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Fixing Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a well-meaning jumble that I hope to make sense of with these changes.

Categories Features, Film Reviews, Film Series, The Final WordTags Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, Disney, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Rian Johnson, Star WarsLeave a comment

I, Tonya: Image Culture on Ice

Perfect performances support an underachieving recreation.

Categories Film ReviewsTags 2010s, Allison Janney, biopic, Drama, Margot RobbieLeave a comment

Justice League (2017): When Warner Bros. Gave Up

A pile of discarded Halloween costumes dolled up by millions but still boring to watch.

Categories Cinema Sewer, Film Reviews, Film SeriesTags Amy Adams, Ben Affleck, Comic Book, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Jeremy Irons, Joss Whedon, Warner Bros, Zack SnyderLeave a comment

Inglorious Basterds: Killer Cover-Up

Tarantino uses a short film-style to forgive history. He reinvents the best in both (and some of the worst).

Categories Film ReviewsTags Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent, Michael Fassbender, Quentin Tarantino, War filmLeave a comment

Popeye: Robert Altman—De-Animator

Chaotic elements curdle in Altman’s serious silly world. There are worse films but few larger failures.

Categories Cinema Sewer, Film ReviewsTags Musical, Robert Altman, Robin Williams, Shelley DuvallLeave a comment

The Social Network: Misanthropy Memoir

The figure is troubled; the movie is precise. It’s a tribute to patter more than to a man.

Categories Film Reviews, Great FilmsTags 2010s, Aaron Sorkin, Andrew Garfield, biopic, David Fincher, Drama, Jesse EisenbergLeave a comment

Interstellar: Feeling Machine

No shortage of mechanical beauty and a heart full of intent. This doesn’t stop it from being loud.

Categories Everyone Else is Wrong, Film ReviewsTags 2010s, Anne Hathaway, Christopher Nolan, Hoyte van Hoytema, Matthew McConaughey, Sci-Fi, Warner Bros. PicturesLeave a comment

Brooklyn: Cautious Fairytale

A well-meaning take on worse movies. It’s pretty but it’s not brave.

Categories Film ReviewsTags Jim Broadbent, John Crowley, Saoirse RonanLeave a comment

Avengers: Endgame: Fan Reservice

The 22-film climax delivers on fireworks but passes up its themes. Here’s my full analysis.

Categories Everyone Else is Wrong, Features, Film Reviews, Film SeriesTags Avengers, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Disney, Jeremy Renner, Josh Brolin, Mark Ruffalo, Marvel, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett JohanssonLeave a comment

Midsommar Director’s Cut: Relationship Horror

A queazy exploration of love that doubles as genre comfort. Don’t expect more.

Categories Film ReviewsTags A24, Ari Aster, Florence Pugh, HorrorLeave a comment

Gretel & Hansel: Flop Fable

A new direction doesn’t kill the magic. The complete lack of creative energy does.

Categories Film ReviewsTags 2020, Alice Krige, Fantasy, Oz Perkins, Sophia LillisLeave a comment

The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s

This decade saw new studios created and old ones bought. Here’s my pick for the 100 Best Movies of the 2010s.

Categories Features, Great FilmsTags 2010s, Amy Adams, Damien Chazelle, Denis Villeneuve, Emma Stone, Jake Gyllenhaal, Joaquin Phoenix, list, Nicolas Winding Refn, Paul Thomas Anderson, Rachel Weisz, Robert Pattinson, Ryan Gosling, Top Movies, Willem Dafoe, Yorgos LanthimosLeave a comment

1917: Tech Epic

A gorgeous technological obsession matched to a sparse story. Exactly what meets the eye.

Categories Everyone Else is Wrong, Film ReviewsTags 2019, Andrew Scott, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, WarLeave a comment

Only God Forgives: Violent Delusion

Refn is suffering from a sex and violence delusion. After this, you might be too.

Categories Everyone Else is Wrong, Film Reviews, Great FilmsTags 2010s, Drama, Nicolas Winding Refn, Ryan GoslingLeave a comment

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Abrams returns to Star Wars to make the most pandering, convoluted, and purposeless entry in the entire saga.

