Nature is Healing: A (spoiler-laden) Review of Novocaine
It’s a fun, dumb (but smart-dumb), action-comedy-body horror movie that is, seriously, rated R.
Category: TV and Movies
Top 10 Films of 2024
Last year saw fewer releases from the old guard – the master filmmakers – but that provided an opportunity for new voices – or voices new to general audiences – to emerge.
The Month in Theaters December 2024
For the final month of 2024, I managed to see twelve movies in theaters and sixteen otherwise (with three repeats,) for a total of twenty-five reviews
A Man on the Inside
I really liked the show and I think that you will probably find stuff to like in it too (I mean, if you liked The Good Place).
My Top 12 Films Of 2024: One Critic’s Best Of The Year List
I watched over 250 films this year, so if one of your favorites didn’t make the cut, don’t take it personally.
97th Oscars Projections: Post Oscars Shortlists Outlook
The fast-paced awards season continues with yet another dramatic week of progress as the Academy revealed shortlists for several categories.
The Day of the Jackal: Serialized Escapism At Its Best
Is it unrealistic? Of course. The Jackal gets out of many situations that make you say ‘really?’ but that is the beauty of it. It’s escapism.
97th Oscars Projections: Post HCA Awards & Critics Choice/Golden Globes Outlook
With five weeks until nominations morning, this year’s race feels entirely unpredictable compared to last.
97th Oscars Projections: Post AFI/NBR & HCA Nominations Outlook
The awards landscape feels like a “fog of war,” as we await to see which film emerges as the favorite.
The Month in Theaters September 2024
I managed to get to the theaters thirteen times in September with nine movies otherwise, including one repeat, for a total of twenty-one reviews. An interesting month, no doubt.
97th Oscars Projections: The Awards Season Kickoff
The fact is that elections’ results have, and will, affect what Academy voters’ tastes are like for the season.
97th Oscars Projections: The Post Fall Festivals Outlook For The Best Picture Race
The year in film is indeed weak, and the campaign for the biggest prize in the industry is indeed wide-open as we enter mid-October.
97th Oscars Projections: The Mid Fall Festivals Outlook For The Best Picture Race
The 97th Oscars Best Picture race might arguably be even more competitive than the ongoing presidential campaign.
The Minecraft Trailer Needs to be Fed To a Creeper
I have watched the Minecraft trailer a few times now and I’m still not convinced this isn’t a dream after eating a moldy burrito.
The Month in Theaters August 2024
In the month of August, I managed to see fifteen movies in theaters, with one repeat, as well as fifteen movies otherwise, for a total of twenty-nine reviews.
97th Oscars Projections: The Pre-Fall Festivals Outlook For The Best Picture Race
If the Spring and the Summer blockbuster season were the training camps for the best picture race, the fall film festivals are the draft.
House of the Dragon Season 2 Cheats its Audience
The point is not to fetishize violence–it is to give the drama stakes. Otherwise, each episode is reduced to little more than a series of dialogue scenes
The Month in Theaters July 2024
I managed to get to the movie theaters 14 times in July, with one repeat, with an additional seven otherwise, for a total of 20 reviews.
Twister 2: Two Twisters!
Everything good in the Twisters movie is unspoilable. Be warned: We talk about more than the unspoilable parts.
Deadpool & Wolverine: A Nerd Buffet
While Deadpool & Wolverine is the only MCU movie this year, it gave me just about everything I could have wanted from the concept
