“‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever”s Adaptation Is a Half-Hearted Trip to the Convenience Store”

Against expectations, this movie is not about any of my various trips to remote Vermont or Massachusetts breweries. Woulda been better if so. Continue reading →

Review: The Greatest Showman, 2017, dir. Michael Gracey

I liked the musical numbers in The Greatest Showman. I liked them a lot! Like all good musical numbers, they help facilitate storytelling; they’re also bright, beautifully orchestrated, utterly joyful, and so compelling that I found myself tapping my feet through most of them. (The rest are not feet-tapping songs, which is to say that they … Continue reading →

Go, See, Talk! Review: Liberal Arts, 2012, dir. Josh Radnor

Alternate title: How I Met Elizabeth Olsen and Made Her Fall in Love With Me. Continue reading →

Review: The Lorax, 2012, dir. Chris Renaud & Kyle Balda

I think in the realm of 3D animated children’s fare, The Lorax might be the first such movie to come out in years that really and truly plays for kids. Adults, despite the themes and issues in play here, will probably have a much harder time with it; it’s very simply broken down, plotted, and dictated, … Continue reading →