Since I first saw the amazing and captivating trailer for The Beguiled (check it out for yourself), this movie has been near the top of my must-see list. I've been a huge Nicole Kidman fan for the last couple of . . . uh . . . decades (yikes), on top of it, so I... Continue Reading →
I've sometimes lamented about how tough comedies can be for me to review. The mileage for senses of humor varies wildly and what's funny for one person is rarely the same as what's funny for the next. It helps when the comedy in question has more going on than simply an effort to get laughs... Continue Reading →
I have a feeling this is a wasted column. Let's be honest; you've already made your mind up about this movie. Most of you probably did so without even seeing it. So, why should I bother? Maybe there's one person out there who actually cares what I think, regardless of their own opinion? Probably not. But... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: January 14, 2011 Production budget: $120,000,000 Worldwide gross: $227,817,248 The Green Hornet was director Michel Gondry and co-writers Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg's take on a character first created for a radio serial in 1936. Most modern audiences had little to no significant exposure to the character before the release of this film,... Continue Reading →
47 Meters Down was a scary proposition to me. Not because I'm scared of sharks. No, it's because I'm scared of the director, Johannes Roberts. Last year, Roberts directed The Other Side of the Door. I hated that movie. I hated it so much that I actually included it in my list of The Five... Continue Reading →
I went to Charlotte and then Florida for 12 days but now I'm back and ready to play catch-up with the movies that came out while I was gone. I'm starting with the first big release that I hadn't gotten to catch, Pixar's Cars 3. The Cars franchise is a bit of an anomaly for Pixar. The... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: May 23, 1984 Production budget: $28,000,000 Worldwide gross: $333,107,271 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was Steven Spielberg's follow-up to his massively successful Raiders of the Lost Ark (for which I previously did a #ThrowbackThursday column, which you can find here). It was a follow-up at a time when follow-ups were, though... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: December 25, 2012 Production budget: $61,000,000 Worldwide gross: $441,809,770 I was just talking about this movie, a few weeks ago, when I did a #ThrowbackThursday post for 2004's The Phantom of the Opera by Joel Schumacher. Like that one, Les Misérables is a beloved musical (though probably more highly-regarded than Phantom... Continue Reading →
From fledgling director Trey Edward Shults and burgeoning studio A24 comes the horror film that seemingly everyone has been talking about, It Comes at Night. A24 has quietly become one of the three most consistent and reliable studios out there, churning out quality films like they have an assembly line, while covering all genres and all... Continue Reading →
As you may be aware, The Mummy is not only a revival of the classic Universal monster who first hit the big screen way back in 1932 (as portrayed by Boris Karloff) but is also an effort by Universal to launch their own connected universe, ala Marvel's MCU, built around their movie monster library. To... Continue Reading →
The Movie March! 