Film Review: Jungle Cruise

Jungle Cruise is a movie of many feats. Disney has made year another big budget feature based on a ride no one would think would make for a movie, which is a feat. It’s also a feat that a movie trying to be adventurous can feel so flat or that charismatic actors can seem to

Top 25 Most Anticipated Films of 2016

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful time enjoying the revelry. Since the calendar has turned to 2016, it is time for my annual post about the most anticipated films of the year. 

Oscar Predictions Update: Well Who Knows…

Now that I am out of the Comic Con grinder, I figured it was time to do, reporting on and discussing films that haven’t come out yet!…wait…I might have misjudged this. Anyways, here are my newest set of Oscar predictions. I don’t have much in the way of analysis except to say that I made

Film Review: Into the Woods

When those familiar chords of Sondheim’s Into the Woods began to play, I have to admit that I got extremely nervous, more than I would let on to my screening buddy. How would they manage to balance the various tones of the piece? Would they butcher the score?

Oscar Predictions Update: Post-Toronto Thoughts

Well the Toronto Film Festival has ended, and though I have barely paid attention to this or Telluride it seems like I should update my Oscar predictions.

Oscar Prediction Update: The Calm Before the Storm of Festivals

The subtitle to this post could be a Game of Thrones book, no? Well the Oscar season often feels as though you are going toe to toe with the Mountain for months on end, and right now is sort of the calm before everything begins to hit. In the next three months, we’ll be inundated with festivals, premieres and reviews so here’s some picks before that happens.

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