Movie Review: Win It All
It’s easy to see why Joe Swanberg found his muse in Jake Johnson. Both share a Northside Chicago upbringing, an affinity to dive bar drinking, …
3 Star Reviews
Movie Review: The Fate of the Furious
In hindsight, I’m mad at myself for not seeing the insane franchise potential of The Fast and the Furious movies. Awesome cars doing awesome stunts, …
Movie Review: Power Rangers
I watched the Power Rangers starting at 6 and for much too long afterward. The zords (giant Ranger robots) were front and center of my …
Movie Review: Life
For a movie called Life, there sure is lots of death. The “definitely not Alien” alien in space horror movie reinvents the wheel because it …
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 …
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. …