Two great films this week. Anora One thing you can never say about indie filmmaker Sean Baker is that he’s boring. His films, while having varying degrees of quality, never fail to hold your attention. In 2015, Baker exploded onto the screen with his debut feature, Tangerine, which stood out for casting a lot of non-actors in bit parts,Continue reading “2024 Movie Reviews: Anora & Conclave”
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2024 TV & Movie Reviews: Smile 2 / Megalopolis / Industry / Rumours / A Different Man / Mr. McMahon / V/H/S Beyond
A lot of stuff this week. Smile 2 2024 has been a disheartening year for horror films. Only a few have been good, and only one has been great. That’s why I had absolutely zero expectations when I went into Smile 2. I was very lukewarm on the first one, finding it too campy to beContinue reading “2024 TV & Movie Reviews: Smile 2 / Megalopolis / Industry / Rumours / A Different Man / Mr. McMahon / V/H/S Beyond”
2024 Movie Reviews: The Substance / Uglies / His Three Daughters
The worst film of the year and two of the best. The Substance “Artsy trash” is the best way I’ve heard The Substance described, the new outrageous, hilarious, but not totally original body horror satirical comedy by Revenge writer/director Coralie Fargeat. Surprisingly, it won the Best Screenplay award at this year’s prestigious Cannes Film FestivalContinue reading “2024 Movie Reviews: The Substance / Uglies / His Three Daughters”
2024 Movie & TV Mini Reviews: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice / Speak No Evil / The Deliverance / Rebel Ridge / A Quiet Place: Day One / Batman: Caped Crusader / Wise Guy / Aggro Dr1ft
Some much new content these past few weeks I can only spare a paragraph or so for each. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Hands down, my favorite Tim Burton film is the original 1988 Beetlejuice. It distills the auteur’s best tendencies into one easily consumable package. A tightly paced fantastical comedy about the dead’s perception of the livingContinue reading “2024 Movie & TV Mini Reviews: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice / Speak No Evil / The Deliverance / Rebel Ridge / A Quiet Place: Day One / Batman: Caped Crusader / Wise Guy / Aggro Dr1ft”
FRIDAY THE 13th MOVIES: RANKED & REVIEWED
One of my favorite horror franchises growing up, second to only A Nightmare on Elm Street, the Friday the 13th movies are mostly awful but usually make for one hell of a fun movie night! Which one are you watching tonight? 12. Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) Not only the worst entryContinue reading “FRIDAY THE 13th MOVIES: RANKED & REVIEWED”
2024 Movie & TV Reviews: Longlegs / The Boys / Deadly DILF / Spermworld
Serial killers, superheroes, sperm donors, and DILFs. Longlegs The most impressive thing I’ve seen all year was the marketing campaign for Longlegs. From the way the trailers were edited to merely tease the narrative to inventive marketing stunts like having The Seattle Times post a fake encrypted letter from Longlegs, the fictional serial killer withinContinue reading “2024 Movie & TV Reviews: Longlegs / The Boys / Deadly DILF / Spermworld”
Top 100 Films of 2000s: Part 6 (#50-41)
UPDATE: Apologies this has taken me so long to get out, this will now be released weekly (mid-week) every week moving forward. Since it’s been so long let’s re-cap: Top 100 Films of 2000s: Part 1 (#100-91) Top 100 Films of 2000s: Part 2 (#90-81) Top 100 Films of 2000s: Part 3 (#80-71) Top 100Continue reading “Top 100 Films of 2000s: Part 6 (#50-41)”
2024 Movie Reviews: Godzilla x Kong / The Beast / The Last Stop in Yuma County / No Way Up
Two shits, two legits. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire As King Kong and Godzilla roared to each other as loud as they could, my sleep apneaic snores matched them note for note. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire has to be the most boring, one-note, soulless mainstream action blockbuster released this year. I feltContinue reading “2024 Movie Reviews: Godzilla x Kong / The Beast / The Last Stop in Yuma County / No Way Up”
2024 Movie & TV Reviews: The Bear / MaXXXine / Beverly Hills Cop 4 / Interview with the Vampire
Chefs, vampires, serial killers and Eddie Murphy. The Bear Season 3 The Bear might be the most popular scripted series currently on the air. An instant smash hit when it debuted back in 2022, it only grew bigger and bigger with each passing episode until, by the end of Season 2, everyone declared it thisContinue reading “2024 Movie & TV Reviews: The Bear / MaXXXine / Beverly Hills Cop 4 / Interview with the Vampire”
2024 TV & Movie Reviews: Hacks / The Sympathizer / In A Violent Nature / Movie Pass Movie Crash
Hacks One of the best comedy series of the past ten years is finally back for a third season, and while it doesn’t quite reach the heights of its near-perfect first and second seasons, it’s a lot funnier than anything on television right now. When we last left, Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and Ava DanielsContinue reading “2024 TV & Movie Reviews: Hacks / The Sympathizer / In A Violent Nature / Movie Pass Movie Crash”
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