Movie Review: ‘Halloween’ Starting Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak
In 1978, writer/director John Carpenter released what would become an instant classic in not only the horror genre, but filmmaking in general with Halloween. With his mastery in creating a spine-tingling atmosphere, a terrifying serial killer and film icon in Michael Myers, and being combined with an iconic score that you’re sure to hear at […]
Movie Review: ‘First Man’ Starring Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke
First Man is brought to us by Academy Award-winning director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash, La La Land) and tells the true story of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon in 1969. Adapted to the big screen by Josh Singer, the film follows the events of the 2012 book of the same name […]
Movie Review: ‘Venom’ Starring Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed
Last summer, in an unprecedented move, Sony Pictures teamed up with the already massively successful Disney/Marvel in a collaboration to create what I consider to be the best Spider-Man film to date – Spider-Man: Homecoming. After its success and holding a spot in the box office top ten for an astonishing (and yet very much […]
Movie Review: ‘The Sisters Brothers’ Starring John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Riz Ahmed
The Sisters Brothers is a western film directed by French director Jacques Audiard and stars John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix as Eli and Charlie Sisters, two infamous assassins in 1850s Oregon. They’re employed by The Commodore (Rutger Hauer) to find and capture a chemist and gold prospector (Riz Ahmed) who may or may not […]
Movie Review: ‘White Boy Rick’ Starring Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Bel Powley
“In 1980s Detroit, Ricky Wershe Jr. was a Street Hustler, FBI Informant, and Drug Kingpin – all before he turned 16. ‘White Boy Rick’ Based on the true story.” This tagline is painted across all of the promotional material for White Boy Rick, opening this weekend. With that tagline and an incredibly intriguing trailer scored […]
Movie Review: ‘The Nun’ Starring Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet
The Nun is the latest addition to what is being dubbed The Conjuring Universe and stars Taissa Farmiga as Irene, a nun-to-be who’s brought on a mission to Romania to investigate why another nun had previously killed herself. Little do they know, however, that something unholy resides at this beautiful abbey and it’s going to […]
Movie Review: ‘KIN’ Starring Myles Truitt, Jack Reynor, Dennis Quaid
KIN tells the story of a fourteen year old boy named Eli (Myles Truitt) who happens to be in possession of what appears to be alien weaponry. After his trouble-ridden brother, Jimmy (Jack Reynor), comes home from a stint in prison, he’s short of the sixty thousand dollars he owes local gangster Taylor Balik (James […]
Movie Review: ‘Far From the Tree’
“Every one of us has mountains that we have to climb. We have to climb those mountains for ultimate fulfilment” I thought this line spoken toward the end of the new documentary, Far From the Tree, perfectly encapsulated the meaning and message of the film. This line is spoken by Andrew Solomon’s father during a […]
Movie Review: ‘Christopher Robin’ Starring Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael
Disney has seen outrageous success recently with live-action adaptations of their classic animated films. Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book was a smash hit in 2016, ending the year in the top five highest grossing films domestically. Beauty and the Beast was an even bigger juggernaut at the box office the following year holding the number […]
Movie Review: ‘The Darkest Minds’ Starring Amandla Stenberg, Mandy Moore, Gwendoline Christie
The Darkest Minds is the live-action directorial debut of Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 2 & 3) and is the story of Ruby Daly (Amandla Stenberg), a sixteen year old girl with special abilities she cannot yet control. The setting is a dystopian America where the population of children is nearly completely wiped out […]
