Movie Review: Spider-Man: Brand New Day
[SPOILER ALERT], as this Spider-Man film has a LOT going on.
Jon Bernthal
Movie Review: The Odyssey
An annual tradition for my family was watching The Ten Commandments on Easter Saturday night. Usually I’m laughing at the distracting blood curdling shrieks during …
Movie Review: The Amateur
We were overdue for an update here. Alfred Hitchcock built a lot of his films around “the wrong man” country hopping spy thrillers, where our …
Movie Review: The Accountant 2
The transition from fun one-off movie to franchise IP is a tough jump not all films can pull off. Especially without sacrificing lots of quality …
Movie Review: Origin
I wish more filmmakers were as bold as Ava DuVernay. Since Selma, DuVernay has grown more and more ambitious with her projects, tying modern policing …
Movie Review: King Richard
There are a lot of movie convergences going on in King Richard, all good. It’s a Will Smith movie, and, for the first time in …
Movie Review: The Many Saints of Newark
Intellectual Property. IP. That loaded term means a lot of things when it’s attached to a story. Movie producers see those dollar signs increase if …
Movie Review: Those Who Wish Me Dead
I’m sure there’s a reason this movie isn’t called Forest Fire; probably some trademark/copyright issue. Too bad, because what’s a better pitch that “Forest Fire: …
Movie Review: Ford v Ferrari
Every year there’s 1 or 2 movies that feel like a studio executive going to a filmmaker and saying: “make me an Oscar movie.” Ford …
Movie Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon
Mark Twain is largely credited with writing the first great American novel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, about a boy on the run having adventures …