Wow awards season really just came up and slapped us upside our heads, didn’t it? The Golden Globes announced their nominations today and dear reader, I would not have known if not for everyone tweeting about it. No matter, I still have some thoughts on the Golden Globes nominations. The Good Spreading the love. Unlike
Of all of the movies that I have had to write about this year, I never would have expected Roma to be the hardest. Not because movies can’t stir up complex feelings and make it tough to wrestle them down in print, but because Roma is a very simple film. Alfonso Cuaron drops us into a
Widows is the kind of high quality studio fare adults have been begging for in the age of the big blockbuster. It’s whip smart, flawlessly directed, and ferociously acted, all the platitudes you can label on a good film. But it’s the emotional depth and layers of topical issues that make this movie amazing. The
How does one endeavor to describe a movie that’s best to go into knowing absolutely nothing at all? This is a quandary that I, and I suspect many other reviewers, have to deal with regarding the exquisite film Burning. I walked into this film not knowing a thing about the movie other than it was
Space travel is incredibly difficult, but not as difficult as dealing with overcoming the human condition. This is something that Neil Armstrong must face in the film First Man. Chronicling the life of the first man to walk on the moon, as well as the space race with Russia, First Man is a technically accomplished,
The Old Man & the Gun is the cinematic equivalent of a warm blanket on a cold day. The security, the feeling, the good vibes and history are all linked, except here the security is based on the talent of director David Lowery, the feelings you feel are because of the brilliant acting, and the