Movie Reviews

        As of writing this review, it is almost the middle of December.  This time of the year for film critics is a relatively exhausting time.  While attempting to see all the movies that are being this month, we are mainly trying to play catch-up on the movies that we missed throughout the year so that we can compile our “end of the year” lists.  It’s a great time for those who…

          Clint Eastwood is an old man and cinematic icon.  At a brisk 89 years old, Eastwood has been in Hollywood for over sixty years and has been directing films for nearly fifty.  Having made a number of award winning films, Eastwood is now in a phase of his life where he will make what he wants, when he wants, and how he wants.  This is evident in his films as…

        The whodunit genre seems to be making a comeback in 2019.  Earlier this year we got Murder Mystery, the entertaining and silly Netflix film starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, and now we got Knives Out, Rian Johnson’s all-star follow-up to Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi.  With Knives Out, Johnson has crafted the most entertaining movie of 2019.  A movie the grabs you from frame one and drags you to…

    In arguably the most iconic shot of Martin Scorsese’s 1990 gangster masterpiece Goodfellas, Scorsese uses a tracking shot to follow Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) and Karen (Lorraine Bracco) as they go from the front of the Copacabana to the inside using a side door and cutting through back hallways, staircases, and even though the kitchen to then pop up at the front of the club, where a busboy brings out a table for…

        Surprisingly, my life isn’t 100% consumed by movies.  When I’m not watching movies, I am also a major sports fan.  No sport is safe for my viewing, as I will watch anything from baseball, basketball, and golf to bizarre sports you might find on ESPN 8: The Ocho.  One of the narratives that’s always interested me in sports is when great players retire and the players who fill their position the…

        Ford v Ferrari is a classic American sports underdog story.  A movie that bleeds red, white, and blue and will have you wanting to stand up in your chair and cheer, “AMERICA!”  Director James Mangold has made a wildly entertaining, rousing racing movie that features stellar direction, excellent performances, and edge-of-your-seat races you won’t forget.  It is one of the best movies of 2019. Following another loss to Ferrari at the legendary…

        Charlie’s Angels originated in the 1970’s as a successful, hour-long T.V series about a trio of badass female detectives known as the Angels who would solve crimes and usually have to wear evening gowns, bikinis, and other various sexy clothing.  We got a big screen adaptation of the show in 2000 that kept in the same spirit of the show.  It featured a trio of women who wore sexy costumes to solve…

        When thinking about Christmas, it reminds me of happiness.  It brings the family together to celebrate with one another.  It is a season of joy, love, and hope.  As the song says, “it’s the most wonderful time of the year.” Paul Feig’s Last Christmas officially ushers in the Christmas season.  Though we still have Thanksgiving to go before we actually get to Christmas, this is a perfect film to get you in…

      Midway tells the story of the Battle of Midway, one of the most important battles of World War II and a turning point in the war for the United States following the attack on Pearl Harbor.  The story of the battle is an interesting one and one the deserved to be told.  However, this is not the way it should have been told.  Director Roland Emmerich completely botches the film, giving us a…

          Nearly forty years after Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining hit the silver screen, Doctor Sleep has finally come along to answer the question that has been burning in our brains since: what happened to Danny Torrence after his father tried to kill him and his mother? Okay, maybe this wasn’t burning in our brain.  But Doctor Sleep is a sequel to The Shinning and, thanks to the recent popularity of adapting Stephen King books, we got…