Ben Falcone married Melissa McCarthy and man, he has given a masterclass in riding coattails ever since. Continue reading
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“‘The Witches’: Anne Hathaway Casts An Exasperating Spell In Robert Zemeckis’ Dull Film”
A movie so bad I put off sharing my review on this site, and also put off sharing anything else. Continue reading
“‘Onward’: Pixar Takes A Step Backward In A Film Rife With Fantasy Clichés”
Onward, but not upward, or forward, just mostly backward. Continue reading
“Able to Do Anything Post-MCU, Robert Downey Jr. Chooses ‘Dolittle'”
What’s a man do to when he has all the money in the world plus a rehabilitated image as Marvel’s greatest hero? He does little. Very, very little. Continue reading
Review: Small Town Crime, 2018, dir. Eshom Nelms & Ian Nelms
It’s been a while since I saw the Nelms brothers’ Small Town Crime, and it’s also been a while since I wrote up my review for Paste Magazine (which you can now read ’til the cows come home, if that’s your idea of a good time), and I’ve come closer to nailing down what it is about … Continue reading
Review: Hidden Figures, 2016, dir. Theodore Melfi
Let me tell you: Based on the poster, I honestly expected to hate Hidden Figures with a passion. I expected it to be sappy feel-good bullshit; I expected it to do its history a series of disservices; I expected it to waste its talented leading actresses. But it doesn’t! At all! The film works! I don’t … Continue reading
Putting Out the Fires: Oscars 2012 Aftermath
Well, the ceremony’s done, the statues have all been given out, and noses have been browned; the 84th Academy Awards are now in the books. And I have an opinion on them even though I didn’t even watch them. I don’t know that there should be much surprise in regards to what won and why. The … Continue reading
Golden Statues and Outrage: The Oscar Nominations
This week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled the entries for each of their twenty four categories in anticipation of this year’s 84th Academy Awards show. As is always the case, response among critics and film writers has been mixed, characterized by raised eyebrows, occasional high praise and pleasant surprise, and most … Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 