Movie Review: Bodies Bodies Bodies

Movie Review: Bodies Bodies Bodies

  Halina Reijn’s Bodies Bodies Bodies starts off like it will be a movie about a party amongst friends during a hurricane. The party is being hosted by David (Pete Davidson) at his parent’s huge mansion. Attending the party is David’s girlfriend Emma (Chase Sui Wonders), Jordan (Myha’la Herrold), Alice (Rachel Sennott), Greg (Lee Pace), a guy Alice has only known for a few weeks through Tinder who David is intimidated by, Sophie (Amandla Stenberg),…

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Ranking: Top 10 A24 Movies

Ranking: Top 10 A24 Movies

I wouldn’t usually rank the movies of a production company. Thinking about ranking the movies from the likes of Paramount or Universal or Disney just seems like a daunting task because of how long they have been around and how many movies they have in their catalog. But the production studio A24 has been around for only a decade and within that decade, they have established themselves as one of the most singular and best…

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Movie Review: Bullet Train

Movie Review: Bullet Train

  David Leitch’s Bullet Train is a movie with a lot of characters. To start, there’s Ladybug (Brad Pitt), an assassin who, despite his nickname, is having a terrible streak of luck that only seems to be getting worse for him. There’s Tangerine (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Lemon (Brian Tyree Henry), gun-for-hire brothers who will do any dirty job that they are asked to do. Then there is Prince (Joey King), a seemingly nice and innocent-looking…

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Movie Review: Nope

Movie Review: Nope

  Jordan Peele’s Nope is the director’s biggest film to date and arguably his most impressive, which is a lot to say seeing as his debut film, the Oscar-winning Get Out, has become a cultural touchstone, and his follow-up, Us, features one of the great performances of the last ten years from Lupita Nyong’o. Where Get Out and Us felt smaller in terms of their scale but huge with their themes, Nope is a perfect…

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Movie Review: The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic

Movie Review: The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic

  The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic is one of the most unique and interesting movies of 2022. It is a captivating experience putting us front and center into the experience of a blind and handicapped man who goes on a journey to meet the person he loves in person for the first time. It is a smart, sweet, tense, raw, and beautiful film. Jakko (Petri Poikolainen) is blind and paralyzed…

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Movie Review: Thor Love and Thunder

Movie Review: Thor Love and Thunder

  I have not had a more frustrating experience at the movies in 2022 than I had with Thor Love and Thunder, the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. What made the film so frustrating was that it brought the MCU back to a place that it had not been in for what feels like forever but the film was made with such little passion and focus that it ended up not being a…

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Best Movies of 2022 (So Far)

Best Movies of 2022 (So Far)

2022 is already halfway complete which means it is time to look at the best movies of 2022 so far. I have seen 85 movies so far in 2022, a very healthy amount despite having missed some major titles. Looking back at the 85 movies I’ve seen, I would say 2022 has been a rather great year for movies. We’ve seen great films from all genres and all budgets while also getting some excellent performances. …

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Movie Review: Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

Movie Review: Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

  The summer movie season is synonymous with big characters. Just this summer alone we got the likes of Doctor Strange, Maverick, Buzz Lightyear, and Elvis Presley on the big screen, characters whose popularity and stature can barely fit on screen. But possibly the best character of summer 2022 is someone we have never met before and someone who is far from a giant. His name is Marcel. He is a soft-spoken seashell with pink…

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2022 SXSW Movie Review: Public African Toilet, Nothing Lasts Forever

2022 SXSW Movie Review: Public African Toilet, Nothing Lasts Forever

My reviews of Public African Toilet and Nothing Lasts Forever from the 2022 SXSW Film Festival.     PUBLIC AFRICAN TOILET Kofi Ofosu-Yeboah’s stunning directorial debut Public Toilet Africa (Amansa tiafi) is a crime film set in Ghana but is a crime film we rarely see nowadays. A mesmerizing, vibe-heavy, slow-burning film that is just as much about the crime at hand as it is about the place it is set and the people who live in it….

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Movie Review: Top Gun: Maverick

Movie Review: Top Gun: Maverick

    Top Gun: Maverick is one of those rare sequels that surpasses its predecessor in every way imaginable. That isn’t a slight on Tony Scott’s 1986 high-flying bro-down that has since become a seminal piece of 80s cinema, it’s just that everything in Top Gun: Maverick is taken to new levels. The action is more dynamic and intense, the performances are better, the filmmaking is tighter, the themes are stronger, and the emotions are…

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