Movie Review: Belle (2021)
With Hayao Miyazaki mostly retired from the animation game. There’s a question in Japan of who is going to pick up his mantle. My current …
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Movie Review: Prisoners of the Ghostland
I think we’re at the point in movie history where we get one great Nicholas Cage movie a year out of what I assume are …
Movie Review: Close-Knit
Black Panther. Love, Simon. The Force Awakens. It’s wonderful when you can see someone like you in a movie. Representation is a perennial struggle in …
Covid Classics: Look to the East
Americans tend to only get a distinctly Western view of movies, with superheroes, Oscar season, and the occasional British romcom. However, if they looked across …
Movie Review: Weathering With You
Hayao Miyazaki’s retirement left a gaping hole in the Japanese animated moviemaking world, with fans wondering who would dare try to step into his shoes. …
Movie Review: Midway
Midway had Roland Emmerich at Dick Best. That’s right. One of America’s greatest heroes, one of the reasons the United States won the Battle of …
Movie Review: Shoplifters
It doesn’t mean it’s the greatest movie of all time, but Palme D’Or winners of the Cannes Film Festival usually do mean that that film …
Movie Review: Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson is back…in animated form, thank god! I run VERY hot and cold with his live action films, but I loved Fantastic Mr. Fox. …
Movie Review: Your Name
Movies like Your Name are why I like to review movies. You’re sitting there, with hype giving you high expectations for a movie (it was …
Movie Review: Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell is about seeing CGI’ed naked Scarlett Johansson, which is great. It is also about someone who doesn’t feel quite right in …