Movie Review: Kong: Skull Island
Kong: Skull Island is a serviceable checklist summer blockbuster in March: Good looking leads? Check. CGI Spectacle/Action? Check. Cartoonishly line delivering bad guy? Check. Franchise …
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Movie Review: The Founder
I spent a lot of the last few years traveling. Yet, I never really got very homesick? How is that possible? Is Europe just that …
Movie Review: 20th Century Women
A24 and Annapurna are the most intriguing movie financing/distribution companies out there right now. So my interest in 20th Century Women went up 20% simply …
Movie Review: Silence
I’m sure when Martin Scorcese said he wanted to make a movie, Skydance Productions was ECSTATIC. Producing a film for one of the greatest living …
Movie Review: Nocturnal Animals
Nocturnal Animals is your 2 story merger. One story is great. The other is mediocre. Fortunately, the good story takes the majority of the running …
Movie Review #400: Rookie of the Year
There hasn’t been a really good kid’s sports movie (maybe Bend It Like Beckham) since the early 1990s, the golden era of kids playing sports. …
Movie Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Movie universes are the hot new thing this decade. Comic books (good and bad, and somewhere in the middle) have them. Teen love triangles have …
Movie Review: Bleed For This
A boxing movie is a rite of passage for every young actor trying to prove themselves. They get to show off physically and talent-wise with …
Movie Review: The Accountant
Turns out Batman is John Nash, who knew? The Accountant is Ben Affleck’s attempt to stay busy in between Caped Crusadering. One the one hand, …
Movie Review: American Honey
Andrea Arnold likes writing movies about poor young people trying to achieve their even small dreams. Despite their misguided worldview, Arnold’s British characters contain some …