Month: November 2017

      Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a movie of pure greatness.  A movie that is just as funny as it is emotional.  A movie that is filled with themes that resonate today.  A movie that is written, acted, and directed masterfully.  A movie that is one of the best of 2017. Months after her daughter was murdered, Mildred (Francis McDormand) begins to challenge the local police department by placing billboards questioning attacking…

      Justice League is arguably the most important movie for the DCEU.  For fans, it’s the first time ever we get to see these legendary superheroes on screen together.  For the studio, they just had a major hit with Wonder Woman (2017) after a string of less than stellar films to start their cinematic universe and are looking to grow from it. Unfortunately, while the movie isn’t a complete trainwreck and has some fun…

      Before going into Wonder, you need to know one thing: This is a movie strictly for kids.  You’re probably thinking, “well obviously it’s a kids movie, it’s rated PG.”  Well, not all PG movies are kids movies.  All the President’s Men (1976) is rated PG, yet is nowhere near a kids movie.  This movie could have been a deeper, more emotional look at facial diseases and the strain it causes on a family.  Instead, the…

    Murder on the Orient Express is a Hollywood gloss-fest that is all show and no go.  A who’s who of Hollywood A-listers have come together for a murder mystery that looks pretty, but lacks any real depth and suspense. While aboard a lavish train, one of the passengers is murdered and it is up to Detective Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh), the greatest detective in the world, to solve the crime. This biggest issue…

No director understands the human condition better than Richard Linklater.  He understands what makes us who we are.  He knows that it isn’t always these dramatic, life changing events, but smaller moments that really make us who we are.  Whether it’s a chance encounter with a stranger on a train, a high school night out with friends, or the first weekend of college, Linklater knows how to portray these moments. Last Flag Flying is another…

    There was a time, around three years ago, where I was worried about the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  I was worried that they were falling into a cookie-cutter format of sequels, where every single film is bigger, yet emptier.  During what Marvel calls their Phase 2, films like Iron Man 3 (2013), Thor: The Dark World (2014), and the mildly overrated Captain America: The Winter Solider (2014) hit a creative low and didn’t look like they were going to…