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7 years ago
That bear scene will haunt me in my dream!!! So intense! Read the full review »
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7 years ago
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
In a world where the image of superheroes, aliens, and robots all walking away from computer-generated explosions is now ubiquitous, revisiting Steven Spielberg’s action masterpiece, “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981) is truly refreshing. I’... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
After months of hearing unceasing praise for Alex Garland’s sci-fi thriller “Annihilation”, I at long last caught up to it. Expectations were not only met but pleasantly exceeded as I watched Garland’s newest sci-fi spectacle unfold in all... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
Documentaries are too often shunned as the boring cousins of “real” movies; this could not be farther from the truth when speaking of the stellar lineup of documentaries we are being graced with this year. Leading the pack is Morgan Neville’... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
I had the privilege of seeing “Eighth Grade” followed by a short Q&A with writer/director Bo Burnham, Elsie Fisher (Kayla), and Jake Ryan (Gabe). When asked why he chose to set this story in eighth grade, Burnham poignantly stated that he felt... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) added to Mission: Impossible - Ranked list.
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
Just like its protagonist, 2015s “Ant-Man” is quick-witted, hilarious, and easily overlooked. Released right in between “Avengers: Age of Ultron” (2015) and “Civil War” (2016), it’s no wonder this is almost always pushed to the side... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
“Hellboy” is a stew that blends superheroes with the supernatural. It’s based on a comic book written by Mike Mignola in the early 1990s and adapted to the screen here by Guillermo del Toro, the only person who can make such a stew actually... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
As cheesy as it may sound, Armando Iannucci’s “The Death of Stalin” lives up to its tagline: “a comedy of terrors”. That’s exactly what this film is, a mocking look at the immoral inner workings of the Soviet Union during and after Sta... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
2018 is quickly becoming a landmark year for independent films. Debra Granik’s “Leave No Trace” is the latest in this glorious trend. Starring incredible new talent Thomasin Mckenzie, “Leave No Trace” never reminds you that you’re watc... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
The summer of reboots and sequels continues with “Sicario: Day of the Soldado”, the follow-up to 2015s glorious “Sicario”. Both written by Taylor Sheridan, the “Sicario” movies don’t differ too much tonally, but there are certain ele... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
It is through FBI agent Kate Macer’s (Emily Blunt) eyes that we witness just how twisted this world can be in Denis Villeneuve’s crime-thriller “Sicario”. After being shaken up by a gruesome discovery connected to the Mexican cartel, Macer... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
“This is not based on a true story….this is a true story” “American Animals” assures us right from the beginning. And it’s a good thing too because if this wasn’t half-documentary, it would be much harder to believe. Director Bart La... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
“The best thing we can do is tell someone they’re loved and capable of loving”. This is the central quote in “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”, the stellar new documentary from Morgan Neville (“20 Feet to Stardom”) on Fred Rogers of “M... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
“We’re superheroes, what could happen?” Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) smugly asks his bride, Helen/Elastigirl (Holly Hunter). The answer? A lot. A lot can happen to superheroes apparently, everything from getting sued to their ho... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
“Wall-E” is a groundbreaking cinematic masterpiece (snobby words only because “Wall-E” deserves it). Grand space adventures abound in film, but Pixar graced us with their own breathtaking version that somehow feels both small and large-sca... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
“Up” is a perfect blend of realism and fantasy. Few movies can handle rough subjects well, and even fewer can respectfully blend them with fantastical elements. “Up” does all that and then some; its opening minutes are notoriously some of... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
“Ratatouille” is one of the most ironic movies ever made: it’s about a rat that cooks in haute cuisine— it’s hard to come up with a stronger dissonance than that, but somehow, someway, Pixar makes it work wonderfully. “Ratatouille” i... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
The best animated movies take us into worlds we could never know otherwise. This is one of the countless things that makes Pixar movies so great: from “Toy Story”(1995) to “Coco”(2017), they’ve taken us to beautiful, unexplored worlds th... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
I will be the first to admit that I expected a bad movie here, one that would try too hard to be like the original Ocean’s trilogy and fail to take off by itself. I will also be the first to admit that I was pleasantly surprised by “Ocean’s... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
My friend and I did not speak when “First Reformed” ended. We remained silent for a good 5–7 minutes. This was the only reasonable reaction to what we had just witnessed. “First Reformed” is a masterpiece of character-driven drama with f... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
Sadly, I wasn’t writing reviews when “Black Panther”, one of the biggest movies of the past few years, was released a few months ago, so this is long overdue. In February, “Black Panther” took the entire world by storm; the box office ex... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
Irony is at the center of every unbelievable scenario in Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove”, from the famous “Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here, this is the War Room!”, to a soldier worrying about answering to the Coca-Cola company i... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
I’m not one for arguing that everyone absolutely has to see silent films to appreciate film in general, but I like to think I recognize a good movie when I see it, and Charlie Chaplin’s “City Lights” (1931) is a really good movie.
