Tag: Film Review

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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I have a real love for John Krasinski and Emily Blunt. They are one of my favorite Hollywood couples so I was jazzed when they were going to be in a movie together. I saw this with some reservations though because it was written and directed by John and I didn’t know how that was…
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Subtitle alert! This is a Japanese film and you will have to read subtitles. Now that most of you have stopped reading, I can continue. I highly recommend this one. It reminded me of some of the family dramas from Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu who happens to be one of my favorite directors. This one…
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It’s time for some Alfonso Cuaron at long last. You know him and I’m presuming you love him if you’re reading this review. The man brought us Children of Men, Gravity and I’m counting Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban because it’s a great movie. Don’t test me on this. His latest film, Roma,…
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Space films are very hit or miss for me. They’re either really great or awful. There never seems to be an in between. First Man is not getting a lot of buzz or recognition, but I loved it. You get to follow the journey of Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) and his wife Janet (Claire Foy)…
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When I saw the trailer for Destroyer many months ago I thought, “Holy shit, Sigourney Weaver looks ROUGH!” And then to my shock I discovered Sigourney Weaver was not even starring in the film, it was Nicole Kidman. If you haven’t heard of this movie, watch the trailer and see if you understand my confusion.…
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Oh God, here comes Steve Carell in another serious role. Sometimes I just want him to do a straight comedy again. Don’t get me wrong I think he kills it in dramatic roles, but every once in a while I long for the days of Michael Scott and Brick Tamland. More importantly here comes Timothee…
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Do you want to watch a movie about all of the reasons you should never have children? Then see Tully. It was written by Diablo Cody who is also responsible for Juno and Young Adult and is directed by Jason Reitman. Cody and Reitman are frequent collaborators and usually create some pretty rad stuff. It…
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I’ve been a Bo Burnham fan for a while so when I heard he had written and directed a movie I knew I was going to have to see it. He didn’t disappoint. Burnham crafted an emotional journey following eighth-grader Kayla (Elsie Fisher) as her time as a middle-schooler comes to an end. I remember…
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