Movie Review: Ishtar
Ishtar is more famous in Hollywood for what happened outside the screen then what happens on it. It’s one of Hollywood’s most famous flops, as …
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Movie Review: Twilight
In my years of watching movies, there are a few rules I’ve learned to go by. One such rule is that a great screenplay can …
Movie Review: The Hangover
It’s amazing that no one ever attempted to make a movie like this. But maybe that’s the twisted comedic genius of Todd Phillips, the frat …
Movie Review: Boyz N the Hood
Until Boyz N the Hood came out, the only way African Americans could see themselves on screen in a real, complex way was in a …
Movie Review: Deathgasm
Apparently Sam Raimi’s horror movies made it down to New Zealand. Jason Lei Howden takes a page out of the low budget horror master’s playbook …
Movie Review: The VelociPastor
In the time of social distancing, pandemics, and streaming service smorgasbords, you can find all sorts of movies to pass the time. Catch up on …
Movie Review: Wendy
Benh Zeitlin burst onto the scene with Beasts of the Southern Wild, a revelation of a film about a young girl growing up in a …
Movie Review: Onward
I’ve said this a few times now, but Toy Story 3 represented a turning point in Pixar’s history. After that crowning achievement, Disney Animation poached …
Movie Review: The Way Back
And so we enter the new phase of the Ben Affleck meta movie. First there was the movie star flexes like Armageddon. Then came the …
Movie Review: Emma.
Emma is the Jane Austen story most Americans have probably actually seen. I know Pride and Prejudice is well known, but Clueless is basically Emma …