Two A24 films in one day?! And it's not even a weekend?! That's right, I decided to treat myself on this Thursday, and catch up on a couple of smaller Oscar bait films, and Lady Bird is the second of the day. Earlier this week, the film became the best-reviewed film in Rotten Tomatoes history, so... Continue Reading →
I have had one heck of a time getting to a theater to catch The Killing of a Sacred Deer. I featured it in my Ten Fourth-Quarter 2017 Films to be Excited About! column, but it took a while before it finally arrived within driving distance of my house. And then I was out of town or... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: November 14, 1980 Production budget: $18,000,000 Worldwide gross: $23,383,987 I make no secret of the fact that Rocky is one of my all-time favorite films. For me, it's tough for any other boxing film to truly compare to that undeniable classic. However, legendary director Martin Scorsese released his own boxing movie, Raging Bull,... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: December 25, 2011 Production budget: $40,000,000 Worldwide gross: $55,247,881 There have been a number of films to tackle the topic of the terrorist attacks that took place on September 11 of 2001 and the perpetual efforts of the people of the United States to deal with the losses resulting from those... Continue Reading →
For the second time in 2017, Pixar is back with a new animated feature, this time in the form of Coco. Earlier this summer, Cars 3 underperformed, at best, likely resulting in a rare financial loss for the studio. Pixar's reputation has seemingly been tarnished a bit in the eyes of audiences, as 2015's The Good Dinosaur... Continue Reading →
It's taken a very long time to get here, but we finally have a live-action Justice League movie. The road to the film hasn't been the smoothest, but DC and Warner Brothers got the job done, one way or another, and now it's time to sit back and take it in. The marketing has felt a... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: July 18, 2008 Production budget: $52,000,000 Worldwide gross: $609,841,637 Before watching the film for this column, I had more knowledge about Syrian Aramaic than I did regarding the plot of Mamma Mia!. I knew who comprised the majority of the cast and I knew that it was an adaptation of the musical... Continue Reading →
I just saw the original Daddy's Home for the first time, less than two weeks ago, and I thought it was fun and somewhat charming. The main reason I wanted to see it to begin with is because of how much I loved the trailer for the film that I'm talking about today, Daddy's Home Two.... Continue Reading →
I've mentioned it before, but I love myself an old-fashioned locked-room mystery. I love them enough that I'm staying up late to see Murder on the Orient Express and then write this post, even though I have to get up early in the morning in order to catch a flight to Rhode Island. I've never read... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: September 3, 2010 Production budget: $10,500,000 Worldwide gross: $44,093,316 The origin story of Robert Rodriguez's Machete is an interesting, yet simple, one. In 2007, Rodriguez and fellow director Quentin Tarantino teamed up to release a self-contained double-feature called Grindhouse with each director helming their own film and then combining them into a single... Continue Reading →
The Movie March! 