It’s hard to think of a bigger summer movie this year – indeed, since before the pandemic, perhaps – than Barbie. With Greta Gerwig coming off the critically and commercially beloved Lady Bird and Little Women, an all-star cast, and one of the...
Once upon a time, action movies had soul. Sure, most of them weren’t good – they were shoestring plots with bad acting covered up with visceral action setpieces created through a blend of special effects and technical prowess. In the last year...
First Man is an all-American bonafide classic; a master class in how to make a great movie. Damien Chazelle has been trying to prove himself an auteur since he arrived on the scene eight years ago, and if there were any doubt left that he...
We’re at about the halfway point for the year, so I thought now would be a good time to return to the Oscar predictions. So far, we really don’t know that much about the Oscar race. There’s some early buzz around quite a few films, a few...
It is no secret around these parts that I’m not a big fan of Blade Runner. Don’t get me wrong; it’s not a bad film. It’s got some interesting themes, the use of film noir is evocative, and the influence it has had on pop culture is undeniable...
Last Sunday, twenty actors and actresses will be entering the Dolby Theatre with dreams to take home an Oscar. Whether it is their first, second, or third that they have won in their lifetimes, one thing is certain: they have worked their butts...
It goes without saying that La La Land is becoming a cultural phenomenon. Critics are praising it up and down, it’s become an awards darling, and it’s setting box office records left and right. It could become one of the only original films to...
Confession time: I’m really not that big a fan of Blade Runner. Wait come back don’t go I need you! Yes, I know that’s sort of blasphemous in film critic circles, but outside of some of the greatest set design and cinematography in history...
I realized I loved La La Land long before Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone shared their first kiss. I realized it before Gosling plays “Take On Me” on the keytar. It was in the opening moments, when people stuck in traffic jump out of their cars and...
We’re so close to Oscar season it’s almost too much to bear. This means we will be seeing many trailers in the upcoming weeks, especially for the films making their debut at the film festivals. One such trailer arrives today, as we see yet...
I’ve been on record since I began this site, and for several months before, that La La Land is my most anticipated film of the year. Damien Chazelle’s follow-up to his fantastic debut, Whiplash, is one of the most ambitious films I have seen in a...
If there’s one thing the Academy loves, it’s movies about men. Would you like to know the last movie to win Best Picture while being about a woman? 2004. Million Dollar Baby. And even that is just as much about Clint Eastwood’s arc, if not more...
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