Movie Reviews

        As I walked into A Simple Favor, there was one question looming in my mind.  And no, it wasn’t, “what happened to Emily?” The question was could Paul Fieg direct a thriller? Fieg, known for some of the great comedies this decade with Bridesmaids, The Heat, Spy, and Ghostbusters has never done a movie quite like this before.  Film history has been mixed on comedic directors going towards the dramatic side.  Sometimes it’s been great, like…

        One of the things that excites me most as a critic is seeing new voices.  New directors who show us something fresh and unique that strays away from the norm of cinema.  It offers up an interesting film-going experience, as well as gets me excited for the future of cinema. Kin is the debut film from twin directors Jonathon and Josh Baker and it is an impressive debut.  Though the film is…

I’m so confused as to what in the actual hell I just watched.  The Happytime Murders is a movie that makes zero sense.  It makes no sense in it’s tone, it makes no sense in it’s logic, it makes no sense that it was made.  It was truly one of the most mind-boggling film-going experiences I’ve had in 2018. And you’re probably thinking, “Kevin, it’s a movie with puppets, why are you thinking so hard about…

      Crazy Rich Asians is one of the most enjoyable movies I have seen in 2018.  It’s a fun, funny, exciting, heart-warming movie about culture, family, and the power of love. Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) is an NYU economics professor, happily dating the seemingly normal Nick Young (Henry Golding).  When Nick invites Rachel to Singapore for his best friends wedding, Rachel quickly finds out that Nick is part of a real estate empire…

        Spike Lee burst on to the cinematic scene in the late 80’s and immediately became a name to be reckoned with.  With his brash style and socially conscience films, Lee produced some masterful films, like Do the Right Thing, which is an American masterpiece, and Malcolm X, a searing biopic about the civil rights leader.  Lee kicked off the 2000’s with one to the most underrated films of this millennium, 25th Hour, and it…

      The Mission: Impossible franchise is Tom Cruise’s franchise.  Not only does Cruise star in the films, but he’s produces each film in the series and handpicks the directors for each film, usually a different one each time.  No actor has ever had this much power on franchise in cinematic history.  What having this much power has done is allow Cruise to showcase how absolutely insane he is.  Notorious for doing his own stunts, Cruise…

        Walking out of The Equalizer 2, I had a feeling that I hadn’t felt in a long, long time.  It’s a feeling that I don’t like and it’s a feeling that I knew would come eventually, but one I wasn’t prepared.  It was the feeling of disappointment. You might be thinking, “what do you mean you haven’t been disappointed in a movie in awhile?”  That’s not the disappointment I’m talking about.  I…

I don’t watch a ton of T.V., mostly because I am constantly watching movies, both new releases and repeat viewings.  But when I do watch T.V., a lot of what I watch is on the Food Network.  I love watching the cooking competition shows.  I don’t know why or how, since I don’t cook very well, but they’re just wildly entertaining to me.  On most of these cooking shows, the main objective for our chefs…

        Did you feel depressed after Avengers: Infinity War?  Did you feel lifeless, like your soul got ripped from your body after a simple snap?  Looking for a cure?  Well have a dose of Ant-Man and the Wasp, a lively, action-packed, wildly entertaining, hilarious, and just flat-out awesome entry in the MCU. Ant-Man and the Wasp takes place before Infinity War but after Civil War, as Scott Lang/Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) is now under house arrest by the…

        The First Purge is about exactly what you think it’s about: the first purge ever.  The purge, of course, being a government issued law stating that for one day a year, all crime throughout America is legal.  However, it didn’t start as something that occurred all over the United States.  It started as an experiment on Staten Island, headed by Arlo Sabian (Patch Darragh) and Dr. Updale (Marisa Tomei).  The two…