Movie & TV Reviews, Lists, and Appreciation
We're back and catching up with some of this summer's big, would-be, blockbusters and we're deep into franchise territory (when aren't we?). Two of Hollywood's biggest franchises come to an end (maybe) while one is paving the way for its largest installment yet. Let's talk toys, monsters, and mutants. Toy Story 4 Did we … Continue reading Summer 2019 Catch-Up: Part 2
Summer's back--errr....has been back since The Avengers decided to kick things off back in April with their global domination of the box-office. With Summer Movie Season being such an onslaught of major releases, it can be hard to keep up with it all -- particularly for yours truly who spent much of May on the … Continue reading Summer 2019 Catch-Up: Part 1
WARNING: HEAVY SPOILERS TO FOLLOW. Game of Thrones has been with us for nearly a decade, but when it began, it was still a rather niche show. It wouldn't become the cultural phenomenon that it is today for a few years, after shockingly killing off many beloved characters in the early seasons. That type of … Continue reading The Top 25 Episodes of Game of Thrones
The Oscars this year have moved up a few weeks and they will be host-less for the first time in 30 years. No one really knows what to expect from the ceremony, could there be a surprise host? Rumors suggest Whoopi Goldberg. Probably the only thing we have a sense of is who most of … Continue reading Predictions for the 91st Annual Academy Awards
Last year, I remarked on the uncommon number of smart and daring blockbusters that littered the cinematic landscape. Unfortunately for much of this year, I felt that most of the truly exceptional work was few and far between, particularly on the studio level. However, 2018 finished with quite a bang and I think that my … Continue reading Top 10 Movies of 2018
Teenage Miles Morales must contend with living up to his parents' expectations after getting admitted to an esteemed high school and with living up to the expectations of multiple Spider-heroes after getting bitten by a radioactive spider of his own. Into the Spider-Verse is the most visually creative and innovative movie since Edgar Wright's Scott … Continue reading Review: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Adam McKay's follow-up to his acclaimed drama about the 2008 financial crisis, The Big Short, takes aim at most liberals' personal Voldermort from this century's first decade: Vice President Dick Cheney. Vice is far from a traditional biopic and embraces the idiosyncrasies that made McKay's The Big Short such a stand-out. Unfortunately, a little style … Continue reading Review: Vice
James Wan unleashes an underwater fantasy of epic proportions with a film that is overlong, overloaded, unabashedly over-the-top, and filled with enough spectacle for five movies. It feels like the filmmakers were worried they may never get another chance at this and threw everything they had into the mix. The design and effects of this … Continue reading Review: Aquaman
After five outings with Michael Bay's hyper-active directed action, Travis Knight of 2016's excellent animated epic Kubo and the Two Strings brings a refreshing and necessary course correction in style, tone, and quality for the Transformers series. By scaling things waaaay back and focusing on the relationship between Hailee Steinfeld and her robot co-star, the film ends … Continue reading Review: Bumblebee
Barry Jenkins' follow-up to his Oscar-winning film Moonlight, is based off the James Baldwin novel of the same name, and finds the director further refining his style to create a piece that feels more like a free-form jazz composition or a long-form poem than a narrative. Exquisitely shot and wonderfully performed, If Beale Street Could … Continue reading Review: If Beale Street Could Talk
