Movie Review: Cuckoo
Cuckoo is so much fun to say. It’s very silly, but also implies something deranged is going on the deeper you think about it. Silly …
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Movie Review: The Teacher’s Lounge
Generally, as Eighth Grade showed us, middle school is a viper’s den. The goal is simply to come out alive and relatively emotionally unscathed from …
Movie Review: All Quiet on the Western Front
I understand the hesitancy. All Quiet on the Western Front was THE definitive book on World War I written in 1929, then a year later …
Movie Review: Beerfest
Beerfest got lucky. As a 20 year old college junior, I happened to catch this movie right before I went off to a “Beers of …
Movie Review: Jojo Rabbit
Taika Waititi is certainly pretty fearless as a movie creator. He took Marvel’s lamest property, and somehow made it their most exciting in one film. …
Movie Review #600: Der Samurai
For movie review #600 I thought I’d pick something designed to appeal to everyone. The only logical choice, obviously, was a movie about a German …
Movie Review: Eddie the Eagle
Matthew Vaughn doesn’t get enough credit for being a good director. The guy got Daniel Craig 007, created the Deadpool template for success, and rebooted …
Movie Review: Fury
War is hell. It doesn’t need to be proven anymore. It’s dehumanizing, evil, and scarring. Fury drives that point home with the spin on WWII …
Movie Review: The Monuments Men
Turns out Hitler was a REALLY bad guy. In addition to the genocide of Jews, the man also wanted to wipe the artistic influences in …
Movie Review: The Book Thief
When watching The Book Thief, I was more often than not reminded of Pinocchio. Not because they are both beloved stories written with children in …