Movie Review: Christy
Ah the boxing movie. A right of passage for every actor who wants an Oscar someday. This time it’s Sydney Sweeney’s turn to don the …
Biopic
Movie Review: Blue Moon
De Niro and Scorcese. Mifune and Kurosawa. Denzel and Spike. Emma and Yorgos. These are some of the best actor/director pairs in cinema history. One …
Movie Review: Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
Ah, the music biopic. This has become what the period piece historical drama was; this is the prime Oscar bait now. A chance for an …
Movie Review: The Smashing Machine
The Smashing Machine has the wrappings of an Oscar bait film. It’s all there: transformative makeup, back in time, great acting performances, heavy drama. But …
Movie Review: Roofman
Gotta love a good story. Derek Cianfrance could have taken Roofman a million different directions. But, like myself when I saw all the news about …
Movie Review: The Lost Bus
I guess those Lincolns and Texas Football Games aren’t doing it for Matthew McConaughey anymore. It had been almost 6 years since McConaughey didn’t show …
Movie Review: Swiped
Dating apps will be a movie well that never ends. The true crime documentaries and swindling alone have already paid for Netflix subscriptions 10x over. …
Movie Review: Eden
The Garden of Eden is the aspiration of humanity whether or not you believe in it: a paradise where you have no fears and live …
Movie Review: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
There’s plenty of movies about racism and racial politics. But not many of those are viewed through the lens of small children, for obvious reasons. …
Movie Review: The Luckiest Man in America
I remember watching clips of Press Your Luck as a kid. The dreaded Whammy acting like the Bankrupt from Wheel of Fortune, taking everyone’s money …