I was interested in seeing the film Hustlers after hearing a lot of award buzz about Jennifer Lopez’s performance. Otherwise, not too much attracted me to it. Regardless of the film being good or bad, it’s just not really my kind of film. But I went to see it and, although Lopez’s performance is the best of her career, that’s not saying much when you … Continue reading Hustlers (2019)
I don’t know that I have ever been so let down or underwhelmed by a films ending as I was with the ending to A Simple Favor. This is a film that I have wanted to see for a while. I love Paul Feig as a filmmaker, and Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick are lovely. I love a good mystery and, for the most part, … Continue reading A Simple Favor (2018)
Does everybody remember Disney’s animated Pinocchio? No? Allow me to refresh your memory: We have a woodworker named Geppetto, who seems to be lonely, despite his weirdly human pet cat and fish. One night, he wished he had a child. And then, the Blue Fairy (not to be mistaken for the Green Fairy) kind of, sort of grants him that wish. She turns the wooden … Continue reading Revisiting Disney: Pinocchio (1940)
I was nervous for this film for two reasons. The first being that the expectations that the audience was going to have for this film were going to be high, due to how well the first film performed. The second reason was because I am well aware of the ending of the novel and how hard that can be to portray on screen with no … Continue reading It: Chapter 2 (2019)
I have never reviewed 47 Meters Down on this site, so let me briefly tell you what I think of that film. 47 Meters Down is a shark film filled with inaccuracies (as most shark movies are), but I will watch it anytime it is streaming. So, it comes as no surprise that I went to see the “sequel” 47 Meters Down: Uncaged in theaters. I gave them … Continue reading 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019)
To put it simply, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood was made so Quentin Tarantino could rewrite the Manson murders. At least, that’s what I took from it. The film, for lack of a better description, felt like Tarantino was jacking himself off for the too long run time of two hours and forty one minutes. It’s a completely self-indulgent film. It’s also one that thrusts … Continue reading Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (2019)
I was recently rewatching Raiders of the Lost Ark for fun. I have loved the film since I was a child. It’s one that was shown to me on one of the movie nights my family and I would have when I was growing up. It wasn’t until I was older, however, that I realized two things about this so-called hero: 1. He is, or … Continue reading Indiana Jones and the Problematic “Hero”
I never want to live in a world where, in order to destroy an asteroid headed right for Earth, NASA sends oil drillers with no astronaut experience to, first, land on the asteroid, second, drill 800 feet into the asteroid, and third, shoot a nuclear missile into said asteroid to split it in two. Like, if the scenario of a large asteroid coming towards Earth … Continue reading 90s Flashback: Armageddon (1998)
On a daily basis, I travel an hour total for my day job. I live in Los Angeles, California but I do not drive. I take the train to and from work each day. All that travel time, I have to have something good to listen to. When I’m not listening to music to pump me up or true crime podcasts, I’m listening to film … Continue reading Film Podcasts For Your Daily Commute
I enjoy the work of Dan Gilroy. I thought that Nightcrawler was a marvelous film. Velvet Buzzsaw has been in my Netflix queue since it came out earlier this year. I have just finished the film and I can’t quite determine how I feel. I didn’t hate it. That much I know. As far as a satire of the art world, it’s good. It ultimately reveals that nobody … Continue reading A Journey Through My Netflix Queue: Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
