I haven’t watched Ballerina yet, but by all accounts it measures up—and as it’s a spin-off, I’ll judge it on its own when I get around to it. With that said, in a nutshell? John Wick Chapter 1: The pinnacle of ‘realistic’ action. Just like Die Hard proved to the masses that you can have […]

My Tarantino kick continues, and this one I’ve only ever seen twice in my life—the last time being before I even started college. Favorite scene? Probably the twist contest with Vincent/Travolta and Mia/Thurman. Mia Wallace’s devil-may-care attitude expressed in every hair-swishing movement, with a frenetic undercurrent no doubt the product of the drugs taken earlier. […]

(This post is an edited audio transcription. I’ve been watching a lot of movies compared to my usual lately!) Conclave was an unexpectedly good movie. I was expecting a downplayed Dan Brown affair, not something of this caliber. I watched it recently for reasons obvious to anyone with access to the internet, or who lives […]

Also known as the Lynyrd Skynyrd Church movie. Fucking phenomenal cinematography throughout, but it’s highlighted the most in that scene. I don’t know what it’s called specifically, but it’s almost as if they remove frames from the more action-y shots and give it this choppy style. With the sudden warp-zooms in parts, the fights really […]

I’m trying to be better about watching these vaunted masterpieces of cinema that I know I’d like but have never actually sat down to watch. Soon, Blade Runner. But after Conclave I was still feeling the cinematic spirit, so I figured I’d check out one of the few Tarantino movies I hadn’t seen. First impression […]

I knew I’d appreciate this documentary the moment I heard about it. A film about digital and physical lives intertwining? It’s a shoe-in for me. However, I didn’t expect it to be so sincere, so thoughtful about every aspect of the subject matter. Not at all. A quick overview: Ibelin is the name of the […]

I had initially assumed this movie was going to be what it felt like: a somewhat realistic, somewhat dramatized presentation of a fracturing America that uses our current sociopolitical flashpoints to frame the action. Instead, what I watched was a thriller as much as a disaster movie, focusing on the trials of war reporting and […]

When I first heard about The Whale, it was in the context of it being Brendan Fraser’s comeback role. I loved The Mummy growing up and still think it’s a great series, and somewhere along the way I learned that Fraser had unfortunate circumstances abound surrounding his (now thankfully temporary) decline. It was nice to […]

This movie’s one of many that I come across: ones that sound great, that I jot down to watch later, and never actually follow through on. In fact, the only reason I even watched it tonight was because my father picked it out this afternoon. While I’m dreadfully glacial in addressing my own ever-growing backlog, […]