Posts Tagged ‘Jake Johnson’
Film Review – Self Reliance
Jake Johnson takes on the triple threat role of writer, director, and star of Self Reliance (2023). His feature-length directorial debut is equal parts absurdist thriller and sweet romance. Like that of The Most Dangerous Game (1932), the film uses the concept of humans being hunted down for sport. In…
READ MOREEpisode 141 – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
This podcast features our review of the anticipated animated superhero sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Cassidy quizzes Keith on his knowledge of celebrity voice performances of other animated classics. We also discuss the 1981 fantasy cult movie, Dragonslayer. Download the episode here.
READ MOREFilm Review – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) is such an explosion of kinetic energy – both in its visual design and in its storytelling – that the result borders on creative overload. Where Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) feels like a living, breathing comic book, Across the Spider-Verse acts like an amalgamation…
READ MOREFilm Review – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) has such an infectious spirit – both in its attitude and in its style – that it’s difficult not to watch it without getting wrapped up in the pure joy of the narrative. Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and…
READ MOREFilm Review – Tag
The idea seems preposterous: a group of friends, all grown men, have been playing the same game of tag for thirty years. From the school yard, through college, jobs, marriages, and into middle age, they each converge one month out of the year to see…
READ MOREInterview – Jake Johnson & Steve Berg – Digging For Fire
Sarah interviews actors Jake Johnson and Steve Berg from the drama Digging For Fire.
READ MOREFilm Review – Jurassic World
The one thing Jurassic World (2015) does really well is solidifying how much of a master craftsman Steven Spielberg is. It’s been twenty-two years since Jurassic Park (1993) was released, and it’s still being compared to in terms of action adventure spectacle. What Spielberg accomplished…
READ MOREFilm Review – Let’s Be Cops
Along comes another buddy cop film to please the masses and make them laugh, but in the case of Let’s Be Cops, it follows a different storyline. To set itself apart from other similar films, it follows two friends that pretend to be cops. That’s right, fake…
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