Pick of the Litter: Only the best will make it!

Don't take the Movie Slut's word for it when she says this dogumentary about the journey of a litter of pups from birth to graduation is cute, smart, and more fun than a room full of bubble wrap. After all Dana Nachman, who co-directed the film with Don Hardy, is the Movie Slut's daughter.

To back up her claim, MS tells you that the doc won Audience Awards at more than five festivals since its January debut. IFC purchased the film before the Slamdance festival ended, and on Aug. 31, it rolls out to theaters around the country and abroad, beginning in New York and L.A.

Not every puppy makes the cut. In fact more than half the dogs born at California Guide Dogs for the Blind in San Rafael, where these pups began their odyssey, are "career changed."

The film follows Patriot, Poppet, Primrose, Potomac, and Phil to see which walks off with a blind partner at the end.

If you still don't believe the Movie Slut's praise, watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW7GVR2c80k

The Cakemaker: Yummy

The way to a movie-lover's heart is through her stomach.

Bet you've never heard that one before, unless you're talking popcorn. But here we  have a movie that touches not only the heart and the tummy, but the head as well.

It's Israeli filmmaker Offir Raul Graizer's first film and it's a stunner.

The less you know going into this movie, the better. The Movie Slut will just say it's about a young German baker who meets an Israeli businessman in Berlin. The baker (Tim Kalkhof) might just be the most wonderful fictional character since Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. One more thing: It just might be the most beautiful, tender, touching love story since maybe "An Affair to Remember."

You'll want to see this movie. The Movie Slut wants to see it again.

BlacKkKlansman: See you at the Oscars

The Movie Slut has been a Spike Lee fan ever since 1986 when she saw "She's Gotta Have It." The filmmaker always has something to say and always says it in his inimitable manner.

"The Black Woody Allen" is what she called him. His movies are tight, self-contained, small, though not unimportant, stories.

With BlacKkKlansman, Lee has climbed to another level. His new film is an epic about racism in America. It's not a pretty story, but in Lee's brilliant hands, it is sometimes funny. Still, it's the bite you'll remember.

The true story takes place in the 1970s when Colorado Springs police detective Ron Stallworth (John David Washington, yes, Denzel's son) infiltrates the KKK through phone calls. Since he's the wrong color for the mission, his partner Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver) poses as Ron when a meeting is scheduled. What transpires is part thriller, part farce, and a movie that should not be missed.

If you see one movie this summer, make it BlacKkKlansman.

Crazy Rich Asians: Maybe the book was better

Crazy Rich Asians is what it is: a summer flick that requires no engagement with your gray cells. It's the Big Mac of movies: tasty with no nutritional value and you may want to see another movie right after.

Maybe that's why the Movie Slut wasn't quite satisfied when it was over. She wanted more. More crazy. More rich. As for the all-Asian cast? Maybe they were enough. And while she's at it, MS says the movie need not be more predictable.

It's the story of Rachel and Nick. He's the bachelor all the single girls drool over. He's not only super-duper loaded, but a super-duper hunk, as well. Nick's mother, the closest to a villain in this feel-good flick, tells Rachel she'll never be enough for Nick. (Say what!) Rachel shows the insufferable snob a thing or two.

Still no one is that evil or cunning in this fluffernutter of a film. It's what it is and that isn't it.

Chrisopher Robin: Not so silly bear

Christopher Robin is all grown up. The little boy who inspired his dad to write the beloved Winnie-the-Pooh books is married with a child of his own. He's been to war and holds down a soul-crushing job in London.

Winnie to the rescue?

Unfortunately the honey-guzzling old bear can't save this movie from mediocrity. Ewan McGregor almost accomplishes this feat. And Owl, Piglet, Kanga, Roo, and Eeyore are on hand in animated form to help out. But, alas, a new script would be required. And to add to the movie's miseries, World War II battle field scenes are just not the stuff of children's flicks.

What were they thinking? 

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, & Chloe Grace Moretz

Back in the Bad Old Days (1993), SSA (same sex attraction) was considered by many to be aberrant and reversible.

That's how Cameron (Chloe Grace Moretz) wound up at God's Promise, a conversion-therapy facility where she's told that her weakness can be eradicated with proper devotion to God. The well-meaning brother/sister team in charge believe what they preach, but soon Cameron and two other students realize the team is just making it up as they go along.

For the most part, this engaging movie is gentle and quiet and the characters are so well drawn that spending time with them is a pleasure. The film doesn't break new ground with a subject that's been dealt with before, still Movie Slut highly recommends it.

The Spy Who Dumped Me

As far as the Movie Slut is concerned Kate McKinnon (SNL's superstar) can do no wrong. And her sidekick in this buddy flick, Mila Kunis is no slouch either. If only they had better material to work with.

Not that this is a bad flick. It's just that it could be, make that it should be, a lot funnier.
So, Audrey (Kunis) was dumped via text. It happens. But when she discovers her ex was a spy, she's off with her BFF, Morgan (you know who) on a European adventure to get to the bottom of it.

Gillian Anderson, in a cameo as the hard-edged CIA chief, is hysterical, especially since she's spoofing her role in The Fall in which she's a so-cold-she-melts-ice-twice police woman.

If you're looking for a little fun, but not too much, by all means see this film.

Eighth Grade: Been there. Done that.

Kayla (Elsie Fisher) is in eighth grade.

Duh!

And, yeah, she has a Youtube show called "Kayla's Korner," for which viewers are conspicuously absent. No matter. Viewers aren't the point. In an extremely emotionally healthy move, Kayla is really talking to herself. Her subjects include "Being Yourself," and "Putting Yourself Out There."

She's not one of the cool kids in middle school, but you know, based on her show, that she's going to have a better time of it in high school and beyond.

It's a sweet movie about a time of life most of us remember. And not that fondly. The Movie Slut just isn't sure if, like Kayla, this movie has an audience.