The plo... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
Leaving the theater in my rickety 2002 Toyota Echo, high on “Solo” vibes, made me feel like Han Solo. That suave vibe that makes you want to be like the pilot is arguably this prequel’s primary strength among various significant weaknesses.... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
“Tully” is about what happens when life doesn’t go the way we want it. Masterfully written by Diablo Cody (“Juno”), the story is not only meant to speak specifically to those in the plight of motherhood, but broadly to everyone who searc... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
For many, the measure of a good movie is its rewatchability. I recall being disappointed by many a film upon my first viewing in the movie theater, but I don’t know if I have ever been disappointed on a rewatch…until now. Edgar Wright’s “B... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
Rarely do we like movies that make us uncomfortable. Even so, it is those choice few that stick with us the most. Last year, Jordan Peele gave us an expertly crafted, undeniably unusual story. It toyed with our pulse and our minds, but most of all... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
I hate when movies are quiet.
I crouch in my seat, cover my eyes, ears, and brace for the villain to suddenly appear with blaring brass section accompaniment. So, frankly, I am not fond of any movie that keeps me in fetal position the entire time... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
When “Ready Player One” begins, the theater is pitch black with only the setting written across the screen (Columbus, Ohio 2045). Almost immediately, Jump by Van Halen blares in all its nostalgic glory, and, if you’re anything like me, you i... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
“Deadpool 2” is almost perfect for what it wants to be: a gratuitously violent, meta-farce that holds its audience’s attention largely with its unique humor; still, it falls short when it tries to have an actual message. While most of the ti... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
“Avengers: Infinity War” is our generation’s cinematic epic — our “The Ten Commandments”, if you will. The week leading up to my first viewing found me sort of nervous and half-expecting the biggest let down in movie history; howev... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
Writer/director Boots Riley’s “Sorry to Bother You” is probably the most original movie of the year, but even that just may be a gross understatement on my part. Riley’s unique creative vision shines through not only in the wild story he t... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
The “Jurassic Park/World” films are full of scientists and billionaires who never learn from their mistakes— that’s how we get the main conflict in both “Jurassic World” and its new underwhelming sequel, “Fallen Kingdom”. While the... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
After waiting 14 years, Pixar decided to start “Incredibles 2” with a pretty random interrogation— instantly, I knew Pixar had once again made something different than what I had expected. I’ll be honest, I was quite pessimistic about this... Read the full review »
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IsaVsTheMovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
Whether you’re a Marvel fan or not, it’s hard to admit that “Infinity War” didn’t leave you itching for the next Marvel movie; we all wanted to see what else was going on in the universe after that insane finale. Next up in the saga is t... Read the full review »
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Barneyonmovies rated and reviewed a movie.
7 years ago
Everything about Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) screams bigger is better. Whether it's Tom Cruise dangling from a helicopter in the Himalayan mountains, or a car chase in central Parisian rush hour, each subsequent set-piece sets a new limit... Read the full review »
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