Checked out the new indie darling The Farewell. This movie stars Awkwafina in a more dramatic roll than we’ve seen her in so far. I’m not super familiar with her other than she’s a stand-up comedian and has been in … Continue reading
So.. I went to see Quentin Tarantino’s latest movie Once Upon a Time In Hollywood waaay back on Thursday and I’ve been wrestling with my thoughts and dreading writing a review since then. But here we are, on Tuesday, with … Continue reading
Checked out the new dark comedy The Art of Self Defense. Small movie, probably won’t be noticed by many… but a good movie… assuming you like odd, kind of violent, kind of spoofs of sports movies and toxic masculinity. Or … Continue reading
The new action comedy buddy cop film Stuber has a very bad title and not particularly good trailers. So I went anyway because that’s what I do. And my low expectations were, surprisingly, surpassed. The movie is getting pretty bad … Continue reading
The new movie Yesterday is in love with The Beatles… and hopefully you are too if you go see it. This is a high-concept comedy / romantic comedy written by the guy who wrote fine romantic comedies like Notting Hill … Continue reading
I went into Toy Story 4 thinking it really didn’t need to exist. Toy Story 3 was a perfectly good send-off to the series, packing an emotional punch and a conclusion that reminded us all we have to grow up … Continue reading
The new film Shaft is the third film called Shaft following the original 1971 classic and the 2000 soft reboot. That 2000 film was a semi-sequel as it starred Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft, nephew of John Shaft from … Continue reading
Checked out the new workplace-like comedy Late Night. The film was written by Mindy Kaling (who also stars, along side Emma Thompson). The film is about an aging and slightly out-of-touch late night talk show host (played by Emma … Continue reading
So… indie film maker Jim Jarmusch has never exactly made a mainstream movie… so I checked out his new flick The Dead Don’t Die which surprisingly showed up at the local theater. Jarmush has been quoted as saying he’s never … Continue reading
So I checked out Men In Black: International… that’s the fourth Men In Black movie (if you’re counting) and the first to not star Will Smith (or Tommy Lee Jones/Josh Brolin). They have swapped in Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth… … Continue reading