The BeMovieSeeMovies 2023: And the Winners Are…
Any weak sections of my awards were filled out by the fall movie releases, especially the international films, again delivering great cinema. SpiderVerse still has …
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Movie Review: Monster (2023)
In the big US corporate world of moviemaking, stories about complex ordinary people aren’t gonna bring in the big bucks, so they only go for …
The Top 10 Movies of 2003
In general, 2003 is a so-so year at the movies. There’s probably a good reason for that though. Hollywood, nay, the planet, could only see …
Movie Review: A Quiet Place
*In a whisper voice* Shhhh……I’m gonna tell you something. It’s about the new John Krasinski directed and starring movie with his wife, Emily Blu….SHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! What …
Movie Review: Colossal
Colossal is the unholy offspring of an Asian monster movie and an indie “back to the hometown” flick. Wait….unholy is incorrect. What’s the word? Unexpected, …
Movie Review: Godzilla
Even Matthew Broderick couldn’t get rid of Godzilla. The monster that made popular the creature feature is back. Director Gareth Edwards has fun building Godzilla …
Movie Review: Pacific Rim
Monsters versus robots. For any fanboy, that statement alone is worth at least a strong consideration. Fortunately for all the people forced to be dragged …
Movie Review: Princess Mononoke
It is a shame more people in the United States do not know the name Hayao Miyazaki. He is Japan’s version of Disney: his animations …
Movie Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild
Benh Zeitlin must have read Huckleberry Finn before he directed Beasts of the Southern Wild. The setups are almost identical: they feature a younger protagonist, …
Movie Review: Brave
Brave is very timid by Pixar standards. They did a better family story in the Incredibles; they had a better plot in Monsters, Inc; and …