Well, with the festival scene finally completed, and the pop culture world finally at peace (for now), I’ve finally had a chance to watch more movies and TV! That’s right, I’ve managed to get out to the theater, make some rentals, and quietly...
Every year, it seems like the Oscar race gets crazier and crazier. Last year, we had the insane battle between Roma and Green Book that saw the very new competing with the very old. And this year, TIFF looks to shake things up once again by...
Well, folks, it’s time. We’re finally in the thick of it. With Venice and Telluride now firmly behind us, it’s time to turn our gaze North, as the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival begins to wind down, and we have a moment to slow down...
Twenty years ago, a seminal event in children’s programming hit the airwaves. On par with Pee Wee’s Playhouse, Rugrats, and The Looney Tunes, this sensation took over pop culture in a daring tour-du-force, providing Bugs Bunny-esque shenanigans...
When Stephen King’s It first premiered to massive critical and commercial acclaim in 2017, I was one of the few fun-killers. Oh, I didn’t hate the film by any means. I just viewed it as slightly-above average, and nowhere near $700 million...
In theory, there’s nothing I could imagine as more unnecessary than a sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. While the novel possesses an entirely different ethos surrounding alcoholism, parental abuse, and the legacies of generations, the film...
Happy TIFF, everyone! Yes, I’m here at home monitoring the festival not four hours from me, patiently following the big news on all the hottest movies of the fall. But that doesn’t stop me from heading out to the theaters for reviews. Oh no, I...
Well…that was an interesting conclusion to the Venice Film Festival. After praise and expected awards for Ad Astra, Ema, Saturday Fiction, The Truth, and especially Marriage Story, all of these films went ignored as the Jury instead opts to give...
One of the most influential horror films of all time is 1974’s Black Christmas. Based on a popular urban legend, Christmas helped usher in the slasher films of today, including John Carpenter’s Halloween, and made the careers of Olivia Hussey and...
Of all the films to find success at the Telluride Film Festival last weekend, the one I’ve heard about the most, far and away, is Waves. Directed by indie filmmaker Trey Edward Shultz, of Krisha and It Comes At Night fame, Waves is up there for...
There are very few Oscar contenders that remain unseen, in one form or another, at this point in the race. Indeed, it seems the last film to drop any sort of trailer is Just Mercy, Warner Bros.’ late entry into the race. Based on a true story, as...
It’s that time of year, folks! When critics much higher than me get invites to Venice and Colorado to see some of the year’s hottest commodities before anyone else, as well as spark Oscar buzz not only for us pundits, but for Academy members...
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