Bradley Cooper
Movie Review: Nightmare Alley
4.5 stars out of 5During pandemic days, or shall I say nights, I’ve really upped my watching of Eddie Muller’s Noir Alley offerings on TCM. One film I haven’t caught — or didn’t even known about till today — is 1947’s Nightmare Alley. Which is probably for the best, as I strolled into 2021’s Nightmare […]
Movie Review: Licorice Pizza
4 stars out of 5In the ongoing battle of the Andersons, Wes served first this year with The French Dispatch, but Paul Thomas has returned serve strongly with Licorice Pizza. Interestingly, both films are actually more collections of scenes rather than cohesive plot-driven narratives. And where Wes’s was studied and precise, P.T. throws it all […]
Movie Review: The Place Beyond the Pines
2.5 stars out of 5 Had this been a live-action short, it would’ve been pretty freaking great. Oscar quality, maybe. But as it stands, this is basically a piece of shit. And that’s a shame, because it does start very strongly. Kind of a dark twist on Oz the Great and Powerful. For we once […]
Movie Review: Silver Linings Playbook
3 stars out of 5 Times is tough, so kudos to Silver Linings Playbook for giving us two movies for the price of one. I think I could’ve enjoyed either of these movies. But maybe not both. The inescapable commercials for this film seemed to hint at a goofy romantic comedy. A rom-com, as the […]
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