Review – The Bob’s Burgers Movie
My first exposure to Bob’s Burgers was the rerun episodes on Adult Swim. Then a few years ago, before COVID ran rampant, I binged multiple seasons of the show. Though I am not the most dedicated fan,...
View ArticleReview – Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor is back! And so is director Taika Waititi to direct his second film in the franchise with the fourth Thor film! Waititi is one of our best living directors and he has spent the last seven years...
View ArticleReview – Nope
Writer and director Jordan Peele is back! Following his incredible career-defining work on Get Out (2017) and Us (2019), he’s finally emerged from the COVID pandemic with his third major project, not...
View ArticleReview – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
There is no shortage of films out there that satirically jab at religion, from Bill Maher’s Religulous to the more complex satire of Believe Me. Some of it is quite excellent and captures curious...
View ArticleReview – A Christmas Story Christmas
I was very surprised last month when a trailer for HBO’s new sequel to A Christmas Story (1983) dropped on my social media timeline. I also didn’t have any positive feelings about it. The original...
View ArticleReview – BlackBerry
One of the year’s most anticipated film festival releases has finally arrived on home streaming, and it is as good as people are saying, even though it is following in the footsteps of other films and...
View ArticleReview – Asteroid City
Writer/director Wes Anderson has become ridiculously talented at creating the exact kind of film he is known for making. In the past five years, he’s released three successful films, and that is...
View ArticleReview – Barbie
The news of a live action Barbie movie wasn’t exactly exciting. The intellectual property had made its way into the film world numerous times before, each one appealing to young girls that were fans...
View ArticleReview – Haunted Mansion (2023)
When it comes to cinema, October is usually dominated by films that exploit the spooky vibe of the season. It’s a prime month for studios to dump their horror films onto their allied streaming...
View ArticleReview – The Holdovers
The holiday season is here and with it comes a cavalcade of prestige dramas and holiday films, although they are rarely the same movie. But this year has brought us the curiosity of a new film that is...
View ArticleReview – Next Goal Wins
The rise of Taika Waititi has been one of the most interesting developments of the past decade. His low-budget comedy What We Do In The Shadows—largely emerging from the creative team of HBO’s defunct...
View ArticleReview – American Fiction
There has been a movement in recent Black cinema to explore the complicated intersection between the Black experience and the intentions of White Liberals, who fancy themselves the greatest...
View ArticleReview – The Book of Clarence
When the first trailer for Book of Clarence was released last year, it did not make me feel confident in the film. It appeared to be another religious satire in the style of Life of Brian or First...
View ArticleReview – The Beekeeper
One of my favorite works of film criticism, which is no longer online, was published by Birth Movies Death about the career of Jason Statham — wherein the author discussed how the somewhat...
View ArticleReview – Argylle
Director Matthew Vaughn has had quite a decade. Despite major rumors he might end up directing a Superman movie or taking on larger projects, his entire body of work has been consumed by the Kingsmen...
View ArticleReview – Unfrosted
You may or may not have heard that one of the year’s most controversial films is a Jerry Seinfeld parody film about pop tarts. But this is the strange world we live in. The peculiar movie plopped onto...
View ArticleReview – Ghostlight (2024)
Several years ago, a small indie drama called Saint Frances caught my attention and eventually entered my Netflix DVD queue. It was a strange film that felt all too familiar to me. It was shot in...
View ArticleReview – Deadpool & Wolverine
It is fascinating to think that the test footage for Deadpool leaked a decade ago. Summer 2014 was at the peak of the superhero genre, with Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain America: Winter Soldier...
View ArticleReview – ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!
Since I’ve been getting negative comments of late for reviewing allegedly grotesque, harmful content, it doesn’t seem like adding more wood to that fire will hurt me much. I respect my fellow...
View ArticleReview – Am I Racist?
Am I a racist? What IS a racist? What is racism? The term has skyrocketed in frequency of use and expanded in application in recent times beyond what anyone can clearly or consistently recognize, let...
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