A year in the life of a professional movie critic is a lot like marathon: You start slow, build a consistent pace, then give in to a full-on sprint at the very end. It never fails to amuse me how many pilau duds litter the first part of the year (anyone remember the first new movie of the year, Insidious: The Last Key?). Then, around summer, the movies get really fun. Dumb, … [Read more...] about Best of the Wurst 2018: The top 10 films of the year
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Summer Movie Wrap-Up: The best and bottom of the barrel of this summer’s flicks
In the past, I had a strong batting average of picking the summer movies that would go over big with audiences. Taking quality out of the equation, I’d make my annual predictions of which movies would become summer season blockbusters and this year, I published my picks. To quote a would-be catch phrase uttered by Arnold Schwarzenegger, it was a “big mistake.” I’ve never been … [Read more...] about Summer Movie Wrap-Up: The best and bottom of the barrel of this summer’s flicks
SICARIO: DAY OF SOLDADO New Movie Review
It didn’t seem like we needed a sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s 2015 Sicario, in which Emily Blunt’s FBI agent takes on Mexican cartels alongside federal agents (played by Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin) who seem every bit as shady as the drug lords they were taking down. We especially didn’t need a sequel in which Villeneuve and Blunt have moved on but her co-stars remained and … [Read more...] about SICARIO: DAY OF SOLDADO New Movie Review