Before its release, monster movie Cloverfield announced its presence as a trailer before Transformers. Shaky footage of New York being destroyed by some unseen foe followed by, not a title, but simply the date “1-18-08”. 10 Cloverfield Lane, filmed in secret, appeared on the radar with a trailer less than three months before the film’s… Continue reading The Cloverfield Paradox: In Space, No One Can Hear You “Meh”
Black Panther Attempts to Break the Marvel Mold, with Mixed Results
Christopher Maher: Well, Sam, here we are again, back at another Marvel release despite swearing off the series forever after the disappointing Thor: Ragnarok. Thankfully I don’t think we’re going to end up dragging this one quite as much as that one. It is, unfortunately, still a Marvel movie so it exhibits a lot of… Continue reading Black Panther Attempts to Break the Marvel Mold, with Mixed Results
Are We Finally Done With The Chosen One?
The Chosen One is a stupid device and hopefully Hollywood is done with it.
Darkest Hour
True confession time: Joe Wright’s 2005 Pride & Prejudice is one of my all-time favorite movies. I am in love with both Keira Knightley as Elizabeth, and Matthew MacFadyen as Darcy. Early Rosamund Pike and Jena Malone performances are icing on this extra yummy cookie dough feast. The cinematography, production design and and all-around world… Continue reading Darkest Hour
The Phantom Thread Sews Up a Darkly Comic Love Story
Phantom Thread’s plot makes little sense, moving along slowly unconcerned with narrative cohesion. But that feels like the point.
Truth: American Vandal, Wormwood, and Casting JonBenet
Netflix takes a deep dive into the value of truth in American Vandal, Wormwood, and Casting JonBenet.
The Commuter; It’s No Borat, but’s it’s Very Nice!
The Commuter is the movie I hope and pray for when I commit 90 minutes to watching something I know for a fact isn’t going to be “good.” Last week I reviewed Proud Mary and spent a lot of time talking about how frustratingly dull it’s aesthetics were. To me, judging these films based on… Continue reading The Commuter; It’s No Borat, but’s it’s Very Nice!
Proud Mary Doesn’t Live Up to it’s B-Movie Potential
Sometime last month I was at the theater with my partner (and occasional blog contributor) Liza, and we saw a trailer that comprised solely of Taraji P Henson shooting guns, and performing other action movie tropes. I turned to her and asked, “What do you think that movie is about?” Neither of could come up… Continue reading Proud Mary Doesn’t Live Up to it’s B-Movie Potential
Watching Lost 10 Years Too Late But Now I’m In Too Deep: The Nina Braca Story (Part 1)
Friend Nina Braca recounts her experience watching Lost 14 years too late.
Paddington 2 is Kind, Polite, and Very Right
Chris goes to see Paddington 2 despite never seeing Paddington can he unravel its mysteries?
Friends on Flicks 