10s movies
Movie Review: Everybody Wants Some!!
3.5 stars out of 5 Richard Linklater spent 12 years making this movie… oh wait, it wasn’t this one? Never mind. I feel like I’ve seen enough Linklater offerings at this point to say — at least in my own opinion — he’s not a fantastic filmmaker. But, you know what, he’s pretty good. And […]
Movie Review: Batman v Superman — Dawn of Justice
2 stars out of 5 Pretty deep into this movie, it hit me: This film felt like it had been plotted out by a couple of 8-year-olds. Except, they weren’t weird, loner, clever 8-year-olds. This would be your garden-variety 8-year-old dummy. “Ooh, then we’ll make THIS happen! Pow pow pow. And then a giant monster […]
Movie Review: 10 Cloverfield Lane
3.5 stars out of 5 So, this is a sequel, or maybe it isn’t, or maybe it is. I don’t remember 2008’s Cloverfield all that well except that it was fun and I enjoyed it. And the trailer for this was pretty cool, so, why not? This one is… fun and I enjoyed it. I […]
Movie Review: The Boy and the Beast
4 stars out of 5 That’s the movie biz for ya: Somebody wins an Oscar for an animated short about a bear, and suddenly everybody’s churning out bear-themed cartoons. Except, this one is feature length, from Japan (anime!), and has dialogue (with English subtitles). Am not entirely sure why I went to see Beauty and […]
Movie Review: Where To Invade Next
4 stars out of 5 I know what it’s like, Michael Moore: Sometimes you just can’t win. This was his first movie in a long while to have some “mainstream buzz” behind it, and then on the opening weekend… a Polar Vortex hits the northeast. OK, no worries, I’d just catch it the next weekend. […]
Movie Review: Zoolander 2
3 stars out of 5 I think I liked the first Zoolander? Sorry, I can’t really remember; it was a long time ago. And I’m maybe confusing it in my head with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson’s version of Starsky & Hutch. But I have been a Stiller fan for a very long time, ever […]
Movie Review: 2016 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films
Hey, I like cartoons, who doesn’t? And then at some point you’re told, no, they’re not cartoons, they’re “animated shorts” and should be taken seriously. Stop smiling, kid! I caught Bambi vs. Godzilla very early on, on TV, but it didn’t register as a separate art form or anything. Was just a funny little cartoon. […]
Movie Review: The Revenant
4 stars out of 5 For three weeks, I trudged through the snow, relying only on my wits. Would I emerge victorious, or was I merely delaying the inevitable? Finally — a broken man — I succumbed to my fate: I bought a ticket to The Revenant. Hey, you know what? It was really good! […]
Movie Review: Hail, Caesar!
4 stars out of 5 The holidays can be rough, and winter can really be a drag, but I didn’t care: There was a new Coen Bros. movie on the way, with my man Clooney in it, and the trailer looked like a friggin’ hoot. Now it’s February, the days are getting just a little […]
Movie Review: The Finest Hours
3.5 stars out of 5 I don’t know, something just ain’t pulling me to The Revenant. It was Tuesday, $6 Tuesday, and I could’ve really seen The Revenant this time, but no, I didn’t. I saw The Finest Hours instead. Sorry again, Leo. When I first caught the trailer for The Finest Hours, I figured […]
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