Top 10 Best Phil Hartman Movies
Phil Hartman was a truly multi-talented entertainer, perhaps best known for his work on television. After all, Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, and NewsRadio are...
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Singin’ in the Rain vs. It’s a Wonderful Life – Best vs. the Best
This article pitting Singin’ in the Rain vs. It’s a Wonderful in the Best vs. the Best series was originally published on reelreader.com, a great website...
The Hardest Working Actor In Hollywood: A Look Back at Bruce Dern’s Career
With the release of White Boy Rick this week and roles in two other movies this month, it brings a total of eight movies already...
The Best Movies of August 2018
In recent years, August has been a wasteland of sorts, caving in on itself after a plethora of blockbusters have sopped all of the money...
My 10 Best Movies Of 1998
July marked the 20th anniversary of the release of Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg’s World War II Opus. This movie holds a special significance for...
Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) Reviews – Part 2 (August 7-9)
This is Part 2 of my mini reviews from the Melbourne International Film Festival. If you missed Part 1, read it here. Let’s jump right...
The Worst Movies of July 2018
Well, this article is probably long overdue. That’s what happens when life gets in the way — it has a funny way of doing that...
Why The Gangster Sub-Genre Just Isn’t As Relevant Today
The crime/gangster sub-genre contains in itself an anachronistic library of classically defining workings. Historically, the genre seemed to have generally trickled down in relevance, peeking...
Why I’m Struggling to Be Enthusiastic About Bradley Cooper’s ‘A Star Is Born’
As far back as I can remember I’ve enjoyed watching movie musicals from what they call the golden age of Hollywood. Some particular favorites of...
Film Review – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
Netflix will have hits and misses in its quest to master the process of providing quality original content. As Calibre (2018), Sunday’s Illness (2018) and...
What Exactly Went Wrong With The Hobbit?
In July, Amazon revealed the first concrete information about it’s upcoming Prime Original The Lord of The Rings prequel. They announced the show runners to be Godzilla vs....
Top 10 Movies That Take On Race Relations
In his review of BlackKklansman (2018), starring John David Washington and Adam Driver, Collin Willis notes that recent films Get Out (2107) and Sorry to...
Going to the Movies Alone — Give It a Chance!
Traditionally, when people think about going to the movies they think of groups of people or a couple on a date. Rarely — or never...
Film Review – Puzzle (2018)
Puzzle (2018) might be a rare gem. A foreign-born story that successfully migrates in to the U.S. One of the least tapped sources for American...
There is No Magic: Exploring ‘George A. Romero’s Martin’ and its Companion Piece ‘The Transfiguration’
The late great George A. Romero is mostly known for his Dead Series, particularly the first three, starting from the black/white shocker Night of the Living...
Film Review – Calibre (2018)
Calibre (2018) follows the fate of vacationing hunters, and arrives this summer amid a steady flow of independent films on the festival circuit that find their...
After 10 Years, are We Ready for a ‘Step Brothers’ Sequel?
Adam McKay’s Step Brothers (2008), like a fine Catalina Wine Mixer, gets better with age. Therefore, my way to celebrate its 10-year anniversary is to suggest...
Purging My Woody Allen Collection
Well, I did it. I drove to a Goodwill donation center a few days ago, and dropped off the majority of my Woody Allen DVD...
Top 10 Best Tom Hardy Performances
Tom Hardy. What exactly do we think of him? Well, love him or hate him (and evidently, not many seem to dislike him), and without...
Film Review – The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter (2018)
Many will have anticipated the release of this comedy/drama about an absent father trying to reconnect with his young son by passing down his love...
Who Is Thomasin McKenzie? — The Breakout Star of ‘Leave No Trace’
You may not have heard the name Thomasin McKenzie but it won’t be long before you are seeing her everywhere. McKenzie’s performance in Leave No Trace...
Can ‘IT: Chapter 2’ Really Succeed As Good As The First?
Andres Muschietti’s record-breaking It (2017) had an impressive impact on audiences and critics just less than a year ago. Arguably so, the Stephen King adaptation...
Film Review – To Each, Her Own (2018)
Before the review officially begins, I must offer this advice: For the love of everything we hold dear, if you watch this film on Netflix,...
Film Review – Sunday’s Illness (2018)
Arriving without fanfare on Netflix, Ramón Salazar’s La Enfermedad del Domingo (Sunday’s Illness) reveals itself to be an exquisite treasure not to be missed. Elegantly rendered, and realized...
Foul Ups, Faux Pas, and Flubs: When Actors Screw Up
It seems like no matter how clean-cut an actor or actress is, they end up tarnishing their image somehow (except for my boy Tom Hanks)....
Pride Month: A Look Back at LGBT Characters In 3 Old Hollywood Films
Movies made during Hollywood’s Golden Age weren’t always kind to the LGBT community. As little more than a covert group of sexual deviants, LGBT people...
Film Review – Brain on Fire (2018)
Netflix continues their weekly promise of putting out new movie content to accustom to people’s growing lack of interest in going out to the cinema....
Film Review – Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
You might be focused on some of the major blockbusters to come in a few weeks, and I don’t blame you for it. However, every...
The MacGregor Brothers Discuss ‘Best F(r)iends’ and Working with Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero
Recently, independent film has undergone a renaissance period of sorts with wonderful talents producing wildly inventive and often beautiful pieces of art. And yet, if...
Lose Yourself in These Rap Soundtracks
Superfly (2018) is a story about the drug scene of Atlanta and all the violence that accompanies it. Its soundtrack features bangers from rappers like Future,...