Categories Everyone Else is Wrong, Film Reviews, Film SeriesTags Action, Adam Driver, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, Ian McDiarmid, J.J. Abrams, John Boyega, Mark Hamill, Oscar Isaac, Sci-Fi, Star Wars, The Rise of SkywalkerLeave a comment

Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Price of Ambition

With The Rise of Skywalker coming out, I wrote my final evaluation, for good and bad, of one of the most debated movies ever.

Categories Features, Film Reviews, Film SeriesTags 2010s, Andy Serkis, Daisy Ridley, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Laura Dern, Mark Hamill, Oscar Isaac, Sci-Fi, Star WarsLeave a comment

Possum: Inner Terror

As small as horror gets. Images survive a plot that fails them.

Categories Film ReviewsTags 2018, Horror, Matthew Holness, Sean HarrisLeave a comment

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Trailer Reaction: Nostalgia Manipulation

I’m not buying what this trailer is selling. Here’s why.

Categories FeaturesTags Bill Murray, Ghostbusters, Sony, Trailer1 Comment

The Lone Ranger

What a dark horse! Has any movie been more hated for being fine?

Categories Everyone Else is Wrong, Film ReviewsTags Armie Hammer, Disney, Gore Verbinski, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny DeppLeave a comment

Ad Astra: Space Melodrama

A family drama and a space movie, with little enough ambition to fail them both.

Categories Everyone Else is Wrong, Film ReviewsTags Brad Pitt, Hoyte van Hoytema, James Gray, Tommy Lee JonesLeave a comment

28 Days Later

Stylish and scary. Zombie horror with a modern twist.

Categories Film ReviewsTags Cillian Murphy, Danny Boyle, Horror, Naomie HarrisLeave a comment

The Tree of Life: Memory Epic

An epic of intimate proportions. The most personal film of its decade.

Categories Film Reviews, Great FilmsTags Brad Pitt, Drama, Jessica Chastain, Sean Penn, Terrence MalickLeave a comment

The Revenant: Locating Realism

As much a study in the intensity of its filmmaker as a story. This movie bares all.

Categories Film ReviewsTags 2015, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Drama, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will PoulterLeave a comment

Bronson

A director matched to a star matched to a subject. None of them want you to accept them, and that’s why you can’t help it.

Categories Film ReviewsTags 2000s, biopic, Drama, Nicolas Winding Refn, Tom HardyLeave a comment

IT Chapter Two

Undermined by a reliance on jump scares over drama. Not worth the wait.

Categories Everyone Else is Wrong, Film Reviews, Film SeriesTags Bill Skarsgard, IT, James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Sophia Lillis, Stephen KingLeave a comment

The Matrix: Re-Examining a Milestone

The sequels changed this movie. Its ego now shows through its history, though its action still satisfies.

Categories Features, Film Reviews, Film SeriesTags Action, Carrie-Anne Moss, Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Matrix, Sci-Fi, The WachowskisLeave a comment

Between the Darkness

A concerted first indie horror effort whose spirit falls short of its intentions. The look outshines the script.

Categories Film ReviewsTags 2010s, Andres Rovira, HorrorLeave a comment

Vertigo: Decoding Desire in Hitchcock

Hitchcock unravels his idea of women. Perhaps the most important romance ever made.

Categories Film ReviewsTags 1950s, Alfred Hitchcock, Classic, Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak, MysteryLeave a comment

Conan the Barbarian

A muscle-man playdate. Ultimate high fantasy cheese.

Categories Film ReviewsTags 1980s, Action, Arnold Schwarzenegger, FantasyLeave a comment

Toy Story 4: Retconning Childhood

Revisiting childhood after it’s over can make it more complicated than it should be. Pixar fumbled another one.

Categories Everyone Else is Wrong, Film Reviews, Film SeriesTags 2019, Andrew Stanton, animated, Annie Potts, Disney, Joan Cusack, Jordan Peele, Keanu Reeves, Pixar, Sequel, Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, Toy Story, Wallace ShawnLeave a comment
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