The Childhood of a Leader, a film showed us how fascist regimes have spread so rampantly they’ve lost all control and sense of reality, was a solid beginning for the type of filmmaking director Brady Corbet seems to want to explore.  The last moments of Childhood of a Leader are insanely intense, featuring a swirling camera … Continue reading A 21st Century Prophecy: Vox Lux Review

Each of us... at some time in our lives, turns to someone - a father, a brother, a God... and asks...Why am I here? What was I meant to be?" Star Trek is a show I have almost endless respect for & some episodes still dazzle just as much as they did over 50 years ago. But unfortunately … Continue reading Why Star Trek: The Motion Picture is an underrated classic

It's been months since I've seen The Miseducation of Cameron Post. I wanted to write about it, but the words never seemed to come out and soon my mind wandered and it started to camp out in the back of my mind. These thoughts about the film stayed locked away until I saw Suspiria on … Continue reading The Miseducation of Cameron Post & The Rebirth of Chloë Grace Moretz

Spike Lee’s Blackkklansman is the first great film of the Trump era, showcasing how America suppresses other cultures into feeling numb over certain issues, how one man tried to take on the racist regime of the police from the inside, and the fatality of it all. Blackkklansman opens with the iconic wide shot from Gone … Continue reading Unapologetic & Insanely Vital: Blackkklansman Review

Mission Impossible: Fallout is the year’s most beautifully made film. Christopher McQuarrie's direction is air tight, the score by Lorne Balfe is John Williams level good, Tom Cruise is flawless and as commendable as ever, and Rob Hardy's cinematography is Oscar worthy. That being said, it’s unfortunately one of the most painfully obvious spy thrillers … Continue reading Why Mission Impossible: Fallout Succeeds yet Disappoints

The opening of 'mother!' should tell you enough about what you’re about to witness for the next 2 hours. It's filled with unrelenting and downright disgusting visuals that will make you question everything you have seen. There’s no subtlety in it. It’s weird. It’s unapologetically in your face. If that doesn’t get you prepared for it, nothing … Continue reading Why I Loved Darren Aronofsky’s ‘mother!’

There are films that move you because of how sad they are. Then there are films that move you because for a fleeting moment, you felt part of a world that wasn't your own. The images on screen became a new reality and the characters living in that reality became people you truly cared about. That … Continue reading The Best Directorial Debut of the Year: Columbus Review

Once upon a time, a charming serpent showed Adam and Eve what temptation was like. How it rots your innocence and can lead to sin... The Beguiled is what happens when you let a seemingly harmless snake into your world and what happens when you allow that snake to start charming you... Sofia Coppola’s bravura slow burn … Continue reading Sofia Coppola’s Masterpiece: The Beguiled Review

Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver is the story of a tight lipped young man who drowns out his tinnitus with a wide variety of killer tunes. He is also a mean getaway driver and goes by the name Baby and falls in love with the world’s sweetest waitress. Baby Driver has been praised to me since … Continue reading Charm, Cars, & Killer Tunes: Baby Driver Review