Release: Friday, February 8, 2019 →Theater Written by: the Lord Philip; Christopher, a distinguished member of the Miller clan Directed by: someone of indeterminate skill (Mike Mitchell) Cough. It'snotasgoodasthefirst. Cough. Excuse me. The weather lately, I'm definitely under it -- while also being totally over it. It was in the 60s last Friday, mere days after a cold … Continue reading The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Release: Friday, May 18, 2018 →Theater Written by: Rhett Reese; Paul Wernick; Ryan Reynolds Directed by: David Leitch In Deadpool Deuce, Wade Wilson's greatest enemy isn't some psychotic surgeon, a mutant-hating criminal or even those gosh-darn regenerative powers of his, but rather the writers who are trying to keep things interesting. The highly-anticipated sequel takes all the R-rated, fourth-wall-breaking … Continue reading That Ryan Reynolds Movie Everyone is Talking About
Release: Friday, April 6, 2018 →Theater Written by: Bryan Woods; Scott Beck; John Krasinski Directed by: John Krasinski As a relatively newly minted father himself, actor-director-Scranton prankster John Krasinski seems to be sharing with us in his horror debut something deeply personal, an epiphany that has struck him, like it might another parent, as horrifying: There will eventually … Continue reading A Quiet Place
To encourage a bit more variety in my blogging posts and to help distance this site from the one of old, I’m installing this monthly post where I summarize the previous month’s activity in a wraparound that will hopefully give people the chance to go back and find stuff they might have missed, as well as … Continue reading Month in Review: November ’17
Release: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 [Theater] Written by: Jared Bush Directed by: Ron Clements; John Musker; Don Hall; Chris Williams Moana might just be Frozen's spiritual, tropical sequel. But to be honest, I'm only just guessing that -- I never saw Frozen. Couldn't stand the hype. When hype for a film made by a film company I generally … Continue reading Moana
Release: Friday, June 24, 2016 [Theater] Written by: Anthony Jaswinski Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra Blake Lively vs. Huge Shark: The Movie is a pretty sweet little thriller, a self-contained enterprise that seeks to unnerve rather than terrify by tapping into human's innate fear of deepwater-dwelling beasts like great whites (not to mention horrifyingly large jellyfish). Jaume Collet-Serra's tropical-set horror/thriller … Continue reading The Shallows
Release: Friday, July 1, 2016 [Theater] Written by: Melissa Mathison Directed by: Steven Spielberg Great Gallywampers and fiddly tweezlesticks, I is very pleased indeed that Steven Spielberg has delivered the goodles in his very first venture into Roald Dahl's brilliant imagurnation. The BFG is breathtaker beautiful, and not just thanks to its scrumptioutious imagery, neither. It recalls the warminess and … Continue reading The BFG
Release: Friday, September 25, 2015 (limited) [Netflix] Directed by: Bryan Carberry; J. Clay Tweel A man wakes up. Man goes to a local auction at an abandoned storage unit; places the highest bid on a smoker. Man opens up said grill only to find part of another man's leg inside, as if waiting to be barbecued. Man … Continue reading Finders Keepers
Release: Friday, September 11, 2015 (limited) [Vimeo] Written by: Severin Fiala; Veronika Franz Directed by: Severin Fiala; Veronika Franz This piece is my latest contribution to Mr. Rumsey's Film Related Musings. After a lot of anticipation having read some of the great reviews out there, I finally had a chance to check out Austria's attempted, but unfortunately not accepted, … Continue reading Goodnight Mommy
Release: Friday, June 12, 2015 (limited) [Netflix] Directed by: Crystal Moselle Short film director Crystal Moselle's first feature-length documentary probably would have never happened if she weren't on the right street corner at the right time of day. Her chance encounter with the Angulo brothers on the streets of New York one afternoon would seem like serendipity had it … Continue reading The Wolfpack
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