Isle of Dogs is Wes Anderson’s biggest and most ambitious movie to date.  It might sound crazy, seeing as it is an animated movie with talking dogs, but Anderson has never made a like this before.  This is an animated comedy that is also part Western, a sliver of film noir, and a political drama.  It’s a lot for Anderson to handle and he handles it well, for the most part. Isle…

      Growing up, there was always a video gaming system in my house.  It started with SEGA Genesis, then went to Nintendo 64, and then PlayStation 2, and then finally, PlayStation 3.  My older brother and I would play a lot, especially in the early years on SEGA and N64.  But towards the PlayStation days, I didn’t play nearly as much.  One, being the competitive man that I am, my brother was generally…

      When I walked in to the theater to see Pacific Rim: Uprising, the theater had it’s LED ceiling lights on, making the entire theater visible, as well as placing a heavy glare on the screen, making it difficult to see most of the trailers that were playing before the movie.  Eventually, the lights were turned off and Pacific Rim began. I should have taken this as a sign that the cinematic God’s were telling me to…

        Tomb Raider features actual tomb raiding.  That alone is more than the Angelina Jolie films of the 2000’s accomplished.  But this new  Tomb Raider is actually a movie I thoroughly enjoyed.  This is a wildly entertaining and fun adventure flick and far and away the greatest video game adaptation ever. In the latest adaptation of the legendary video game series, Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) is an adventurous 21 year old with no focus in life.  After…

Love, Simon is a movie that I didn’t love.  I didn’t even really like it.  This is a movie that takes an interesting premise that adds too much fluff and non-sense that ruin everything that is good about it. The movie is about Simon (Nick Robinson), a high schooler with a pretty good life going for him, who has one big secret: he’s gay.  He hasn’t told any of his friends or family and his secret…

        Gringo is a complicated movie about a simple guy.  It isn’t complicated in a confusing way, the movie is just an utter mess with too many plots and characters, which is a shame due to the talent in the movie. Harold (David Oyelowo) is a kind man who follows all the rules.  All he wants in his life is to be happy.  But that isn’t the life Harold has.  He works…

    Watching A Wrinkle in Time was one of the most frustrating experiences I’ve had at the movies in a long, long time.  Based on the critically acclaimed book and being backed by Disney, the film boasts a stellar cast and is directed by the great Ava DuVernay, who was given a large budget for the first time in her career.  This had the makings of something special. But something special it is not.  A Wrinkle in…

        While watching The Strangers: Prey at Night, a woman behind me kept jumping and gasping at nearly every scene and at one point said to the person next to her, “I don’t want to watch this movie anymore.”  This essentially summarizes the feelings I had while watching the movie.  Only I wasn’t scared, I was bored and annoyed. In this sequel that nobody asked for, a dysfunctional family spends the night in…