“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” – Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part III (1990) John Wick: Chapter 2 picks up exactly where John Wick (2014) last ended. Our titular assassin (Keanu Reeves) is finishing the final touches on destroying the Russian family who killed his dog and stole his car. Wick got revenge on the men who killed his dog, and now, he needs his car, and boy does he get it. Dozens…
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I love Keanu Reeves. Say what you want about his acting ability, I think he’s perfect when he doesn’t reach too far. A staple 90’s action and the surfer-dude mentality, Reeves is now a cult figure of sorts, thanks to his un-Hollywood social life, recent cameos, and of course, his movies. This week, Reeves stars in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the third chapter in the John Wick series. So with that, here are my picks…
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It has been announced that Ben Affleck will not be directing the upcoming DCCU film, The Batman, which most would say is a relatively huge shock. He is still slated to star as The Caped Crusader, though that may also be in question. The DCCU is a disaster right now. After 2016 brought them two critical bombs in Batman v. Superman and Suicide Squad, everyone thought that a Batman film directed by Ben Affleck, who has proven to…
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A new month, more movies. Netflix just keeps pushing them out and this is yet another impressive month. Here are my picks for the best movies coming to Netflix in February. You can check out the full list right here 5 – AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON (Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, 2016) Every once in awhile, I’ll drop some T.V. on a list. I don’t watch a lot of T.V., since…
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After a not-so-terrible January, we now come to February, which, recently, has proven to be a decent month for film. Over the last few years we’ve gotten films like Deadpool (2016), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015), The LEGO Movie (2014), and Shutter Island (2010) coming out during this month. This trend of solid films looks to continue this month, as we are slated for a diverse collection of films. Here are my picks for the most exciting movies coming…
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Right from the opening scene I knew Rings was going to be bad. It is a scene filled with horrible acting, terrible exposition, and no scares. It was similar sipping on a terribly made drink. The first sip is awful, yet you continue to power through it until it was over, even though it never got better. Why this movie was made is beyond me. The original Ring, made back in 2002, was a pleasant surprise. It…
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The 2017 Sundance Film Festival is officially over! It was a long, cold two weeks, but a good one. I saw 28 films over the two weeks (33 if you include each short film I saw in the Animated Shorts Program) which ties 2012 as the most I have ever seen at the festival. I probably could have seen more, but I decided to do other activities towards the end of the festival that hurt…
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78/52 is an hour and a half film class. This is an in-depth look at the infamous ‘Shower Scene’ from the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece Psycho (1960). The film interviews dozens of people and looks at cinema before Psycho came out, Alfred Hitchcock’s filmmaking style, and a thorough breakdown of the iconic scene and what it, and the movie, meant for cinema. Psycho is one of my favorite movies ever. It is one of the most expertly crafted and…
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The Discovery may be the discovery of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. With an intelligent script, excellent acting, and unique story, this is a science fiction love story you don’t want to miss. In a not-so distant future, Thomas Harbor (Robert Redford) has discovered that an afterlife does exist, which causes millions of suicides across the world. His son, Will (Jason Segel), goes to visit his father and convince him to shut down his research, all…
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A Ghost Story is the definition of eerie. This is an unsettling, creepy, challenging movie about life after death. On the surface, A Ghost Story is about a ghost who haunts a house and all of it its occupants. However, this is a complex, mediative piece about life after death. The ghost in the movie casually watches over every occupant of the house, from a widow, to a family, to a business. Director David Lowery lets…
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