Awards season rolls on and Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water has been near the top of my priority list for a while, now. Today is the first day it's made it within reasonable driving distance, so I ventured out to an old-school theater (not even stadium seating!) to catch the first showing and see... Continue Reading →
If the attendance at the screening I just attended is an accurate representation of the country as a whole, Hidden Figures is poised to be a big hit. Directed by Theodore Melfi (St. Vincent), the film adapts the true story of three African-American women (Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe) who are hired by... Continue Reading →
I actually didn't see the first two films in the Divergent series in the theater. I had a mild interest, but not enough to compel me to go out and catch them. I ended up seeing them during two separate free HBO weekends. And they were fine. I thought they were enough fun to stick... 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! 