✯✯✯✯½ One of the most important moments in my cinema going career was seeing Adaptation at the Col. Glenn theater in Little Rock, AR. It was my first trip to that theater. It was my first time to leave the city I lived in with friends to see a movie. And of course, it was [...]
Opinion: A Call For An End to the Razzies
A performance that was nominated at the wrong award ceremony. We were long overdue for this conversation When the Golden Raspberry Awards or Razzies were forced to walk back an "award" given to Bruce Willis for worst performance in a DTV movie, a job it's now known he only took to try to work as [...]
‘West Side Story’ Review: The Perfect Reintroduction of a Classic Musical
Some would ask what is the need for a new West Side Story, but Steven Spielberg does far more than provide the answer any skeptic would need.
Opinion: Why The King’s Speech Deserves More Love
The Oscars can ruin modest work. Little films like Little Miss Sunshine and Juno feel elevated into larger conversations with their best original screenplay wins which are bad enough. But if one of these films should win the top prize, it's devastating. The Artist was a lovely bit of cotton candy that suddenly had to [...]
‘CODA’ Review: A Conceited Crowdpleaser Suppressing Its Deaf Voices
This film featuring deaf actors playing deaf characters unfortunately falters with providing them their own voice.
‘Licorice Pizza’ Review: Tomorrow May Not be the Day According to Paul Thomas Anderson
A film living in the moment - regardless of how short it's bound to last.
‘Drive My Car’ Review: A Testament to Art’s Impact on Life, Sorrows, and Connections
Ryusuke Hamaguchi's latest is a beautiful ride through life, happiness, sorrows, among many other things.
‘The Power of the Dog’ Review: Beautiful and Rugged on the Outside, Layered and Complex on the Inside
Jane Campion's first feature film in over a decade is a beautifully realized effort, internally and externally.
Turning Red Review: A Deeply Personal Triumph Deserving a Better Release
✯✯✯✯½ I have incredibly complicated feelings about Disney which is the nicest anyone should feel. They're the most monopolistic corporation in the history of media. They hold back progressive art through this monopoly while feinting towards progressive stances. They bought Fox only to destroy it and withdraw most of their films from the public. They're [...]
The Batman Review: A Classic Take on a Classic Character
✯✯✯✯✯ It's weird to say that the best strength of a blockbuster is that it doesn't do anything new but that's the case with Matt Reeves' The Batman. We've had years of a dark, gritty Batman in works ranging from The Dark Knight trilogy to the animated series. Reeves doesn't do anything more than pick [...]
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