Hereditary is a movie I saw back in January at the Sundance Film Festival and it is a movie that has been engrained in my mind since. Director Ari Aster has created a modern horror classic. It’s a tense, moody, atmospheric thriller with deep themes and beautiful craftsmanship. It is genuinely one of the most haunting movie experiences I have ever had and the best movie that I have seen in 2018 so…
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Best F(r)iends is the newest film from Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero, the two men behind the best-worst movie ever made, The Room. Best F(r)iends is directed by Justin MacGregor and was written by Sestero, who also stars in the film, along with Wiseau. The film is a four hour-long epic that was split into two parts, Volume I and Volume II, a la Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill. The movie looks at Jon (Sestero), a drifter who meets Harvey (Wiseau), a…
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Upgrade is an unexpected triumph. I call it unexpected because the title of this movie is horrible (every time I say the title, I say it like Maya Rudolph’s character in Idiocracy, where it sounds more like “upgrayde”), and the marketing of the movie made it look like the kind of throwaway action flick we get every year: low budget, violent, minor actors, etc. But Upgrade is far more than that. Upgrade is a smart, thrilling, compelling,…
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Here’s a brief conversation between myself and my girlfriend while watching Adrift: Girlfriend: How long is this movie? Me: Two hours. Girlfriend: How much longer do we have? Me: *looks at watch* an hour. Girlfriend: *sighs* I feel Shailene Woodley’s pain. I wasn’t in nearly as much pain watching this movie as my girlfriend was, but this brief conversation sums up a lot of how I feel about Adrift, a poorly constructed,…
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After a relatively weak May, June is coming in strong. We are in the thick of the summer movie season and are getting some of the most anticipated movies of the year, including the long-awaited follow up to a Pixar classic. We also get two of my favorite movies of the year that I have already seen. Here are my picks for the best movies coming out in June. 5 – AMERICAN…
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Stranded character movies is one of my favorite sub-genres. They are unique film experiences that require a lot of moving pieces, all of which have to be perfect for the movie to function. You need a great script, one that is compelling enough for the audience to stay with one character for most of the film. You need a great director to bring the tension, emotion, and action and flesh out our main character. And,…
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After not doing this piece for the last few months, I felt it necessary to bring it back. June is full of a lot of original programming for Netflix, but there are some solid movies that are going to start streaming this month, including one of the best movies of 2000’s. Here are my picks for the best movies coming to Netflix in June. Check out the full list of the movies and shows coming…
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In one of the first scenes of Ron Howard’s Solo, we get an encounter between Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) and an Imperial desk clerk. Solo is a small time crook who has found his way off the streets by joining the Imperial Army. Here is how the encounter went down: Imperial Desk Clerk: Name? Han Solo: Han. Clerk: Last name? Han stares silently into the distance. Clerk: Your last name? Who are your people? Han:…
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Deadpool is back! But this time, it’s personal. After the funny, entertaining, game-changing first film, the Merc with the Mouth changes gears in this sequel, which offers up more blood, characters, action, and, more impressively, more depth and emotion. After tragedy strikes our foul-mouthed mercenary, Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) must find a new meaning of life and does so in a troubled mutant named Russell (Julian Dennison). When Russell is being hunted…
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It’s officially the 2018 summer movie season! This time of year used to be all blockbusters, franchises, and explosions. We still get all of our mindless fun, but we also get our fair share of indie darlings, horror films, and Oscar players. This summer features an eclectic group of movies, with some of Hollywood’s best actors and filmmakers hitting the big screen. We also get some indie hits, including what is my favorite movie of…
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