Category: Reviews

The Wife has sort’ve flown under the radar. It’s the latest offering from Swedish director Bjorn Runge. I really only saw this because THE BOSS Glenn Close is getting hella buzz for her role as Joan Castleman. In the film, she’s married to Joe Castleman (Jonathan Pryce), an incredibly successful author. The film is mainly…
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Does Lucas Hedges ever sleep? The guy has been in a ridiculous amount of movies over the last few years. I’m not complaining because he’s usually amazing, but damn. He once again steals the show in Boy Erased with another memorable performance as Jared Eamons. Boy Erased is the latest project from director Joel Edgerton…
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Director Julian Schnabel tackles the difficult but interesting life of painter Vincent Van Gogh. What I liked most about this film was Willem Dafoe’s performance as Van Gogh. He looked remarkably similar to Van Gogh and he captured the extreme highs and lows of the painter with ease. This is an extremely artsy film which…
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Another Spider-Man movie? Let me try to contain my eye roll and grudgingly go see it. This was my favorite type of movie-going experience because I did NOT want to see this but the movie slowly won me over. I’m serious! This may be my favorite Spider-Man movie ever. This could be in part because…
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It’s the sequel to Wreck-It Ralph and it ups the stakes from the arcade to the Internet. Six years have gone by since the OG movie with Ralph and Vanellope. We find the loveable video game characters are still best buddies but Vanellope is bored with the same ole same ole life. She is itching…
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Wes Anderson has a cult-like following. I am not a member of this cult, but I do like most of his films and I respect him as a filmmaker. I loved Fantastic Mr. Fox, so when I saw he was doing another stop-motion animation film I got a little excited. This one is set in…
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Had I been waiting impatiently for Incredibles 2 for years and years? Obviously. Considering this movie has one of my favorite animated characters of all time, Edna Mode, I was like hell yeah bring on a sequel! Nothing will ever top the original, but the sequel was very enjoyable. In the newest installment, superheroes are…
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Director Adam McKay is a particular type of filmmaker and his style may not be your style. I happen to like what he does. His dialogue is quick and snappy (reminiscent of Aaron Sorkin) and he attempts to tell really complex stories in a fun way. If you didn’t like his previous film The Big…
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Disney continues its theme of churning out remakes or modern versions of older classics. I was hesitant about this because I LOVE Julie Andrews. She is a legend. How are you going to have anyone else play Mary Poppins? But, if you’re going to do it I suppose Emily Blunt is the only one who…
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If you’re looking for a hard hitting take on race relations in America this is definitely not the film for you. Green Book is the story of musician Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) who embarks on a tour that will take him through the deep South in the 1960’s. He hires Tony “Lip” Vallelonga (Viggo…
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