Movie Review: Godzilla vs. Kong
The title says it all. This movie isn’t about deep characterization. Or allegories about our current times. Or thematically potent studies about the animal in …
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Movie Review: Midnight Sky
George Clooney the actor. Yep! On board, no issues there. Welcome back after a mini movie hiatus. Problem is, George Clooney the director gets in …
Movie Review: Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Years matter sometimes. Take Godzilla: King of the Monsters. In the 1940s, this movie would have been AMAZING. But we’re running on over 60 years …
Movie Review: First Man
Damien Chazelle sure knows how to cash in Oscar clout. Fresh off his La La Land win as director, Chazelle decided to direct a movie …
Movie Review: Game Night
I’m not the biggest fan of game nights in general. I’ve found people that participate fall into 2 camps: those that take the games too …
Movie Review: Manchester By the Sea
Manchester By the Sea is very obvious Oscar bait. Good, but broken, leading man? Check. Traumatic event? Check. Unlikely friendship with a kid? Checkmate. …
Movie Review: Carol
Carol is grade A Oscar bait. Morally conflicted young lesbian meets older lesbian in the 1950s to discover herself despite societal judgment? You can practically see …
Movie Review: The Wolf of Wall Street
Leo DiCaprio gets to play a modern-day version of Jay Gatsby (who he played earlier this year) in the Wolf of Wall Street. Director Martin …
Movie Review: The Spectacular Now
Teen comedies became a genre after John Hughes defined it back in the 1980s. Since then, there have been many attempts to capture the combination …
Movie Review: Zero Dark Thirty
Kathryn Bigelow was riding high in 2010. She just became the first female director to win Best Director at the Oscars over her ex-husband, and …