Watch, then read, unless you don't care about SPOILERS! I love to discuss character and story, which is often difficult to do without touching on specific scenes or a movie's ending.
I reviewed Prey a few years back, and didn’t return to Predator before watching it, but I won’t skimp out on an Alien or Aliens rewatch, before reviewing what looks like a retread of similar stuff, with a hope for … Continued
I’d seen Aquaman, but forgotten most there is to know about it. So I watched it again, thinking I’d have it set in my mind for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, but then a few weeks went by, and Aquaman … Continued
Lo and behold, there’s a new Coen Brothers movie sweeping into town. Well, half a Coen Brothers movie, because Ethan Coen is going solo. Now, I knew nothing about this movie ahead of time – I avoided the trailer, like … Continued
Kirsten Dunst, we meet again – it’s been a while. Kirsten, I’ll always love you, my OG Mary Jane and conqueror of Jumanji, but the last time we met, I couldn’t get behind the hype for The Power of the … Continued
Oh, how I really want to love this movie! The first Deadpool was revolutionary – ingenious, for fourth wall breaks, hilarity, and R-rated comic potential. Like with most things, it’s hard to ante-up on something so profound, and so Deadpool … Continued
I am loaded up and ready to go! Since we last spoke about Yorgos Lanthimos, I have traversed his filmography. The Lobster, what a hoot! Extremely original. The Killing of a Sacred Deer was not as visceral as I was … Continued
Twister… is not great. No, I’m sorry, but it’s not. Chasing twisters that subjectively pick up what they want, and the pang of a main character thinking the skies are personally against them, is silly 🤷♂️ I have a prediction … Continued
Luca Guadagnino has hit the mainstream! I had to chase down Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria in arthouses, and backtrack through DVDs and streaming to view his earlier work, but Challengers was everywhere a few months ago, from … Continued
Sometimes, it pays to be slow! The first short in this anthology was released by Netflix in 2023, and subsequently won Best Live Action Short Film at the Oscars, and I always really wanted to get to it. But since … Continued
People! I’m going to watch Unfrosted 🙌 Jerry Seinfeld has directed a movie; a satirical look at the invention of the pop tart 💁♂️ It begins with Edsel Kellogg III (Jim Gaffigan), and his company of Kellogg’s cereal is flying … Continued