Nosferatu is Robert Eggers’ fourth – and best – full-length film. And it almost wasn’t if its over-familiarity kept getting in my way. I mean, it’s just Bram Stoker’s Dracula as filtered through the original 1929 silent film and a … Continue reading
I sat on Touch for months… always in my “I’m gonna watch that some day” bucket… but I just didn’t pull the trigger. I think because I assumed it would focus more on the present timeline with the older characters … Continue reading
Goodrich is a reminder of the blessing that is Michael Keaton as both a dramatic and comedic actor. The film is a gift to him that reminds us how good he’s been all these years. And its fun to think … Continue reading
All I knew about Anora was the unofficial logline “Pretty Woman only realistic”. I see there they’re coming from but man did this flick go weird places Pretty Woman never went. And I should have seen it sooner… I kept … Continue reading
It’s hardly fair to put Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield on screen together and expect the audience to not feel cross at the genetic misfortune that is the rest of us. Add in the fact they both get to use … Continue reading
I didn’t think much of the first Smile… called it a movie that borrowed from other better – and worse – movies while seeming like they thought they’d hit on something original. It wasn’t bad necessarily but it was so … Continue reading
As a kid, I had a certain admiration for Christopher Reeve that went beyond his role as Superman. Of course, I loved his Superman (parts 1 and 2 anyway) enough that I always liked seeing him in the small handful … Continue reading
Kill is an Indian action film with an economy of storytelling, screen-time, and even action. Its a quick hour and forty minutes and gets to the point very quickly with some gnarly, brutal action scenes. And even some surprising story … Continue reading
Ghostlight crept up on me as I was watching and slapped me in the face with how good it was. It was never bad… but it kind of hid its point and its direction well so once I saw where … Continue reading
Welcome to a new kind of Mad Max… not the pure action rumpus of Road Warrior or Fury Road or the heroism storyline of Beyond Thunderdome or the… whatever the original film was. This is more of a lengthy epic … Continue reading