Oh how I hated the trailers for the new Charlie’s Angels. So much about it made me think of some kind of half-assed 90s idea of Grrl Power from a male producer. Closets full of clothes, blatantly sexist men to beat up, dance sequences, and a generic pop song sung Read more
I’m not really one for car racing. Actually, I’m not really one for sports of any kind. But even I would admit that seeing the trailers for the new Ford v Ferrari made the sport look exciting, with a good cast and a lot of energy that would befit a Read more
Taika Waititi must love taking chances. Granted, they’ve paid off for him so far. What We Do in the Shadows and The Hunt for the Wilderpeople were both funny and fresh comedies. His entry to the MCU, Thor: Ragnarok, rightfully propelled him into the big time. And what does he Read more
If I am being honest, and I always try to be, I wasn’t really looking forward to the new Motherless Brooklyn. The trailers, showing Edward Norton directing himself in a movie where he plays a 50s private eye’s assistant with Tourette Syndrome and a lot of familiar faces looked a Read more
I had quite the time getting to see Pain and Glory on Sunday. I had purchased a ticket in advance through my AMC app. When I arrived on Sunday, I was surprised to see that every show was sold out. A Spanish language arthouse flick was sold out for the Read more
I recently listed my 45 favorite movies, and Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining was on there. Additionally, starting around my high school years, I was very much into the works of Stephen King, and the first of his books I read was The Shining. Now we have an adaptation of the Read more
Admittedly, I don’t know much about the life of Harriet Tubman. I know she was an escaped slave who became a very successful conductor on the Underground Railroad, she is supposed to get her face on the $20 bill at some point, and that’s about it. As such, though I Read more
South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho doesn’t make what I would call crowdpleasing movies. His films tend to be thinly veiled political allegories taking aim at things like American imperialism and its relationship with South Korea (The Host) or class struggles in general (Snowpiercer). Bong Joon-ho’s work tends to point some Read more
I think it is safe to assume that, even for the most devoted fans of the franchise, the Terminator series is something of a mess. After an all-time classic original movie and an impossibly better sequel, I suppose there was nowhere for the series to go but down. Despite being Read more
What to make of The Current War? Produced back in 2017 with a rather impressive cast, the movie sat on a shelf for the better part of two years due to the fact its original distributor was the Weinstein Company. And that company has had some…problems. Thanks to Martin Scorsese, Read more