Human caricature Nicolas Cage had two films come out in 1997. One is endlessly entertaining. The other is Con Air. Let me set the scene for you: Cage’s character Cameron Poe convicted of first-degree manslaughter. He killed a guy in a clear-cut case of self-defense. The judge states that, due to his military training, his body is a lethal weapon. Yeah. Okay. We spend about … Continue reading 90s Flashback: Con Air (1997)
I decided that I wanted to start another series on this website, this one being “films that have not aged well”. And I wanted to begin with the mother of all “didn’t age well” films: 1999’s Never Been Kissed. Nothing about this film is okay now and shouldn’t have been okay then. Let me set the scene for you: Josie is a young reporter, about … Continue reading Films That Have Not Aged Well: Never Been Kissed (1999)
I was really excited to watch this film. Honestly, I was. I liked the trailer when I saw it years ago. Unfortunately, I was mistaken. Look, I’m not a fan of Hailee Steinfeld as an actress, like, at all. I don’t think she’s good. But Woody Harrelson is also in this film, so I thought that would help. It didn’t. I took issue with the … Continue reading An Adventure Through My Netflix Queue: The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
My Netflix queue has had pretty much the same movies on it for years. I, like most people, will search and search for a movie to watch, and then settle on watching an episode of The Office or 30 Rock or That’s 70s Show, all television shows that I have seen over and over again. So, I thought it would be fun to go through … Continue reading An Adventure Through My Netflix Queue: The Invitation (2015)
Who asked for this? Which one of you out there asked for this? Who wanted a movie musical version of Cats? And who in the hell wanted it to be this creepy? Look, I’ve seen the musical Cats one time, and that’s all it took for me to hate the absolute shit out of it. As a book of poetry, sure, it works. But as … Continue reading 2019’s Cats: A Rant
The horror film that set the tone for those to follow, the horror film that revolutionized teenage horror is none other than 1996’s Scream. Written by Kevin Williamson and directed by horror legend Wes Craven, Scream has become one of the most spoofed and most beloved horror films of the last 30 years. Scream is a meta horror film. It is a horror film about … Continue reading 90s Flashback: Scream (1996)
Ari Aster’s second film is nothing short of spectacular. It is a sun-drenched terror. It’s hard to imagine a film that is more unsettling than Aster’s first film, Hereditary. And, yet, he’s achieved that with his sophomore picture. At face value, Midsommar is a film about a group of friends’ who travel to Sweden to take part in a nine-day cultural festival, at the request … Continue reading Midsommar (2019)
There’s been a trend recently. The film industry got wind that true crime was popular and decided that it wanted to profit from the public interest. Yes, true crime films have been around for decades. But it seems, recently, to be more popular than ever. And with Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood coming to theaters this summer, I think it’s important to … Continue reading Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and my True Crime Conflict
Movie Musical Monday: Hairspray (2007) I wish that Disney, with all its recent musical live action versions of their animated films, would take a hint from 2007’s Hairspray, and cast properly with actors who can actually sing. The casting for this film is near perfect. Nearly every person, save for Christopher Walken, has a legitimate singing voice. And even then with Walken, the one song … Continue reading Movie Musical Monday: Hairspray (2007)
The first thing I did upon returning home from seeing Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut Booksmart was add nearly every single song on the soundtrack to my Spotify. I can’t recall a movie in recent years that put as much thought into its song choices as this one did. I’m thoroughly impressed with Olivia Wilde. Booksmart was beautifully shot, and it’s very clear that thought went … Continue reading Booksmart (2019)
