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Two studs and a dud this week. Poor Things An absolute on-brand delight from the often brilliant Yorgos Lathinmos, a Greek auteur who excels at making weird shit. Poor Things might just be his weirdest shit yet, based on a 1992 novel by the recently departed Alasdair Gray and adapted for the screen by The Favourite scribe Tony McNamara. It’s about a psychologicallyContinue reading “2023 Movie Reviews: Poor Things / Maestro / The Iron Claw”

One clear winner this week. The Boy and the Heron (How Do You Live?) Japanese anime master and Studio Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki returned from retirement for what I assume was a bid to save his company’s reputation from the clutches of his son, Goro. Sorry, Goro, but your 2020 computer-animated Earwig and the Witch was perhaps the worst cartoon I’veContinue reading “2023 Movie Reviews: The Boy and the Heron / Dream Scenario / Passages”

People always tell me I’ve seen every movie ever made and I have to laugh at how incorrect they are. Granted, I’ve usually watched significantly more movies than they have, but it’s estimated there are roughly 500,000 movies in existence. I’ve seen almost 4,000, nearly 1% of every movie ever made. That’s nothing. I tryContinue reading “Top 10 Movies I Saw For First Time in 2023”

The end of the year is rapidly approaching, and I am so fucked with the amount of shit I have to do. Not just from a writing perspective but from a work perspective and a personal life perspective. Yet, this is the time when everyone releases their lists, and while I wait till mid-January toContinue reading “10 Best TV Shows of 2023”

Three good movies this week. Napoleon Ridley Scott is no stranger to violent and rousing historical epics, but when he tries to take a more human approach, especially one involving comedy, all bets are off. That’s my main issue with Napoleon, a four hour miniseries trimmed down to a terribly paced 158-minute theatrical release, it’sContinue reading “2023 Movie Reviews: Napoleon / Thanksgiving / May December / Rustin / Saltburn / Slotherhouse / When Evil Lurks / Sanctuary”

An unlikely champion this week. The Killer I can’t remember the last time I saw something as slight and forgettable as David Fincher‘s The Killer, a technically dazzling but ultimately hollow revenge drama about a sociopathic nutbag (a very good Michael Fassbender) seeking revenge on the clients and colleagues who tried to do him in. We’ve seen soContinue reading “2023 TV & Movie Reviews: The Killer / The Holdovers / Frasier / Priscilla / No Hard Feelings”

Even mix of excellent and mediocre stuff this week. Killers of the Flower Moon With Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese has made his best film since 1990’s Goodfellas – a powerfully sad, frighteningly relevant, and nearly forgotten history lesson about the lengths some men will go to for extra money. Based on the 2017 non-fiction book, Killers of theContinue reading “2023 TV & Movie Reviews: Killers of the Flower Moon / The Fall of the House of Usher / Goosebumps / Chucky / Anatomy of a Fall & More”

A 3-part exploration into the dozens of Scream rip-offs to hit the movie market from 1997-2001. Over the course of this article me and some of my horror obsessed friends – an interesting mix of actors, writers, comedians, musicians, and even a real life high school principal – will review and explore just over twentyContinue reading “The House That Scream Built: Part 2 (1999-2000)”