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Damien Chazelle's third major feature, the follow-up to his Oscar-winning La La Land, attempts to take us to the moon while also providing a portrait of one of America's most iconic heroes -- Neil Armstrong. The results unfortunately are a very mixed bag. While the flight sequences themselves are frenetic and impressive, the human drama … Continue reading Review: First Man
Star Wars has been a cultural touchstone for over 40 years now. George Lucas, with help from his pal Steven Spielberg, created the modern blockbuster and changed the way Hollywood made movies. For 90's kids like yours truly, the Original Trilogy is all the Star Wars we ever thought we would get - and that … Continue reading Rankings: The Star Wars Saga
Set some 10-13 years before the events of A New Hope, Solo finds our favorite smuggler scraping by as a street-rat before embarking on an adventure that will connect him with a certain Wookie, smooth-talking frenemies, and the fastest ship in the galaxy. The production behind Disney's second spin-off film in this franchise is more … Continue reading Review: Solo: A Star Wars Story
After years of Hollywood reboots and the popularity of Stranger Things, the prospect of adapting Ernest Cline's futuristic tribute to 1980's pop culture felt more dubious than slam-dunk for audiences who may be suffering from nostalgia fatigue. However, if there was one man for the job - it was Steven Spielberg. The book, after all, … Continue reading Review: Ready Player One
Alex Garland's follow-up to Ex Machina is a masterfully constructed and hallucinatory trip that is both deeply unsettling and mind blowing in equal measure. Natalie Portman anchors a terrific cast with one of her best performances. Fans of hard sci-fi searching for their next classic need look no further as Annihilation is the most boundary-pushing … Continue reading Review: Annihilation
