Tag: Film Review

After the Wedding is a remake. I’m really starting to wonder if Julianne Moore is just picking her favorite movies and saying let’s remake this and I’ll fund it. Gloria Bell? After the Wedding? Should this era be called Julianne Moore: The Remake Years? It’s a working title. I’ll say this one time, I do…
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Ready or Not is a baffling mix of violence, comedy, and horror that shouldn’t work at all but somehow miraculously it does. Normally I don’t see any movies that look remotely scary. But this one looked like it was going to be heavier on the laughs than the screams, so I decided to give it…
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If you’re a die hard Bruce Springsteen fan, then you should run to see Blinded by the Light. The movie is set in the late 1980’s and packs a lot of Springsteen into its two hour run time. Here’s a fun fact for you: the director, Gurinder Chadha, was also a writer on Bend It…
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Director Ron Howard tackles the distinguished life of opera singer Luciano Pavarotti in this documentary. To be very honest with you, I have zero knowledge about anything related to opera. I had heard of Pavarotti and I knew how important he was in the opera world, but I’ve never been to the opera and I…
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Confession: I have never seen any of writer/director Joanna Hogg’s other films. So you’ll have to excuse me if I ramble on about things that are just her usual style. Rest assured, I will be seeing her other three films shortly. I went to see her latest film, The Souvenir, a week ago, but I…
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This tiny indie movie is full of funny moments and stellar acting performances. I was one of four people in the theater so obviously this one isn’t really crushing the box office. But I have a feeling it’s because not a lot of people have heard of it. So I’m spreading the word so people…
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Shazam! is a magic word in more ways than one. Poor DC Comics. Marvel is over here absolutely crushing it and DC is coming out with flops like Suicide Squad and Justice League. Aside from Wonder Woman (and maybe Aquaman?), DC had been struggling. I’m happy to announce that they found their groove with Shazam!.…
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I never remember how much I love Julianne Moore until I watch a movie she’s in and then I’m like oh my gosh I love her so much. That’s how I felt while watching Gloria Bell. I just really freaking love Julianne Moore. This one is kind of unusual and not at all what I…
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Everybody Knows, the latest offering from director Asghar Farhadi, is an interesting choice because the Iranian director chose to make a film in Spanish. He was able to snag a stellar cast and created a somewhat interesting storyline for them to navigate. Laura (Penelope Cruz) returns home to a city just outside Madrid for her…
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I had never heard of this until a coworker mentioned it to me (if you haven’t hear of it either watch the trailer here). It is one of the biggest box office draws in China right now. So I kind of felt like I had to see it. It is a huge massive science fiction…
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