Posts Tagged ‘Woody Harrelson’
Film Review – Kate
When I saw the advertisements for Kate (2021) my first thought was, “Wait a minute, didn’t this movie already come out?” I could’ve sworn that I had already seen it earlier this year, and I racked my brain trying to figure out why it was…
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Episode 24 – Zombieland: Double Tap
Happy Halloween! In this episode of the podcast, we review the long-awaited horror-comedy sequel, Zombieland: Double Tap, and for our Netflix homework, we review the supernatural thriller, In the Tall Grass, based on the novella by Stephen King and Joe Hill. We also deep dive…
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Film Review – Zombieland: Double Tap
One of the big draws of Zombieland (2009) was the chemistry of the main cast. Zombie-apocalypse survivors Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Wichita (Emma Stone), and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) made for an entertaining dysfunctional family. Seeing them interact and play off one another…
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Film Review – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
We are overdue for another film that pits a woman, acting singularly, working against the establishment. The last film that depicted this was Miss Sloane, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is another welcome addition. With the current news flooded with sexual harassment claims by…
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Film Review – War for the Planet of the Apes
After gaining awareness, leading an uprising and starting an independent life, Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his society of evolved apes have one more transgression to contend with before as the latter part of the title indicates, inheriting a planet. The third film in Twentieth Century…
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Film Review – Wilson
I’ve seen Ghost World roughly a dozen times and Art School Confidential exactly once. That’s not meant as condemnation against the latter, necessarily, although I think it says something that I’ve not ever had the inclination to re-investigate.
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Film Review – Now You See Me 2
***Warning: The following contains spoilers for Now You See Me (2013)*** One of things I hate – and I mean really hate – about movies featuring magicians, con artists, or master thieves, is that the chosen profession of the characters automatically creates an easy out…
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Film Review – Triple 9
Crime drama is one of my favorite genres. It distills morality into its basic elements, and then tosses it into the air. What dynamic better demonstrates the complexities of good vs. evil than cops and robbers? No matter how often we see it, there’s something…
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