When I see a Biopic about a famous celebrity, in this case Elton John with the new film “Rocketman”, I am often reminded of one of Tony Robbins most famous phrases, “Success leaves clues”. Its true that success leaves clues, but so does failure, alcoholism, drug abuse, depression, suicide and so many human afflictions. In the case of Elton John, look no further than his two disaster parents to understand that every problem he had in life was a direct result of both his parents. I thought while watching this movie and seeing the constant abuse and disdain both of Elton’s parents showed him during his childhood and even after he became hugely successful, is that Elton John succeeded both because of and despite them.

The movie Rocketman does a very good job showing how difficult it is to succeed in the music business and once you have made it, how impossible it can be to stay on top. The constant touring, so many people making money from your talent and the stress to write new songs and perform them around the world. Throughout Elton John’s entire career, his song writing partner has been Bernie Taupin, and without each other, neither artist would have reached their unmatched success with so many great songs for so many decades.

One unusual thing about this film is the Broadway musical moments that for me seemed misplaced in a movie like this, perhaps this was because of Elton John’s suggestions. The star of this movie is upcoming actor Taron Egerton, who is so good in this role, including singing as well as acting that he has a shot at winning an Academy Award, like Rami Malek did last year with the outstanding film “Bohemian Rhapsody”.

The Rotten Tomatoes ratings for Rocketman are a very high 90% and I agree with this rating and highly recommend this very good film.

There are several tell tale signs of a bad movie with special effects. The first is darkness throughout the entire movie. In the new movie “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” every special effects scene was shot during a rain storm, tornado, hurricane or at night. The reason for this is because of the special effects budget, that for this movie must have been low. Another sign of a bad special effects movie is a bad script and the logic and reasoning for this story was about as bad as I have ever seen. The third bad sign for this movie was there were so many named actors in this film, because once the producers knew that the story was bad, they thought that they could fix this disaster by throwing in about 7 well known actors. This tactic did not work. The worst thing about this movie is that it was very boring in way too many areas, as people stand around and try and explain what is going on and most of the explanations are just plain ridiculous.

Why this movie was made, considering how bad the script is, was a mystery to me. Why not re-write the script a few more times, come up with a much better story and then start over again? Wouldn’t this be a far more cost effective way to save the Godzilla franchise then trying to fix a bad screenplay by hiring 7 known actors? The problem here is favors in Hollywood, where a script is green-lighted for reasons other than it being good because something was promised to someone years ago. Once a budget is created for a production, they just move forward because they believe that because of the name recognition that comes with Godzilla, all you need is special effects and no story. I was also quite surprised that so many well known actors could read this bad script and still agree to sign for this movie.

The Rotten Tomatoes rating for this bad film is a low 40%, my rating is around 20% and I recommend that this movie be skipped by everyone except for the most die hard Godzilla fans.

“The Biggest Little Farm” is one of the most unforgettable real life documentaries I have ever seen about a young couple who have very little money, live in a small apartment and mainly because their dog would not stop barking when they are away at work, decide to raise money and start a farm. It is impossible to not appreciate the incredible amount of hard work and risk taking this couple go through, overcoming hundreds of problems over a course of 10 years to achieve their dream of owning a farm.

Anyone who might have the ambition to start their own business or start a farm, might think twice after seeing the incredible hardship of taking a run down farm that went bankrupt and turn it into a business, that makes money.

I was most impressed with the farm science depicted in this story, from irrigation, to creating healthy soil, to problems with chickens, sheep, pigs and attacking coyotes. The life cycle and ecosystem of nature depicted within a farm like this was also fascinating and very well done.

The biggest little farm has a very high 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and I agree with this grade and highly recommend this film.