Release: Friday, January 24, 2020 →Theater Written by: Ivan Atkinson; Marn Davies; Guy Ritchie Directed by: Guy Ritchie The Gentlemen appears as a sight for sore eyes for anyone hoping for Guy Ritchie to return to form. After a string of generic blockbusters that kicked off with Sherlock Holmes in 2009 and then lasted forever, it seemed pretty clear he … Continue reading The Gentlemen
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Birds of Prey And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
Release: Friday, February 7, 2020 →Theater Written by: Christina Hodson Directed by: Cathy Yan Above all else Birds of Prey And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn is an expression of personality. It's loud and ridiculous in almost every way, but it's also really fun and that's just enough for me to declare DC is off to a good … Continue reading Birds of Prey And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
Uncut Gems
Release: Christmas Day 2019 →Theater Written by: Ronald Bronstein; Josh and Benny Safdie Directed by: Josh and Benny Safdie If they have proven anything in their last two movies it's that few filmmakers stress you out quite like the New York born-and-bred Safdie brothers. Uncut Gems is, in a word, intense. This is a very aggressive mood piece that … Continue reading Uncut Gems
Parasite
Release: Friday, November 8, 2019 →Theater Written by: Bong Joon Ho; Jin Won Han Directed by: Bong Joon Ho I don't know why, or how, I have never seen a Bong Joon Ho movie before now. The South Korean filmmaker is one of those major voices of world cinema that's hard to ignore. Yet here I am, crawling … Continue reading Parasite
Jojo Rabbit
Release: Friday, November 8, 2018 →Theater Written by: Taika Waititi Directed by: Taika Waititi New Zealand writer/director Taika Waititi has always been the magic elixir to make things better. Viago the vampire was one of my favorite characters in the frightfully funny comedy What We Do in the Shadows (2015). In 2017 he gave the MCU a whack of … Continue reading Jojo Rabbit
The Marvelous Brie Larson — #6
Welcome back to another edition of my latest Actor Profile, The Marvelous Brie Larson, a monthly series revolving around the silver screen performances of one of my favorite actresses. If you are a newcomer to this series, the idea behind this feature is to bring attention to a specific performer and their skill sets and … Continue reading The Marvelous Brie Larson — #6
The Laundromat
Release: Friday, September 27, 2019 →Netflix Written by: Scott Z. Burns Directed by: Steven Soderbergh The Laundromat is a new film from Steven Soderbergh that tries to make you mad at the world in a way that will remind you most of Adam McKay's The Big Short. Stylistically the two are nearly identical. They both use big … Continue reading The Laundromat
Dolemite is My Name
Release: Friday, October 4, 2019 (limited) →Netflix Written by: Scott Alexander; Larry Karaszewski Directed by: Craig Brewer The way Craig Brewer captures the response to Dolemite, the movie-within-his-movie and at least part of its raison d'être, is so warm and uplifting. Yet it's also quaint if considering today's cinematic landscape. Cynics like me are tempted to dismiss the ending as … Continue reading Dolemite is My Name
Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood
Release: Friday, July 26, 2019 →Theater Written by: Quentin Tarantino Directed by: Quentin Tarantino Quentin Tarantino is among the biggest names in the biz today and in his ninth and apparently penultimate film he's relying on clout more than ever to get mass audiences invested in something that he takes as seriously as Jules does Ezekiel 25:17 -- … Continue reading Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood
Paddleton
Release: Friday, February 22, 2019 (Netflix) →Netflix Written by: Mark Duplass; Alex Lehmann Directed by: Alex Lehmann It's not often that the Duplass brothers make a heavy movie. Darting in and out of the so-called mumblecore scene and playing with time in pleasantly nostalgic trips down memory lane (Blue Jay) or lurching ahead into the future with spirited … Continue reading Paddleton
