Category: Movies

https://youtu.be/sOw20FDNnHA 6.5/10 For the first half an hour or so of “Land” all I had running through my head was the gif of Tony Stark in “The Avengers” holding his glass and saying, “Not a great plan.” “Land”, the story of a grieving woman who decides to go off into the woods all alone with … Continue reading #24 Film in 2021: Land

https://youtu.be/1HZAnkxdYuA 7/10 While familiar and reminiscent of other films in its genre, “The Little Things” is still a well-made, fantastically acted and engaging film worth seeing. It is appropriate that the film takes place in 1990 since that was the decade of “The Silence of the Lambs”, “Seven” and other serial killer classics. Since the … Continue reading #23 Film in 2021: The Little Things

https://youtu.be/CGZmwsK58M8 7/10 Filmed during the height of lockdown/quarantine times of 2020 and featuring a cast of only two people, “Malcolm & Marie” feels almost experimental, as filming during those times had never been done until films like this tried it out and this is a largely successful experiment. For a film to focus on a … Continue reading #22 Film in 2021: Malcolm & Marie

After watching a record breaking 123 films in theaters in 2019, the world changed in 2020 due to the Chinese Virus and theaters were shut down for much of the year. Despite not being able to go to the movie theater for months, I was still able to see 65 films in theaters, three more … Continue reading The Best/Worst of Film in 2020: A Year in Review

https://youtu.be/EXs2-TY9qok 8.5/10 A24 continues to be the consistently best film studio out there today and “Saint Maud” is another example of their stellar track record. Following in the footsteps of other A24 horror classics like “The Witch”, “The Lighthouse”, “Hereditary”, “Midsommar”, “Green Room” and countless others, “Saint Maud” takes a simple premise (a religious nurse … Continue reading #21 Film in 2021: Saint Maud

https://youtu.be/_jY_mlxw5wU 2/10 Not to be confused with anything “Alice in Wonderland” related, “The Mad Hatter” follows four college students and their professor who spend a weekend in a haunted house for a volunteer study. The story is as generic as they come, the characters are paper thin and nothing new is provided that we haven’t … Continue reading #20 Film in 2021: The Mad Hatter

https://youtu.be/GTWqGLnOxtA 8.5/10 Cancer dramas are a dime a dozen these days and have been around for decades but “Our Friend” sets itself above and beyond your average, melodramatic weep fest. Something I didn’t know about this film going in was that this is based on a true story, automatically making it more emotionally impactful than … Continue reading #19 Film in 2021: Our Friend

https://youtu.be/SmyHdcs3cyg 8/10 I love experiencing films like “Born a Champion”. After initially viewing the trailer for this film for the first time, I thought it looked rather cheesy and low budget. I wasn’t totally wrong but what I wasn’t expecting at all was just how great this film would be. Is it a bit cheesy … Continue reading #18 Film in 2021: Born a Champion