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Film Review – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
14 years ago Disney released what I will definitively name the best movie in an incredibly specific and narrow genre. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is the best movie based on an amusement park ride. There were many factors in…
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Film Review – Baywatch
The Rock has once again put me in a hard place, man. While never a wrestling fan, even me, ever the simpleton, recognized Dwayne Johnson‘s charisma alongside the rest of the free world once he entered the movie arena. He arguably (or depending on who…
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Film Review – The Lovers
I just want to go on record as saying that I love Debra Winger. I love her a lot. Not in a creepy way (or not in a way that I think is creepy), but I just dig her. I have never made it though…
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Film Review – Alien: Covenant
To watch Alien: Covenant, you might want to prepare by watching a couple of videos released prior to opening day: Meet Walter and the prologue. Both will enlighten the experience of watching the film and may fill in some gaps. As far as the prologue…
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Film Review – David Lynch: The Art Life
Over the last few decades David Lynch has firmly established himself as America’s premier surrealist filmmaker. His movies are the embodiment of visualized dreams. From his debut feature Eraserhead to his successful stint in television with Twin Peaks and on to his now self-proclaimed final…
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Film Review – King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Guy Ritchie is a filmmaker of excess. Throughout his career, you can see film after film stock full of slick production and frenetic energy. That trend is amplified to the tenth degree in his latest, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017). Yes, the writer/director…
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Film Review – The Dinner
Two boys commit a terrible crime and have yet to answer for it. Two sets of parents meet to decide what to do. Over six courses at an elegant, exclusive restaurant, one defensive front will be tenuously constructed in order to move forward. The Dinner,…
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Film Review – Buster’s Mal Heart
Buster’s Mal Heart is a predictable mystery film that offers little in the way of surprises, and what surprises it does have are underplayed to the point of being uninteresting. Our lead Buster (Rami Malek) is a pretty basic person, who is happily married to…
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