I can finally say “looking back on 2020.” Ah, that phrase which I’ve longed for 366 days to say. (That’s right, remember, 2020 was a Leap Year). There are a lot of things we could say when looking back on 2020. Most of them I...
Read MoreIs Anthony Mackie the new Terminator?! Close! But no cigar.(See what I did there? Because Schwarzenegger smokes cigars…)Netflix’s latest offering Outside the Wire drops us into the middle of a summer action movie, perhaps to...
Read MoreIf 2020 needs anything to cap the year off on a positive note, it’s a good Disney/Pixar tale to give us all the warm-fuzzies and feels.
Read MoreDavid Fincher presents, in a way that only he and few others could, the story of legendary screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (AKA Mank) and his struggle to complete the screenplay for “Citizen Kane” in a mere 60 days at a retreat outside of Victorville, CA in the late 1930s.
Read MoreFrom the gritty opening moments showcasing the American indie band scene in all its screaming, sweating, black box rock house glory, to the moments of stillness, and the devastating beauty of dealing with life-altering trauma, my eyes were locked on Darius Marder’s poignant drama SOUND OF METAL until the final frame.
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