Man, what a breath of fresh air Logan Lucky is. While it feels, in several ways, like a cross between the 1970s redneck genre popularized by Burt Reynolds a la Smokey and the Bandit and the ultra-cool ultra-smart heist flick a la Ocean’s Eleven...
There is something strange brewing on the horizon. Can you feel it? It’s in the winds of this Oscar season, and I’m not sure how many casual viewers are aware of it. Let me paint the picture for you so you can understand. We have just completed...
What does “Boston Strong” actually mean? Is it a motto? Is it a belief, or a reality? Or is it a well-intentioned myth built to inspire people in a time of fear, sort of like how “Camelot” was made up to inspire people in the face of Kennedy’s...
It’s been a fairly light week of film viewing this week, but I’ve seen some real doozies, both good and bad. I’ve seen two films that will be reviewed later this week, Stronger and Logan Lucky. I won’t give away my thoughts on either yet, but I...
For the most part, the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards were fairly predictable. I myself went 16/27, which is way too high for a year when so many shocks are capable of being delivered (remember that Game of Thrones was ineligible for coming out in...
The 2017 Toronto International Film Festival has come to an end, and it certainly knows how to throw a wrench in things. While there wasn’t the opportunity for any major surprises after the wind was taken by Venice and Telluride, they change...
Wow. What a movie week I’ve had. It’s been up, down and all around, mostly thanks to the mindf*ck that was mother! I reviewed the movie here, but I think it’s better you just go see it to make up your own mind, as opposed to the fighting going on...
It’s time for the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards! Who will win Best Drama? Will anything upset Veep? And just how popular will Saturday Night Live and Stranger Things be? You can find out here as I will update the winner in real time, and will...
The Creative Arts Emmys have come and gone, giving us an indicator of what has love, what isn’t connecting, and what has been snubbed (Kristen Schaal, Sarah Lynn beat Stewie in my heart. Teardrop emoji). So, with this new knowledge, I want to...
The character actor is arguably the most undervalued but important jobs in all of cinematic history. They appear in everything, often hold the project together, and lose the credit to the main character. That makes the best character actors some...
DISCLAIMER: In the following review, I try to make sense of the film mother! This is a film that is both impossible to spoil, and yet knowing anything feels like a spoiler in and of itself. While I will be incredibly careful about what I say...
What is the point of art? Is its goal to entertain us? To make us think? Remind us how to feel, and how other people are feeling? To push the boundaries of storytelling, whether through live action or animation? Or is it some combination of all...
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