Well Jordan Peele was able to beat the mediocre freshman directorial debut cliché, so if anyone can stump the sophomore slump it’s him. “Us” is the second feature from writer-director Jordan Peele, following his Oscar-winning start with “Get Out” in 2017. It follows a family (Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph and Evan Alex)… Continue reading ‘Us’ Keeps Us Guessing in the Most Tense of Ways
With the 90th Academy Awards taking place Sunday night, here is a rundown of who I think deserves to win each of the main awards, as well as whom I believe will and who has a fighting chance. A lot of the big categories seem to be locked up, but there are still some nail-biters… Continue reading 90th Academy Awards Predictions: Who Will, Could, and Should Win
It’s like Christmas Morning for movie fans. I woke up early and had to wait around anxiously until I was given the OK to get my day started. But instead of presents under the tree, we get our names of who will be up for Academy Awards this year. There were few surprises, a few… Continue reading 2018 Oscar Nominations and Reactions
2017 was a nice rebound from the incredibly (almost historically) weak year that was 2016, and was full of great films. Unlike last year, I struggled to get this list down to just ten and was torn how to get everything in order. Here are my top 10 films of 2017 (I saw 94, a… Continue reading Top 10 Best Films of 2017
With “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” becoming the latest big-budget bomb at the box office this weekend, opening to $17 million against its $209 million budget, it got me thinking. How much is too much for a film to cost? What films should get the six digit budgets and moreover what goes… Continue reading What a Movie Should Cost: A Look at Box Office Bombs
We’re officially more than six months into 2017 and that means it’s time to recap what’s happened so far in the world of cinema. There haven’t been any truly great films, but unlike last year there have been more than a handful of good ones (and, as always, plenty of stinkers). Here’s a rundown of… Continue reading 2017 Movies: Midway Report
A directorial debut this competent and effective? Get out!! [I’ll wait for your applause] “Get Out” is a horror film from writer/rookie director Jordan Peele (you know, the guy from that terrifying comedy sketch show “Key & Peele”). It stars Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams as a young interracial couple who go to the strange… Continue reading ‘Get Out’ an Ambitious, Competent Horror/Comedy
The Reel Deal 