There is an easy and obvious comparison to be made between the 2001 “Ocean’s Eleven” remake and 2017’s “Logan Lucky.” Both are heist movies. Both offer a blend of serious moments with a lot of humor and some truly clever… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Atomic Blonde”
Charlize Theron’s latest film, “Atomic Blonde,” is aggressively stylistic. From the opening moments to the closing ones, it is a film focused on performance – the performance of the camera, the performance of the songs, the performance of the editing,… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”
Luc Besson’s latest film, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” starts with such incredible promise. It begins with a tremendously beautiful look at how Alpha, a space station with life from all over the galaxy (or further), came… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Dunkirk”
“Dunkirk” is not your typical war movie. It is not about a group of people going off into battle, attempting to complete a mission, and learning something about themselves or the nature of life or man’s inhumanity towards man. It… Read More ›
TV Review: “Ozark”
Martin Byrde is a financial advisor, and a good one. He lives a comfortable life with his wife, Wendy, and their two kids, Charlotte and Jonah. His business partner, Bruce, may be a somewhat smarmy guy, but Byrde doesn’t have… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Spider-Man: Homecoming”
Sometimes after watching a movie, a single word emerges as the perfect one to encapsulate the film. The word can be positive, it can be negative, or it can be neutral, but somehow it just fits. Leaving the screening of… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Despicable Me 3”
The first “Despicable Me” was, if not a revelation, quite enjoyable. It was exceptionally funny, featured a clever plot, and had these crazy yellow things that spoke in a funny fashion (I love the Minions, if you’re against them you… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Okja”
This is meant to be a review of Bong Joon Ho’s “Okja,” a movie which launched today on Netflix. I don’t think it’s going to be a traditional review, but it’ll be something close to it. The film, “Okja,” stars… Read More ›
Movie Review: “War for the Planet of the Apes”
At one point during “War for the Planet of the Apes,” the audience watches as a Colonel (Woody Harrelson) and his troops listen to a poor recording of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The troops go from standing in formation over to… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Transformers: The Last Knight”
This may sound weird, but the fate of the entire world is at stake in “Transformers: The Last Knight.” Okay, no, I take it back, it doesn’t sound weird at all. After all, how could the fate of the world… Read More ›
Movie Review: “The Mummy” (2017)
When Russell Crowe’s character meets Tom Cruise’s in the new “The Mummy,” Crowe’s explains that he is older than Cruise’s. This instantly makes one pause. Sure, we have already seen Cruise without a shirt in the film and it isn’t… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Beatriz at Dinner”
There is good in this world and there is evil and while it isn’t always easy to tell the two apart in real life, in movies and TV it can be more simple. When one sits down to watch Miguel… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Captain Underpants”
The titular hero is a relatively large man who goes around in his underwear, and the villain is Professor Poopypants. At one point, there is a whoopee cushion symphony. Yes, “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” is quite clear about… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Dean”
Demetri Martin’s new movie, “Dean,” is not terribly funny despite it seemingly wanting to be a comedy. That is slightly problematic if one understands “comedy” to mean that a movie ought to generate a substantial number of laughs (“Dean” has a few… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Wonder Woman” (2017)
For whatever reason, when many movies hire an attractive woman to play a “mousy” character, the actress wears glasses as though a pair of glasses will hide one’s beauty. It is a silly trope that has been seen time and… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Baywatch”
There is something great about watching actors on screen who seem to be having fun. Their enjoyment turns into our enjoyment, elevating what might otherwise be a mediocre film to something better. That is precisely what happens with “Baywatch,” as… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Snatched” (2017)
I laughed during one scene in Amy Schumer’s new comedy, “Snatched.” I can therefore not say that the movie is “wholly devoid of laughs.” Plus, that sort of phrasing feels mean, and there’s no reason to be mean. There is… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Alien: Covenant”
Over the past few years, movie franchises long left dormant are being brought out of stasis on a fairly regular basis. While the overarching reasons for this are certainly important when looking at a macro view of our film universe,… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Paris Can Wait”
I love big budget spectacle movies… or I love the idea of them anyway; recently I’ve been less impressed with the films themselves (but that’s neither here nor there). It is still nice though, as we head into summer with… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”
One of the reasons the original “Guardians of the Galaxy” works so well is that it, at the time it was released, provided an entirely different feel from other movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Having just rewatched it, I… Read More ›
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