The 2023 Academy Awards: Thoughts and Predictions
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: The Oscars love a comeback story, and I’m not sure there’s one more indicative of the Academy’s push for more racial inclusion than Ke […]
Category Archives: War
Without Remorse (2021)
“All I need is a name.” A few standout action sequences and a devoted, literal teeth gritting performance from the always wonderful Michael B. Jordan aren’t enough to keep Without […]
Summerland (2020)
“I know you won’t be here long, but while you are, it’s yours.” Summerland brings all of the hallmark twee and whimsy you expect from an indie picture set in […]
Greyhound (2020)
“This is what we trained for.” Greyhound is an almost refreshingly simple at home movie experience, heralding the long forgotten everyman and championing cinema’s most fundamental storytelling techniques throughout its […]
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
“How do you know you can trust someone?” As a silly, sorrowful, satirical look at Nazi Germany through the lens of a radicalized Hitler Youth, Jojo Rabbit is the type […]
1917 (2019)
“You think you can get there in time?” A technical marvel with its heart and soul sealed inside a locket for most of the duration, 1917 tells a familiar WWI […]
Hunter Killer (2018)
“We don’t really know what’s going on up top.” Hunter Killer is like a thinly sketched, unthreatening version of the three-headed Greek monster Cerberus. It’s a beast that barks plenty […]
The Top 50 Films of 2016
What a year for the movies. It seems like I’m always having to defend the integrity and the quality of what’s actually available out there to curious family members and […]
Thank You For Your Service (2017)
“I’m not leaving again. I’m home for good.” Movies like Thank You For Your Service are hard to get right. We’ve seen the emotional after effects of war in truly great films […]
Dunkirk (2017)
“If we go there we’ll die.” Christopher Nolan seems to be a director and a storyteller obsessed by the passage, the overall meaning, and the possibility of exploring different pieces […]
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