If you’ve listened to my podcast for any length of time, you know I’ve been pretty vocal about one of my biggest frustrations with Hollywood. The way Tourette’s syndrome has historically been used as comic relief. It’s a lazy trope,… Continue Reading →
I recently watchedHeated Rivalry. Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) was an exceptional character. Charismatic, funny (though I don’t know that he was meant to be), and overall, really well acted by Storrie. Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) was a predictable and boring… Continue Reading →
I really wanted to like A House of Dynamite. With Kathryn Bigelow directing, a high-stakes nuclear threat premise, and a cast including Idris Elba as the President, Rebecca Ferguson as Captain Olivia Walker, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, and Tracy Letts,… Continue Reading →
Blue Moon feels like a stage play that wandered onto a film set and decided to stay awhile. Director Richard Linklater crafts a tightly contained character study centered on the brilliant yet tormented composer Lorenz Hart, played by Ethan Hawke,… Continue Reading →
Frankenstein is a hauntingly beautiful and deeply ambitious reimagining of Mary Shelley’s timeless story, elevated by breathtaking cinematography and anchored by two career-defining performances from Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi. From its opening moments, the film establishes an atmosphere of… Continue Reading →
Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt feels like a refined, grown-up version of a campus drama, a kind of Ivy League Dawson’s Creek dressed in philosophical debates and moral tension. Set among Yale’s elite, the story unfolds with beauty and restraint,… Continue Reading →
Roofman is a quietly ambitious film, beautifully shot (on 35 mm by Andrij Parekh) with a restrained visual style that rarely calls attention to itself. In it’s form, it is technically solid, though seldom ambitious in its cinematography. The film… Continue Reading →
As I sat in the dark theater, surrounded by empty seats eliminated by use with caution tape, the first ominous tone emanated from the digital audio system. I immediately was aware that I was watching a Zack Snyder movie. With… Continue Reading →
Well, to say this movie was “Very Nice”, would be an understatement. Normally I would wax poetic about the ups and down, the twists and turns, of a movie. However, this movie leaves me sitting here on the edge of… Continue Reading →
I have often been criticized for not being the biggest fan of Groundhog Day. I mean, Bill Murray is a legend, and 100% of the reason to watch the movie, but it was just lacking something for me. Turns out,… Continue Reading →
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