the family, Gru Jr., who's intent on tormenting his dad. However, their peaceful existence soon comes crashing down when criminal mastermind Maxime Le Mal escapes from prison and vows revenge against Gru.

2024 Movies

2 movies in 2024

2023 - Three,  three!

2022 - Just four?

2021 - ONE MOVIE!! (Continued Pandemic)

2020 - 5 movies (Pandemic!)

2019 - 26 movies

2018 - 51 movies

2017 - 49 movies

2016 - 62 movies

2015 - 37 movies

2014 - 46 movies

2013 - 48 movies

2012 - 37 movies

2011 - 54 movies

*6*  Awesome

5  Loved it

4  Liked it

3  It was okay

2  Not great

1  Nope

Despicable Me 4 (7/29/24) More fun that I thought it'd be (4)

Cabrini (3/28/24) Strong females, ruling white men, immigration...(6)

WOW movies of 2023

Cabrini (3/28/24) Strong females, ruling white men, immigration...(6)

REALLY GOOD movies of 2023 (4.5 & 5)  

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GOOD/FUN movies of 2023 (3 - 3.5 - 4)

Despicable Me 4 (7/29/24) More fun that I thought it'd be (4)

WASTE-OF-TIME MOVIES OF 2023 

Movie - Cabrini

PG-13/2:25

Wide release 3/8/2024

Viewed date at Thursday, March in Hanover, PA

IMBd: 7.9/10

RT Critic:  91  Audience:  98

Critic's Consensus:  Aided by Cristiana Dell'Anna's performance in the title role, Cabrini is an uplifting biopic with a timeless message.

Cag:  6/Awesome  

Actors:  Cristiana Dell'Anna, David Morse, John Lithgow

My comments:  First movie on the big screen in a long time, perhaps a year?   Worth the wait, for this was an extraordinary film, based on the real person, Mother Cabrini, the first American saint.  Gritting my teeth I watched conceited white men make ridiculous, ruthless, selfish decisions and an extremely strong-willed female take them all on.  Immigration, such a timely subject, was just as timely 135 years ago, only this time it was the Italian immigrants that were being scorned and belittled.  Very powerful movie, which I loved.

RT/ IMDb Summary:  From Alejandro Monteverde, award-winning director of "Sound of Freedom", comes the powerful epic of Francesca Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who arrives in New York City in 1889 and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society's most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health, Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen.