2023 – Page 2 – Be the Movie, See the Movie

Movie Review: Occupied City

The most overlooked great filmmaker of the past 10-15 years has to be Steve McQueen. AFTER he directed a Best Picture Winner, he made an …

Calling a film an “art film” these days feels more like a strike against the movie in 2023. I kinda get what they mean: being …

It was time. While 1993’s Alive was fine, the movie suffers from West Side Story syndrome, in that it takes an Uruguayan story and whitewashes …

Everyone wants to be loved. Mr. Rogers once said the greatest thing we can do is convince someone that they’re loved and capable of loving. …

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom reminds me of a certain type of sports team. We’re a few years removed from that team’s peak, and slowly …

Cars and men. Men and cars. Excuse me, Mann and cars. Michael Mann doing a story about Enzo Ferrari seems like a match made in …

The writer’s strike cast a pall over 2023. Plus, with no RRR or Everything Everywhere, the top of the year isn’t quite as strong as …

The movies were really trying a lot of stuff in 2023. We had a couple tries at bringing back the R Rated comedy. Video gamers …

I love the double confidence going on here. Zack Snyder’s self-belief on all his 2-2.5 star 11 year old boy fantasia projects is how we …

It was time. Not that I didn’t enjoy Steven Spielberg’s take on Alice Walker’s celebrated novel. But with the success of the musical version of …