Following Top Gun with a sequel that is 36 years in the making was always going to be a tall order and even more so when the original movie didn’t really lend itself to a follow-up. Director Joseph Kosinski and … Continue reading Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Review
How do you define a “best supporting role?” Is it screen time? Position in the story? Relationship to the lead character? Audience perception? Two categories in The Oscars award people for their “supporting” roles but when you look through past … Continue reading Oscars Month: Should “Best Supporting role” even be a category?
There are some films that will never be Oscar nominees. Anything by Marvel studios will struggle to get a nomination (unless it is in one of the digital effects categories), as will most comedies. There are a few types of films … Continue reading Oscar Month: Films that didn’t get Oscar nominated… but were trying to
“1 Year Later” – 3 words that managed to ruin the Fantastic Four movie. Not that it was perfect up to that point but it certainly wasn’t the terrible, dull and very generic mess that it became after those three words … Continue reading Fantastic Four (2015) Review
If there was a way to view Divergent in a concise thirty minutes before seeing Insurgent, the experience of watching this franchise so far would be so much better. Insurgent is a step-up from the average Divergent into a series that … Continue reading Insurgent (2015) Review
Whiplash is not the film that many will think it is. At least, it’s not necessarily what is advertised. The trailer shows an intimidating teacher, played by J.K Simmons, harassing and pressuring a young Jazz drummer played by Miles Teller, … Continue reading Whiplash (2015) Review
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