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 →
Tomas Alfredson's The Snowman is the first film featured in my Ten Fourth-Quarter 2017 Films to be Excited About! column to be released, alongside A24's The Killing of a Sacred Deer, which hits limited release, this weekend, as well. I've actually been more excited for the latter - especially after seeing that the reviews for The Snowman were far... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: December 10, 1999 Production budget: $24,000,000 Worldwide gross: $88,545,092 So here's another #ThrowbackThursday film that's a first-time watch for me. All I really remembered about The Cider House Rules (besides its distinctive title) was that it starred Charlize Theron. Upon my rediscovery of the film, however (or my first full discovery, as... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: December 5, 2007 Production budget: $7,500,000 Worldwide gross: $231,411,584 Squeezed out at the end of 2007 in order to be eligible for the 2008 awards season, Juno was a rare example of a small little independent film that caught fire with general audiences and became a bit of a phenomenon at... Continue Reading →
"Alternates, do you wanna clean the blood off my drum set?"
When I first saw the opening seconds of the Patriots Day trailer, I briefly thought it was another, late-running trailer for Deepwater Horizon. Of course, it became clear that it was a film about the Boston Marathon bombing in fairly short order, but the similarities shouldn't be surprising. Both films star Mark Wahlberg and are... Continue Reading →
Well, here we are with the final film that made my list of 10 Fourth Quarter 2016 Films to Be Excited About. There's certainly been a buzz around La La Land and it seems poised to be one of the two or three awards season darlings of 2016. Writer/Director Damien Chazelle made a huge splash... Continue Reading →
The Accountant is the latest film from director Gavin O'Connor, about an autistic mathematician who gets wrapped up in the shady business of his equally shady clientele. While O'Connor has been hit (Warrior) and miss (Jane Got A Gun) for me, I can't say the same for the outstanding cast - maybe the strongest in... Continue Reading →
I had very little of an idea of what to expect out of The Meddler. I chose to see it as part of my 2016 March to 100 because of the solid reviews, Rose Byrne, and J.K. Simmons (have you seen Whiplash? If not, see Whiplash right now and get owned by J.K. Simmons.). That's... Continue Reading →
Ever since Wreck-It Ralph, Disney has been engaging in a new Golden Era for themselves relating to their animation division. Following the financial and critical success of Ralph, the studio made a return to form with the extremely well-received princess story Tangled, and then far surpassed themselves with the instant classic Frozen. There was no way to match... Continue Reading →
The Movie March! 