Arrival is the new intelligent, thoughtful, inventive, contemplative, beautiful, and mesmerizing science fiction alien first contact movie by the director of Sicarrio, Enemy, and Prisoners. I mention his previous work to drive home that this is not your average, every … Continue reading
Checked out an early showing of the remake of The Magnificent Seven. I won’t spend time comparing this to the 1960s version (itself a remake of an Akira Kurosawa movie) since I don’t have any emotional attachment to that old … Continue reading
Captain America: Civil War is a legit sequel to both Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Avengers: Age of Ultron… without feeling unequal to either. It’s a continuation of the Winter Soldier story that has been seamlessly welded onto the … Continue reading
Eye in the Sky is the new suspense / war-on-terror movie about the ethics and the math behind drone strikes. The premise is that the British and the Americans have eyes (in the sky) on a house-full of terrorists who … Continue reading
Caught the 2015 movie Room, which is up for a few Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay), which is important to note since I’ll just go ahead and describe the movie as about a young woman who … Continue reading
Got out to see Joy, the new Jennifer Lawrence movie directed by David O. Russel (Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, and other oddities). This is one of the best films about selling mops that I’ve ever seen. Didn’t know that … Continue reading
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a really darn good film… and it’s so awesome to be able to say that. 33 years waiting for another GOOD Star Wars movie… a movie where every second of it is better than … Continue reading
The new Steve Jobs movie starring Michael Fassbender as Jobs, written by Aaron Sorkin, and directed by Danny Boyle is a pretty artificial movie bordering on not being a movie at all and is pretty amazing. What I mean is … Continue reading
So… rushed out to see Mad Max: Fury Road… a movie with 99% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes so had to see it before any more got spoiled. And the movie is exactly what it’s advertised as – an unadulterated … Continue reading
Caught an early show of Disney’s new animated movie Frozen… A super charming and adorable flick with good songs and big laughs and a whole lot of heart. Totally recommended as one of the best animated flicks of the past … Continue reading