For whatever reason, we have to suffer through horrible fiction tropes across multiple types of media, things that make no sense and yet keep popping up over and over again. One trope that I find particularly heinous is, “no, we… Read More ›
Dan Stevens
“The Call of the Wild” and the Bad CG
In my middle school, everyone learned that the lead character in “The Call of the Wild,” Buck, is a dynamic progressive character. It was the way we were taught to write a standard five paragraph essay. That worked wonderfully (except… Read More ›
New York Film Festival 2018 Review: “Her Smell”
The story of the rock star who, due to drugs and alcohol, falls from grace is certainly nothing new. The fact that it has been done before, however, doesn’t stop the incredible impact of writer-director Alex Ross Perry’s “Her Smell,”… Read More ›
Not a Movie Review: “Marshall”
Forgive me, this isn’t going to be quite a traditional review… “Marshall,” a biopic about Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (played here by Chadwick Boseman) is, honestly, less a biopic than an exploration of one case Marshall worked on in… Read More ›
“Lass is More” on “Beauty and the Beast” and “Bambi”
There is a new “Beauty and the Beast” movie. But, you already know that. It stars Emma Watson and Josh Gad and Dan Stevens and Luke Evans and it’s out on Blu-ray this week. Also out is the 75 year-old… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer”
If you were to ask me how Norman Oppenheimer, Richard Gere’s character in “Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer,” makes money, I would admit to not having any sort of an idea. The movie… Read More ›
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