‘Moonlight Sonata’ Uses Deafness To Discuss Many Relatable Afflictions
At this point, it’s a cliché to say how we take our most basic functions for granted. Hearing a loved one, having clarity of the...
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Author: Nick Kush
‘Joker’ Exit Survey: It Puts a Smile On ~Some~ of Our Faces
A movie entitled “Joker” has arrived in theaters. Odds are that you may have heard about it. Maybe. Joker is all over the place from...
‘Joker’ is a Seemingly Provocative Yet Ultimately Empty Genre Exercise
With Joker being such a blatant homage to the works of Martin Scorsese and other filmmakers that told scuzzy New York dramas in the 1970s...
‘Ad Astra’ Exit Survey: Brad is Mad, Sad, and Definitely Not Feeling Rad in Space
Though he certainly never left, 2019 is a bit of a mini-comeback for Brad Pitt, with high-profile roles in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood...
‘Ad Astra’ is a Sorrowful Meditation on the Link Between a Parent and a Child
I’ve had my eye on Ad Astra for some time now. Brad Pitt has a way of teaming up with very thoughtful and fairly singular...
‘Downton Abbey’ Makes History, ‘Ad Astra’ Impresses, and the Awards Race Begins to Take Shape (The MovieBabble Podcast Ep. 37)
Focus Features made history with the release of Downton Abbey this weekend which went on to earn approximately $31 million, which became the studio’s largest...
‘It Chapter Two’ Exit Survey: The Adults Aren’t Alright
2017’s It remains one of the most surprising smash hits of the decade. People went nuts over it, and it started another round of Stephen...
Top 10 Worst Movies to Win Best Picture
Sometimes, the Academy of Arts and Sciences leaves you saying, “wait, you chose that as the Best Picture winner?” People have said this phrase quite a bit...
The Worst Movies of August 2019: John Travolta Stars in Another “Masterpiece”
Many of the most high-profile movies of August — Hobbs and Shaw, Good Boys, The Angry Birds 2, and even Scary Stories to Tell in...
The Best Movies of August 2019: Two Actresses Lead the Way in Star Turns
After Hobbs and Shaw — the cinematic equivalent of an eight-year-old boy smashing toxically buff action figures together for two hours — opened in theaters,...
‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’ Showcases the Great Cate Blanchett…and Not Much Else
It’s never a good sign when a movie shifts release dates multiple times. That was the case for Where’d You Go, Bernadette, the latest film...
‘Blinded by the Light’ is So Damn Corny, But So Damn Sweet and Endearing
Spend five seconds scrolling through Twitter and you’re immediately inundated with existential dread from the impending doom of our entire species. The Amazon is up...
‘Luce’ Dives Head First Into Some of Our Most Perplexing Racial Ideals
Whether we’re conscious of it or not, we all abide by certain societal expectations. Some are harmless, some are exactly the opposite. Luce understands this idea...
‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ is a Darn-Near Perfect Crowd-pleaser
As a critic, there is the rare occasion where you see a film and think “my god, this movie is going to be HUGE!” I...
‘Aquarela’ Shows Climate Change Without a Filter
Nature is continuously beguiling. From changing flora to shifting land formations, there’s always something beautiful to behold. Take water, for instance, which is always changing...
Film Review – One Child Nation (2019)
Sometimes not getting into the screening you desire at a film festival can be a blessing in disguise. After missing out on seeing The Farewell...
Recent Flops That Will Become Classics in The Decades to Come
You’ve heard it time and time again: “Blade Runner was a flop in theaters”, “no one liked The Thing when it first came out”, “The...
The Worst Movies of July 2019
Praise the heavens! July was actually a solid month for film. With Quentin Tarantino debuting a new work and plenty of smaller releases which resulted...
The Best Movies of July 2019
These best/worst of the month articles are always an opportunity to express my exaggerated concerns with the industry as a whole. However, July was actually...
Film Review – After the Wedding (2019)
Hollywood has made a habit of repurposing buzzy foreign films into English-language stories. (Look no further than The Upside from just a few months ago.) Some Most...
‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Exit Survey: Dissecting Tarantino’s Version of the 1960s
Quentin Tarantino continues his love for film and history (and film history) with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, a sprawling story covering an actor...
Quentin Tarantino Wants You to Love Your Movie Stars…Before It’s Too Late
In 1994, Quentin Tarantino was on top of the world. He had just followed up his critical darling film Reservoir Dogs with Pulp Fiction, essentially crowning him as...
Every ‘Fast and Furious’ Movie Ranked from Worst to Best
The Fast and Furious franchise may not be everyone’s favorite, but there’s no debating that it still has a massive built-in fan base and has...
Film Review – A Faithful Man (2019)
We owe a lot to the French New Wave. Minds like Truffaut, Godard, and many more fundamentally changed how we looked at film. And now,...
Film Review – The Nightingale (2019)
The Babadook is one of my favorite horror movies ever made. What Jennifer Kent accomplished in that movie is nothing short of miraculous, so much so...
Every Quentin Tarantino Film Ranked from Worst to Best
Quentin Tarantino is one of Hollywood’s most recognizable auteurs, busting onto the scene with Reservoir Dogs back in 1992 and capturing our attention ever since...
‘The Lion King’ Exit Survey: Breaking Down Disney’s Latest “Nature Doc”
Disney’s remake of The Lion King roared(?) into theaters last weekend. And while it had an incredibly impressive opening at the box office for an...
Film Review – Share (2019)
I can picture the more standard, Hollywood version of Share in my head: it’s full of long diatribes, tearful wishes, and happy resolutions. A24’s Share, however, is far...
What Should Quentin Tarantino Do for His 10th (and Presumably Last) Film?
Many of us don’t believe Quentin Tarantino when he says that his 10th movie will be his last, and yet he continues to assert that...
Film Review – The Art of Self-Defense (2019)
Whether you’re looking at your Twitter feed, scrolling through an article, or even aimlessly walking by the TV as pundits discuss the day’s news, it’s...
