Indeed, it's time to do another one. What do you think of the choice? Scarlett Johansson's movies have grossed a total of $14 billion, making her the third-highest grossing box office star of all-time. That alone kind of makes her an easy choice for my next Actor Profile. Add to that the fact she stars alongside … Continue reading The Scarlett Johansson Project
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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
Serenity
Release: Friday, January 25, 2019 →Theater Written by: Steven Knight Directed by: Steven Knight This won't be an exact science, but I don't plan to see a movie worse than Serenity the rest of this year. Someone deliver me from the temptation to go on an excessive rant here. From the writer/director of the brilliantly ergonomic thriller Locke (2014) comes … Continue reading Serenity
Sausage Party
Release: Friday, August 12, 2016 [Theater] Written by: Seth Rogen; Evan Goldberg; Kyle Hunter; Ariel Shaffir Directed by: Greg Tiernan; Conrad Vernon Sausage Party represents Seth Rogen's strongest screenwriting effort since Superbad. It's been even longer since he's been this charming in a lead role as well, and he plays a six-inch-long frankfurter. Or sausage, wiener, whatever. He's … Continue reading Sausage Party
Nerve
Release: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 [Theater] Written by: Jessica Sharzer Directed by: Henry Joost; Ariel Shulman If you accept the dare to watch Nerve, understand a few conditions first: 1) this is a teen-centric, sexed-up adventure thriller set in the Twitter Age, thereby you are volunteering up brain cells you're never going to use again; 2) James Franco's not … Continue reading Nerve
The Neon Demon
Release: Friday, June 24, 2016 [Theater] Written by: Nicolas Winding Refn; Mary Laws; Polly Stenham Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn Elephant in the room: there are more lines of dialogue in Nicolas Winding Refn's new film than there were in his last. That wasn't enough to stop The Neon Demon from scoring Refn his second-straight booing at the Cannes … Continue reading The Neon Demon
The Do-Over
Release: Friday, May 27, 2016 (Netflix) [Netflix] Written by: Kevin Barnett; Chris Pappas Directed by: Steven Brill I will never be duped by another Adam Sandler movie again. I will never be duped by another Adam Sandler movie again. I will never be duped by another Adam Sandler movie again. I will never be duped by another Adam Sandler … Continue reading The Do-Over
Everybody Wants Some!!
Release: Friday, April 15, 2016 [Theater] Written by: Richard Linklater Directed by: Richard Linklater All right, all right, all right -- so it's been over twenty years since Matthew McConaughey brilliantly repurposed those famous Doors lyrics, and it might seem a little suspect that director Richard Linklater would take another trip like this down memory lane, in 2016. Has … Continue reading Everybody Wants Some!!
TBT: The Graduate (1967)
For the second pick of November '15 we're going back to what has been referred to me time and again as a classic. A coming-of-ager to end all coming-of-age films. It's Dustin Hoffman's second big screen appearance, one that officially opened up the doors to a promising and diverse career, one that I am ashamed … Continue reading TBT: The Graduate (1967)
Spectre
Release: Friday, November 6, 2015 [Theater] Written by: John Logan; Neal Purvis; Robert Wade; Jez Butterworth Directed by: Sam Mendes Spectre, a proposition with so much weight and symbolism behind it it required four writers to collaborate on the story. Four writers means four times the quality, right? Right . . . ? After three years James Bond comes … Continue reading Spectre
