My live commentary while watching Serenity went something like, “What? No. They can’t be…Wow. What!?” The film features a twist that not even M. Night Shyamalan could see coming. It takes the film from what’s supposed to be a neo...
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2019 Oscar Nominations Announced
The nominations for the 91st Academy Awards have been announced, with both Roma and The Favourite leading with 10 nominations each including Best Picture. Marvel Studios’ Black Panther garnered 7 nominations including Best...
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The superhero genre was vastly different when Unbreakable came out back in 2000. The first X-Men film had just come months before, and there was Batman, Superman, and a handful of other individual heroes on the big screen, but...
‘A Star is Born’ and ‘Roma’ Top the 2018 Georgia Film Critics Association Awards
This past weekend the Georgia Film Critics Association announced the winners celebrating the best in film in 2018. A Star is Born was designated as Best Picture, also taking home awards for Best Supporting Actor for Sam Elliott...
5 Rotten Films that are Fresher than they Appear
Rotten Tomatoes is so popular these days that the scores are listed on streaming devices and used as a standard unit of measurement for film-goers and couch-surfers alike. But, just like books can’t be judged by their cover...
‘The Upside’ Review: Brings Nothing New to the Table
The 2011 French film The Intouchables was one of my favorite films of the year and told the unlikely friendship between a wealthy quadriplegic and his live-in caregiver with a criminal record. Inspired by a true story, the film...
‘A Dog’s Way Home’ Review: A Fascinating Trainwreck
The “lost dog finds their way home” genre is a guaranteed way to get hearts fluttering and tears flowing. It’s an easy and simple story that has found success time and time again in film. A Dog’s Way Home is weird because on one...
‘Escape Room’ Review: Can’t Escape the Horror Tropes
Six strangers are put in a series of rooms together where they must use their wits to escape or suffer death. Escape Room sounds like the next entry in the Saw franchise, but it’s not, as much as it might like to be. The film...
Top 10 Films of 2018
I saw over 200 films in 2018, and I will say that narrowing the list down to the Top 10 was much more difficult this year than in previous years. It was a great year for film, both in groundbreaking storytelling and for...
‘Bird Box’ Review: Interesting Idea but Horrible Execution
What if Hollywood did A Quiet Place but instead of not being able to make any noises the characters couldn’t see? That’s what Bird Box is in a nutshell, although it’s nowhere near as well done as the silent horror film. Based on...