Lee Cronin has hit the box office with an excellent big budget debut. Taking all the humor and tropes from previous iterations of Evil Dead and Army of Darkness, Cronin made the bold move of scripting a family in an apartment in Cali, instead of the usual cabin in the woods bit for Evil Dead… Read More »
Whatever oedipal issues Ari Aster has, he really needs to keep it to himself. “Beau Is Afraid” is more “Beau Is A Boomerang”, as in a boomerang kid. There is no handbook to marriage, no handbook to parenting or fulfilling gender roles but in Aster’s world, there are, and every patriarchal figure (whether absent or… Read More »
It’s time to return to the 1980s with Air, a movie based on the true story of a Nike employee seeking to strike a business deal with a rookie basketball player named Michael Jordan. If you know anything about sneakers, or even if you don’t, you likely know the outcome of Sonny Vaccaro’s journey to develop… Read More »
For moviegoers like myself tired of the constant injection of feminist and divestment genealogical tropes in modern cinema, Anthony Diblasi has arrived with Malum – a gory, psychological thriller to splatter blood in the face of what constitutes today’s woke feature presentations. Shot in the state where Sandra Bland got popped, Malum stars Jessica Sula… Read More »
Teyana Taylor excels at her opportunity to do as Angela Bassett and Viola Davis before her, portraying the Sapphire role that has been responsible for traumatizing and damaging so many U.S. melaninated males in A Thousand And One, a film with a title that boasts rarity, but is a story seen and lived far too… Read More »
Training Day shoots its way onto 4K some 20+ years after its theatrical release and reminds us why Denzel Washington is the king. Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the drama follows a rookie cop (Ethan Hawke) who spends his first grueling day on the job alongside a Los Angeles narcotics officer (Denzel Washington) and … well, has… Read More »
The best film of 2023’s first quarter, this iteration of D&D is everything that high adventure should be! The jokes hit more bullseyes than they miss, the menace is balanced out with enough charm to keep things fun, and unlike a live game of D&D, “Honor Among Thieves” has no problem spoofing itself and doesn’t… Read More »
Rocky fans were spoiled this month with the simultaneous release of the excellent Creed III and Rocky: The Knockout Collection, which presents the first four films — Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, and Rocky IV Ultimate Director’s Cut: Rocky v Drago — in glorious 4K. Surprisingly, despite the dated production values, each picture packs quite the punch, visually speaking. The original Rocky lacks the… Read More »
Billy Batson is back in Shazam! Fury of the Gods, a sequel to the 2019 superhero film Shazam. This new movie in the DC Universe follows the foster family of superheroes who can turn from children to superpowered adults with the shout of one word. After the fun success of the original film, director David F. Sandberg… Read More »
The Farrelly brothers have been working in movies for decades. You may remember their comedy classics like Dumb and Dumber, Me, Myself, and Irene, and There’s Something About Mary. After Peter Farrelly went off on his own to win the Oscar for Green Book, Bobby Farrelly has his solo directorial debut with Champions. This sports comedy stars Woody Harrelson as… Read More »