Category: Movie Reviews
REVIEW: Welcome to Marwen (2018)
I’m a sucker for films that involve toys. For some reason, I can’t help but watch movies that have anything to do with toys coming to life. Steve Carell playing the lead was another reason for me to check out Welcome to Marwen. I honestly didn’t know much about the plot before I go...
Read MoreREVIEW: Vice (2018)
It’s a unique experience to watch a film that is equally as entertaining as it is infuriating. In 2015, The Big Short provided me with that experience; it was a movie that chronicled the 2008 housing crisis, but did it uniquely. The screenplay utilized some creative tricks to deliver the inf...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Upside (2019)
The Upside is a remake of the French film The Intouchables, which is in turn based on the memoirs of Philippe Pozzo di Borgo and Abdel Sellou, a wealthy quadriplegic Frenchman and the man who would become his caregiver. The film stars Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston and Nicole Kidman, and premiered this ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Mule (2018)
When Clint Eastwood stands in front of the camera, it’s an event. He’s one of the last living screen legends, but he rarely acts anymore, content to direct movie after movie well into his 80s, in addition to producing and even scoring them. But he’s once again leading a film’s cast, stretchi...
Read MoreREVIEW: Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
When Disney announced that Mary Poppins Returns, a sequel to 1964’s Mary Poppins, was in the works, I was intrigued but incredibly nervous. I find myself saying that more and more about Disney projects, especially sequels, reboots, or pretty much continuations of any kind. I say all the time that ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Bumblebee (2018)
The Transformers film series has been an utter disappointment. Michael Bay found a way to take these beloved characters and create movies that do them no justice. It’s been frustrating for longtime fans of Transformers to see this franchise continuously mishandled. This is why Bumblebee is s...
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