MY FAVORITE FRANCHISE IS BACK, FAM.
It was such a treat to be allowed to come back to the Wizarding World.
Homegirl Rowling has delivered yet again on characters you can fall in love with and imagination up the wazoo.
Special shoutout to David Yates for nailing the tone and making me feel like a day hadn't passed since I last experienced the magic.
Fuck I'm so happy.
Just finished watching this for the third time and damn it am I still impressed.
It succeeds not only as a continuation of the previous three Craig films, but also as a first-rate action/adventure film that opens up a whole new world of possibilities for the future. Should Craig return, of course.
Do I like it as much as SKYFALL? Eh, I don't know, but as for right now this is still my favorite movie of 2015 and still tied with its predecessor for my favorite Bond film. And shouldn't that be good enough?
EDITOR'S NOTE: All of this, but Spider-Verse now lol
I don’t like the MCU in principle. Look in my popular reviews and you’ll find a couple instances of me crapping on them, for many different reasons.
The biggest reason I have with the series is that the movies too often feel produced instead of directed. Feige does his job of shepherding the franchise so well that I often leave the theater feeling underwhelmed and like I've wasted my time.
So…
A24 is to cinema what cracking open a cold one is to the boys.
It Comes At Night is definitely a slow burn, but when it heats up you'll probably forget to breathe for a while.
This movie shares a lot of the same DNA as The Invitation, one of my favorite movies of 2016. They're both claustrophobic, intense thrillers with small casts and even smaller budgets.
Even with those limitations, I was still able to have one of my…
Seek and ye shall find only one better thriller released all year. Nocturnal Animals is pulpy, violent and sophisticated cinema that I'm glad we still have.
I wish we could go back and cast Armie Hammer as Batman. He's great.
In short, I really enjoyed this movie. With the exception of Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, who I thought was flat-out-terrible, I had a really fun time with Dawn of Justice. It surprised, enthralled and impressed me. Which no one can take away.
It could be better, but as far as I am concerned, there was far more room for error than there was improvement, which makes it a win in my book.
From someone who's never really gotten into the Coen Brothers (NO COUNTRY and TRUE GRIT are just okay in my eyes) I actually enjoyed this one quite a bit.
The meta and nostalgic tone and commentary about the fludity of the film business that was refreshing in an age of "Death of the Blockbuster/TV is better than Movies" headlines.
The cast was fun to watch (especially Wayne Knight in a small role) and the story was an interesting one, but…
With this flick, Gavin O'Connor has joined a group of directors of whom I will see their new movie no matter what.
He piqued my curiosity with MIRACLE, validated it with WARRIOR and now with this movie, he's really driven it home for me that he is not one to be overlooked.
With JANE GOT A GUN, O'Connor is able to come out with (assisted by an excellent screenplay from Edgerton) an excellent female empowered western. Both elements that stand…
I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Tarantino has delivered us his first murder mystery. With echoes of "And Then There Were None" to complement Tarantino's trademark style, this was a thoroughly enjoyable (if slightly long) addition to his filmography.
I saw this in IMAX last Wednesday with my best male friend. He's a pretty big gamer and wayyy more into "nerd culture" than I am.
He thought the movie was sloppy, but enjoyable.
Tonight, I saw it with my best female friend who's more into Friends and stuff like that than gaming. She came to the same conclusion as my other friend did, and without knowing my grade, gave it a 6/10.
I don't know what that says about the movie, but 3 people (counting me) with different backgrounds in "nerd culture" came to the same basic conclusion.
Maybe that's the magic of Spielberg.
My kink is movies that have no right to be good, but totally are.
The Commuter knows what it is: a disposable, entertaining thrill ride. It’s a level of self-awareness that goes over much better in January than July.
One hell of a way to start off 2018 in film.