As I write this right now the reality is that for the first time in my lifetime there will not be a summer blockbuster season. With most movie theaters only hoping to open their doors in July at the earliest and almost every major studio summer release being delayed (some until 2021) I am currently …
Continue reading The “Stay-at-Home” Summer Blockbuster Film Festival
Yes, coming up with a final Best of 2018 list after more than half of 2019 has passed is late by any objective standard. In my defense, I fully intended to come out with this list about two months ago. But as some of you might know, my family was thrust into an unexpected move …
Continue reading Best Movies of 2018 (Final, and extremely timely, version)
At Eternity's Gate; Beautiful Boy; Bohemian Rhapsody; Boy Erased; Burning; Can You Ever Forgive Me?; Cold War; Destroyer; Foxtrot; Free Solo; Green Book; The Hate U Give; The Guardians; Lizzie; Love After Love; Love, Simon; Mary, Queen of Scots; Minding the Gap; On The Basis of Sex; Peterloo; Shoplifters; Sweet Country; They Shall Not Grow Old; Vox Lux; Wildlife; …
And here we are finally, with the first edition of the Best of 2018. Readers will do well to remember three things before we dive into the list: Like in 2017, there will be three editions of this list. The first here, is to be treated like a half-time report at a game – there's …
By this point we all know exactly what we're in for when we sit down for the next Mission: Impossible installment: there will be a close-to-foolproof villainous plot for the Impossible Mission Force (IMF) team to try and stop, the IMF team will use deception and trickery to fool the villains (and the audience) during their mission …
Continue reading Mission Impossible: Fallout (Big Screen Review)
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