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3 days ago
2 min

Seven Samurai (Shichinin No Samurai) (1954)

<><><><><> Seven Samurai may be Akira Kurosawa’s greatest film. It is also his first Samurai film. The movie clocks in at 3:27, which is ...

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6 days ago
3 min

Da 5 Bloods (2020)

<><><><> If you don’t like Spike Lee joints, this is not going to be for you. One aspect of Blackkklansman I did not like was the overt r...

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Sep 19
3 min

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

<><> Full Metal Jacket is a satire focused on the Vietnam War split into two distinct halves. The first half of the movie is Marine train...

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Sep 17
2 min

The Witches (1990)

<><><> Roald Dahl's books were a part of my childhood. I am surprised it took me this long to see one of his scariest books put on screen...

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Sep 14
2 min

The Binge (2020)

<><><> I was a sophomore in college when Superbad came out. I was in sixth grade when American Pie debuted. I am in my early thirties now...

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Sep 11
2 min

Prisoners (2013)

<><><> What lengths would you go to in order to find your missing daughter? This is the central question of Prisoners. Hugh Jackman plays...

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Sep 8
2 min

Winter's Bone (2010)

<><><><><> Before Debra Granik directed the perfect movie, Leave No Trace, she made Winter’s Bone. The woods and ponds of the Ozarks in w...

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Sep 6
2 min

Before Midnight (2013)

<><><><><> Before Midnight is the third movie in the Rich Linklater trilogy, preceded by Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. We pick up wit...

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Sep 2
2 min

Before Sunset (2004)

<><><><><> Rich Linklater filmed Before Sunset nine years after its preceding movie, Before Sunrise. We meet back up with Jesse, Ethan Haw...

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Aug 31
2 min

Before Sunrise (1995)

<><><><><> Before Sunrise is the first of a three-movie trilogy spanning eighteen years. Director Richard Linklater filmed Boyhood over tw...

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Aug 18
3 min

The Departed (2006)

<><><> The Departed is a Martin Scorsese directed adaptation of Infernal Affairs. Infernal Affairs was written and set in Hong Kong. The ...

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Aug 12
2 min

Amelie (2001)

<><><><> Amelie made waves when it was released in 2001. It was France’s nominee for the best foreign-language film. It is very French, t...

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Aug 8
2 min

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

<><><><> Nia Vardalos wrote and starred in My Big Fat Greek Wedding as Toula Portokalos. Her romantic interest is Ian Miller, played by J...

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Aug 4
2 min

Best in Show (2000)

<><><><><> Long before The Office, there was This is Spinal Tap, a mockumentary following a rock band during the height of 1980s hair met...

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Jul 29
2 min

Palm Springs (2020)

<><><><> Stop reading this review if you do not want to be spoiled of the main conceit of the movie. Nyles, Andy Samberg, brings Sarah, C...

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Jul 23
3 min

The Old Guard (2020)

<><><> Netflix is continuously trying to produce a good action movie. Triple Frontier was not a winner, and I am struggling to finish Ext...

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Jul 16
2 min

Scoob! (2020)

<><> Scooby-Doo has existed since 1969 and has continued to get made-for-TV and theatrical films throughout its history. Scoob! is the la...

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Jul 14
2 min

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)

<><><> Ja Ja Ding Dong (Ding dong); prepare to get that stuck in your head. It has become a bit of a weapon in my house since seeing Euro...

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Jul 8
2 min

The Villainess (2017)

<><><> The Villainess opens with a first-person perspective, video game-esque, extended fight scene. ‘Fight’ may be a bit liberal of a te...

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Jul 6
2 min

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

<><> Mr. & Mrs. Smith is the movie that ended Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's marriage and gave us Brangelina. The film tried to combine...

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