Not Brian Dennehy’s last-last role, but it might be his last great role. We’ll see once his last-last movies come out. Continue reading
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“Lulu Wang Bids Farewell”
Lying about your grandma’s mortality seems like a bad idea, except when the bad idea ends up forming the basis of a really good movie. Continue reading
Farewell and Adieu: A Long Overdue Message
I’ve been putting this off for a while, mostly because I’m a slacker but partly because I’ve been trying to find the best way to say this. Rather than beat around the bush by talking about how A Constant Visual Feast is my baby– which it is– I’ll just say outright that production here is going … Continue reading
“‘Monos’ Is An Action Movie With An Unsettling Take On Civilization”
One of the best films of the year also has the most out-of-left-field gag about gummy bears of the year. Not that there’s much competition, but if there was… Continue reading
Andy’s Best Things, 2019 Halftime Edition
Shrugging off television viewing and ranking has lifted a massive weight off of my shoulders, because a) Television sucks, and b) Writing about television sucks way, way more Obviously I’m not above writing about TV now and again, but don’t anticipate that I’ll mix TV into my “best of” shenanigans again anytime soon. I’m much too … Continue reading
“5 Movies to See at IFFBoston 2019”
Andy likes an Alex Ross Perry movie, and it’s all thanks to Independent Film Festival Boston! (Well: Also, it’s thanks to Alex Ross Perry.) Continue reading
“All Good Things Must End, Even ‘The Good Place'”
One of the last decade’s defining TV series comes to a close, and I couldn’t be more overjoyed. Continue reading
“The 25 Best Movies of 2019 (So Far)”
June is the time of year when we all get too antsy in the pantsy and can’t help talking about what’s best in pop culture. The bad news is that there’s not a lot in pop culture worth getting worked up about in 2019. Continue reading
“Bruce Campbell Sends ‘Evil Dead’ Off With a Bloody, Bingeworthy Bang”
…oh, come the heck on, of course I set up a talk with Bruce Campbell about the end of Ash vs Evil Dead, who the hell do you think you’re talking to here. This is my second chat with Bruce, following my first, which orbited the show’s second season, while this one is all about the third, … Continue reading
Review: The Drop, 2014, dir. Michaël R. Roskam
“Hardy is the film’s defining element, but he isn’t the only one worth seeing the film for. Roskam directs The Drop to handsome effect, throwing a handful of dazzling compositions in among shots that get the job done; meanwhile, Gandolfini does what Gandolfini does, though this isn’t quite the same farewell as last year’s Enough … Continue reading
Review: The World’s End, 2013, dir. Edgar Wright
Picture The World’s End as a bittersweet layer cake, a film about the double-edged sword of growing up that also serves as the capstone offering in Edgar Wright’s Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy. Have nine years really passed since Wright, along with his go-to leading men, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, vaulted into national prominence with … Continue reading
Review: The Dark Knight Rises, 2012, dir. Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan has released his swan song to the Batman franchise; with The Dark Knight Rises, the reigns are now out of his hands. Did Nolan do it right in his final installment in the Bat-franchise? Continue reading
Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, pt. 2, 2011, dir. David Yates
Unsurprisingly, the second part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is one massive climax from start to finish. What else did anyone expect? Part one heroically bit the bullet and allowed itself to bear the weight of the novel’s filler, martyr-like, so that part two could act like an unrelenting, two-hour-and-change action scene in … Continue reading
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