Avengers: Infinity War is, no surprise here, the 19th film in the ongoing Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s also one of the best of these films… and is pretty great, despite it risking being a bloated 2 hr 30 min mess … Continue reading
Annihilation is the new Big Ideas, serious-minded science fiction film from Alex Garland who previously made the very good Ex Machina. This film is based on a novel I really did not like because it didn’t have any interest in … Continue reading
The Florida Project is a low budget indie film from 2017 that I just caught up with on iTunes rental and it’s really worth seeing. The movie is most known for its very young, novice actors and Willem Dafoe who … Continue reading
Finally caught up on the highest grossing Japanese anime film (in Japan) from 2016 – Your Name. See. This. Movie. It’s a marvelous, beautiful, sweet, funny, tragic, gorgeous, romantic, and all around excellent film. Inside Out won best animated film … Continue reading
Also caught up on Molly’s Game, the new film both written and directed by dialogue-dynamo Aaron Sorkin. Based on a true story (and book) that I completely missed in real life about Molly Bloom, a former Olympic skier turned high … Continue reading
The new Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream, Pi) movie mother! (proper capitalization and punctuation there) is one hard to describe flick. It’s certainly unlike anything you’ve seen before even if it has some themes, ideas, and references … Continue reading
To my great surprise, the new indie flick Brigsby Bear is one of my favorite flicks of the year. It’s produced by Sony Pictures Classics though the production title cards also includes “The Lonely Island Classics” as a kind of … Continue reading
Checked out Logan, the latest – but certainly not the most typical – X-Men movie. As you may have heard, this is a tough R rated Wolverine movie with graphic violence and swearing. This is, I think, a great example … Continue reading
If you like good horror flicks and don’t mind subtitles, the new zombie movie Train to Busan is pretty fantastic. Best horror film of the year and I honestly think it might be the best zombie movie as well (in … Continue reading
Moana is the new Disney animated flick that came out this weekend and it’s pretty great. Everyone should see it. What you are probably asking yourself is, “self, do you think this is going to have another Let it … Continue reading