I’m just a guy that loves movies and loves talking about movies. Actually, that’s a lie. I love a lot of movies and really hate a lot of movies. But, either way, I love talking about them. I’ve been writing movie reviews for years and finally decided to share them because this interweb thing really seems to be taking off. I hope you enjoy my reviews and equally hope that you don’t bother me if you don’t.
Jigsaw is one of the most lazy, unnecessary sequels that I’ve seen in a while and that’s fucking saying something. There are going to be spoilers here because I don’t know how to discuss Saw without being specific about the plot. This series, up until now, has had an almost obsessive dedication to continuity. […]
It is my most anticipated film of the year. Yeah, Last Jedi, I know. But back when I was a kid and the world had not yet crushed my spirit, I wanted to be a writer and I idolized Stephen King. Starting in third grade, I read everything that he wrote. I read books […]
No, this isn’t porn. I’m not really sure what to call this. It Comes at Night was marketed as a horror film and seemed to be about people living in a house in the woods with some sort of monster outside. That was a pack of damn dirty lies. This isn’t a horror film […]
It’s odd that Darkest Hour and Dunkirk were released in the same year because they are perfect companion pieces for each other. Essentially recounting the same period of time, both films portray the early stages of World War II and culminate in the evacuation of British forces at Dunkirk. But while Dunkirk (the film) […]
Dunkirk is the sadly little-known story of the evacuation of Allied troops from northern France during World War 2. Quite honestly, I was only vaguely aware of this significant part of WW2. As with all heavy metal fans, I am very familiar with Churchill’s famous speech (“We shall go on to the end. We […]
I love horror movies and I particularly love slasher movies. When I was a kid, slasher movies dominated the horror genre, but they are pretty rare these days. In the 3+ years that I have been going to the movies every week, I have not seen a single slasher movie in a theater as […]
I was really looking forward to Hostiles because I love westerns and it’s a genre that we don’t see very often anymore. Moreover, a western from the director of Black Mass and starring Christian Bale? Sign me the fuck up. Now having seen it, I’m almost depressed by my lack of feeling toward this […]
The original Guardians of the Galaxy is my favorite Marvel Universe movie and probably my favorite movie of 2014 (either that or John Wick). I was completely unfamiliar with them until the movie, but I loved the characters and the tone. The film reveled in unabashed wackiness in a way that reminded me of […]
Ghost in the Shell is based on a Japanese comic book/anime series that started in the late 80s. I haven’t read the comics or seen the anime and I wish that I had because then I might have something more to say here. The hardest movies to review are mediocre ones because they don’t […]
I am continually baffled by the popularity of this series. It’s not that I don’t like dumb action movies. If you want to run a marathon of c-grade Van Damme and Seagal movies, I’m in. I’ll bring the beer and we’ll have ourselves a great night. The problem here is that the characters in […]