Finally, someone at Warner Brothers realized that if you release a stand-alone movie about the Joker, you’re bound to make piles of money. The trouble is, they entrusted the story of Batman’s greatest nemesis with Todd Phillips, the director of Due Date, whose love of ‘70s movies (and mean-spirited material in general) gets the better of him. While impressively shot and … [Read more...] about ‘Joker’ New Movie Review: It succeeds at stacking cringe-worthy scenes
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2019 Fall Movie Preview: After the summer, we deserve this
The fall movie season isn't unlike the summer run before it. Yet, everything is looking better (and after Godzilla: King of the Monsters, we all deserve better). Although there are more sequels, at least they’re for movies we really want sequels to, like Zombieland, and not the likes of The Angry Birds Movie 2. Some of the offerings are tedious. (Oh, we finally get Frozen 2? … [Read more...] about 2019 Fall Movie Preview: After the summer, we deserve this
IRRATIONAL MAN New Movie Review
For decades, Woody Allen has been making a movie a year and never shown any signs of slowing down. He turns 80 in December, has 47 movies behind him, is currently making an original series for Amazon and is about to shoot his first film with Bruce Willis. Allen, one of the great American filmmakers, has managed to have an extraordinarily durable career, in spite … [Read more...] about IRRATIONAL MAN New Movie Review
INHERENT VICE New Movie Review
If Inherent Vice were set in the 1940s, it would likely begin with its detective protagonist sitting at his desk, taking a swig of Jack Daniels, ogling the young woman entering his office and stating in a voice over, "I'll never forget the day she walked into my life." But since P.T. Anderson's new film is set in 1970, awash in color and period accuracy, we meet our "hero," Doc … [Read more...] about INHERENT VICE New Movie Review
HER: New Movie Review
Computer dating seemed like the height of oddball behavior to me. At least, it did at first. The thought of finding a connective bond with someone you don't know and having a shared willingness to meet that person in real life, sounded bizarre. So did the promise of the computer dating site's supposed science of creating an algorithm or matching system that they claim will lead … [Read more...] about HER: New Movie Review