Creed (2015)
Here we go again, right!? Another Rocky movie! This time around (that’s the seventh time) it is a bit different. The most obvious difference being the title, Creed. This is the first time in the...
View ArticleThe Big Short (2015)
As I begin writing this review for The Big Short, I am somehow reminded of the brilliant and darkly comedic satire American Psycho (2000). The two films share very little in common except Christian...
View ArticleNo Country for Old Men (2007)
This is less a review and more a fun explanation of why this is my favorite all time film. This entry contains a timeline SPOILER. If you don’t want to be spolied, please see film first…. For those...
View ArticleSpotlight (2015)
The best procedural film on investigative journalism is All the President’s Men. All procedural films made after that one garner comparisons to it as All the President’s Men is the standard bearer for...
View ArticleMoonstruck (1987)
Here is an old review I wrote on facebook back in 2010 for the movie Moonstruck. Kinda short, but it’s fun to revisit…. Oh what a movie! This 1987 Best Picture Nominee is so true to life, you’ll swear...
View ArticleJoy (2015)
David O. Russell’s new film Joy is a biopic showing us the journey Joy Mangano took from broke (and in debt) single mother to multi millionaire queen of QVC and HSN. Jennifer Lawrence plays the...
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Here is a list I made on IMDB.com (Internet Movie Database) awhile ago. I want to use this as a checklist for reviews to write on this blog. I have already done some, but hope to get to all of them...
View ArticleInto the Wild (2007)
Say what you want about religion (and I can say plenty), but it certainly has helped to provide allegory for the artistic world. So familiar are the salient details of the basic premise of religion...
View ArticleRequiem for a Dream (2000)
SPOILERS There are definitely SPOILERS of plot points in this review. That said, these spoilers may actually help you get through the film if you have not yet seen it. You decide…… Darren...
View ArticleJaws (1975)
As the legend goes, Jaws director Steven Spielberg would not make the movie unless he was allowed to (fully) reveal the titular shark until deep into the film. Other lore suggests it was a decision...
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