Category: Reviews

The very first X-Men movie. This was released way back in 2000. I can’t believe it’s been that long. I also can’t believe some actors reprised their roles for almost 20 years (cough, cough, Hugh Jackman). I vaguely remember watching this many, many years ago. But I have to say it was awesome to watch…
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Queen Elizabeth I has had many films and television shows made about her. This time her often overlooked cousin Mary takes the spotlight. This could’ve been a really gripping movie about two rival queens. It could have been. Instead the movie plods along for two hours with very little actually happening. I must say Margot…
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Cold War is director Pawel Pawlikowski’s follow up to his critically acclaimed film Ida (2013). He continues his style of shooting in black and white with Cold War. The first part of this film is kind of boring and scant on details. Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) is a music director who falls in love with a…
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Yes! Another Jimmy Chin helmed documentary. You know I had to see this! Pro tip: you should also check out his other documentary Meru. It is beautiful. But this time he teamed up with fellow director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi to document legendary free solo climber Alex Honnold. For anyone who doesn’t know, free solo is…
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The Star Wars universe has really been expanding since Disney bought the rights. I’m not complaining because I love Star Wars so bring on more movies. But I’m going to go ahead and say that I don’t know what could be worse than the Lucas-helmed prequels. I usually go into Star Wars movies with that…
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I’ve had trouble forgiving Steven Spielberg for making me watch The Post, which could’ve been great but instead fell really flat. He redeemed himself with Ready Player One. This one was a lot of fun. Wade (Tye Sheridan) is an avid player in the Oasis, a virtual reality game. The creator of the Oasis dies…
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Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Captain America, Black Widow, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Spider-Man, AND the peeps from Guardians of the Galaxy. All. In. One. Movie. #blessed The previous Avengers movies have been an exercise in excess and Infinity War is no exception. You presumably know the gang and you love them. This time, they’re out…
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This documentary tells the life story of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It covers her time as a young adult when she was in law school all the way up to present day. The film is a typical documentary style. The directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West don’t take many risks stylistically speaking. But…
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I’m going to preface this by saying this is one of the strangest films I’ve seen in a long time. Strange in a good way, but definitely odd. It’s a Swedish film by director Ali Abbasi starring Eva Melander and Eero Milonoff. I haven’t seen any of Abbasi’s other films so I’m not sure how…
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I mostly know Paul Schrader for his screenplays like Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. I think he’s a great writer and crafts really fascinating and unique narratives and he continued that trend with First Reformed which he wrote and directed. Reverend Toller (Ethan Hawke) is the head of an old church named First Reformed. He…
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