WHAT I LIKED: Initially, Antoine Fuqua and David Ayer's 'Training Day,' raises an interesting utilitarian question; to what extent are wrongful actions forgiveable if they're in the name of the greater good?
Young cop Jake (Ethan Hawke) spends a... Read the full review »
Every time I try to get away from the MCU, they pull out another hat trick on the fly, and I gotta drag my ass back to the theater. Thankfully, I didn’t mind as much because the next film released in Phase 6 is “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”�... Read the full review »
Why do I keep doing this to myself? Ohhhhhhkay, so if you’ve ever been slightly interested in filmmaking or journalism or any kind of film critique, you’d be hard-pressed to not remember the name of one Uwe Boil: the original Internet troll, c... Read the full review »
So….my friend Gabby, you know the one I saw both Wicked films with, the one who cried at the curtain call both times with me, the theater queen herself—her absolute favorite musical (let alone the one she stated literally saved her life) just... Read the full review »
WHAT I LIKED: Steven Spielberg's 'Bridge of Spies,' is a brilliantly thrilling true story experly told by master filmmakers.
Matt Charman and the Coen Brothers' script follows insurance lawyer James Donovan (Tom Hanks) as he's asked by the CIA to... Read the full review »
WHAT I LIKED: Any gangster movie that paints its criminals and the world that created them as the villains gets brownie points from me, and that's exactly what makes Steven Zaillan and Ridley Scott's 'American Gangster,' so refreshing.
Where othe... Read the full review »
Despite fearlessly gloating the phrase “Don’t judge a book by its cover”, the state of Hollywood has made it SO EASY to pick apart literally anything that smells like a disaster or just plain mediocrity. So let me preface this by eating a li... Read the full review »
any sneak peek preview? also, is it possible to do a movie import from trakt, umdb or letterboxd? i cant find the willpower to copy paste 4500 movies lol
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Feels rather redundant to say I grew up on “The Odyssey”, right? I mean, how could I not? It’s one of the most-read and oldest surviving works of literature ever conceived, translated, adapted, reimagined, and argued over for centuries acros... Read the full review »
Color me surprised: “The Wrecking Crew” isn’t half-bad.
That being said, the narrative at play here isn’t much to write home about. You know exactly how it’s going to play out: two estranged siblings (or random partners with various l... Read the full review »
Grandma is the one who put me onto martial arts films—she’s been watching them her whole life, everything from Chinese wuxia to Korean action to Thai kickboxing pictures. I’d never have found my footing in foreign cinema without her. So when... Read the full review »
With “The Furious,” we’ve all seen this story before. A father’s daughter is kidnapped, the police are useless and the bad guys are monsters, and the father goes after them himself. On paper, the film doesn’t reinvent that revenge formul... Read the full review »
Written and directed by Edward Burns, “Finnegan’s Foursome” is a laid back, feel good film centered around a golf-obsessed family.
After their father passes away, two rival brothers (Burns, Brian d’Arcy James) and their adult children (Br... Read the full review »
I kinda loved it but also kinda hated it.
That’s my reaction to director and co-writer Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day,” the kind of ambitious summer blockbuster that only a filmmaker of his stature could get made. Equal parts mystery,... Read the full review »