More than any other director working today, you know exactly what you’re going to get when you sit down for a Judd Apatow film. “The King of Staten Island” stars Pete Davidson as Scott, a 20-something aspiring tattoo artist with a case of arrested development who is still coping with the death of his firefighter… Continue reading ‘The King of Staten Island’ Is Everything You’d Expect from a Judd Apatow Film
“The High Note” stars Dakota Johnson as the personal assistant to a famous singer (Tracee Ellis Ross), who aspires to be a music producer of her own. Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Ice Cube also star as Nisha Ganatra directs. Dakota Johnson is one of those actors who if you think of for just a second… Continue reading ‘The High Note’ Hits Familiar, Charming-Enough Beats
“The Lovebirds” follows a couple on-the-run (Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani) after they witness a murder. Michael Showalter directs Paul Sparks, Anna Camp, and Kyle Bornheimer also star. Originally scheduled to be theatrically released by Paramount in April, this film was delayed because of the coronavirus (maybe you’ve heard it it?) closing theaters around the… Continue reading Don’t Expect to Fall Head-Over-Heels for ‘The Lovebirds’
Since 2020 will have an (at best) abridged summer movie season, and blockbusters typically go hand-in-hand with this time of year, I thought it would be fun to do a list of the biggest bombs in the history of Hollywood’s biggest season. For this list, I will be exposing the biggest money losers released between… Continue reading Biggest Summer Box Office Flops of All-Time
OK so instead of a traditional review, I thought it would be fun for me to keep track of everything I thought about while watching “Scoob!,” the new animated film from Warner Bros. based on the classic cartoon. There will be massive spoilers ahead, so only read this if you have seen the film or… Continue reading Here Is Everything I Thought While Watching ‘Scoob!’
For better or worse, a mumbling and incoherent Al Capone is the role that Tom Hardy was born to play. “Capone” follows the notorious bootlegging gangster Al Capone in the final year of his life, now retired in Florida with his mind rotting from syphilis. Tom Hardy stars in the title role, alongside Linda Cardellini,… Continue reading ‘Capone’ Is an Irregular Biopic About an Irregular Gangster
It is always refreshing when a movie is exactly the thing the trailer promises it will be. “Extraction” is the latest vehicle for Chris Hemsworth to attempt and establish himself outside the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and follows a black ops mercenary who must rescue a drug lord’s kidnapped son from a rival dealer in Bangladesh.… Continue reading ‘Extraction’ Is an Entertaining Distraction
Well, Blumhouse Productions saved the “Halloween” franchise when it appeared DOA, so guess they’re here to resuscitate the Universal monsters, too. “The Invisible Man” is a modern telling of the classic H.G. Wells novel, as well as the 1933 film. The reboot stars Elisabeth Moss as a woman who escapes from an abusive relationship, only… Continue reading It’s Easy to See Why ‘The Invisible Man’ Is So Good
When your film franchise continues to be “that one good one and everything else,” maybe it’s time to call it quits while you’re behind. “Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)” (the only time I will be typing that entire title) is the eighth installment of the DCEU and a spin-off… Continue reading ‘Birds of Prey’ Might be DC’s Worst Film
2019 was a very solid year for movies, and this awards season has (for the most part) been an improvement and redemption for the absolute dumpster fire that was last year (in any other awards year Rami Malek winning Best Actor for his SNL performance would have been a travesty; last year it was just… Continue reading 92nd Academy Awards Predictions: Who Will, Could, and Should Win
The Reel Deal 