Maybe its just me. But, I find this 2001 heist film, staring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, and many more, to be insanely rewatchable. If you’ve never seen the movie, it is about eleven guys working together to rob three different casinos in Las Vegas in one night. The movie is structured…
Christopher Reeves is the best Superman. Sorry, but that’s simply a fact. Other actors are good Superman, yes, but Reeves is the best. Why? Because he embodies both parts of the character perfectly. I mean, just watch this clip. Reeves is able to masterfully portray both sides of the character in a way that I…
Sometimes, a little bit of corniness is all you need. And, I can think of no better way to get it than Batman Returns (1992). The second Tim Burton/Michael Keaton Batman movie is goofy in all the best ways. From the fights, to the costumes, to the acting. It’s silly perfection. In today’s super hero…
Doctor Sleep (2019) is a sequel to the 1980 movie The Shinning. The movie follows a grown up Danny Torrance still traumatized by what happened to him at the Overlook Hotel. The Shinning famously has a lot of unanswered questions in it that have spawned almost too many fan theories. Doctor Sleep makes zero effort…
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I had actually never seen The Shining (1980) until recently. I mean, I knew a lot about it culturally. Redrum. “Here’s Johnny”. Those creepy twins. The elevator full of blood. But, after seeing that the movie was available on HBOMAX, I figured it was time to get some context. And, now that I’ve seen the…
Spirited Away (2001) is Studio Ghibli movie about a young girl getting trapped in the spirit world. That is a bit of a simplification but its all you need to know about the movie for what I want to talk about. And that is the character design. One of the most iconic scenes in Star…
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Before Sunset (2004) is a sequel to the film Before Sunrise (1995), where nine years after spending a night together in Vienna, an American man and French woman once again run into each other. This movie is fascinating, structurally. There is no villain. There is no action. It is just a conversation between two people…
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Before Sunrise is a 1995 movie about an American man and a French woman meeting on a train in Europe. The two decide to spend an evening together in Vienna before they both must go their separate ways. Its just a nice pleasant movie. There is no real conflict. No villain. Just two charming people…
Movie Directors have their styles. They have what they are good at and they usually stick to it. David Fincher is good at a lot of things, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) is essentially him showing it all off. First of all, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a movie based…
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Yeah, it is. Don’t worry. I checked. It might even be better? Especially with all the jokes and references that I only get now, as an adult, that went over my head as a kid. The soundtrack still absolutely rocks so hard. Smash Mouth, Baha Men, The Proclaimers, and Eddie Murphy. Four artists who are…
Look, love it or hate it, The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) is pretty pretentious. Most of the main characters are the teenage archetype of “everyone else in this school is lame because they like main stream things”, and the movie produces quite a few eye roll inducing moments as these character wax poetic.…
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Who doesn’t love Jack Black? Kung Fu Panda? School of Rock? A third example? He’s great. We would not have him if not for High Fidelity (2000). This won’t be some eloquent, well thought out, think peace on what this movie says about society or whatever. This is a Jack Black appreciation post. I personally…
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I’m just kidding, I lied in the title to get you to click on the article. That’s what we in the business call clickbait. But A Muppets Christmas Carol (1992) is a really good one. It’s got fun songs, Michael Caine, and a lot of heart. If you couldn’t guess, A Muppets Christmas Carol is…
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Highlander (1986) is pulpy, corny, goofy fantasy film about a race of immortals, destined to all kill each other until there is only one. There is a lot to not like about this movie, a main character that can’t decide if he has an accent or not, poorly choreographed fight scenes, terrible dialogue, terrible acting,…
When it comes to Wes Anderson films, there is always a lot to talk about. I could talk about shot compositions, the soundtrack choices, the acting, or so much more. But, what I want to talk about is how the The Royal Tenebaums (2001) handles humor. Specifically, how it handles humor in a scene involving…
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I just want to get it out of the way. I watched the English dub. I don’t care if the Japanese dub is better. I’m a dumb American. Sometimes I just want to watch a movie, not read one. Plus, the DVD copy of the movie I found at my Dad’s house is only in…
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Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat Sagdiyev stole the hearts and innocence of filmgoers around the world with the release of Borat in 2006. It took 14 long years, but Borat is back and better than ever with the release of Amazon Studios’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. The sequel stars Sacha Baron Cohen as the now-iconic titular character…
ParaNorman (2012) is a stop motion film about a young boy with the ability to talk to dead people. ParaNorman works as a film in two respects, as a children’s movie and as an introduction to the horror genre. Now, a lot of people hear “children’s movie” and immediately see that as a negative. I…
Why did I do this to myself? I just- Sorry, let me get this out of the way first…. The Notebook (2004) is a romance movie, based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks, starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. But, everyone knows it as the movie where the old people die at the end. Sorry…
Ah… Nick Cage. Gotta love him. The Rock (1996) is an action movie staring Nick Cage, Sean Connery (R.I.P.), Ed Harris, John C. McGinley. It is about a FBI chemical warfare specialist (Cage) who goes on a mission with a former British spy (Connery) after a U.S. General (Harris) takes hostages on Alcatraz. There is…
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