Month: April 2018
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Avengers: Infinity War
If you hate these movies, then you’ll really hate this one, but Avengers: Infinity War is a surprisingly enjoyable movie that isn’t a bloated mess. Most Marvel movies riff on specific genres to give each movie a distinct personality; the first Captain America is a war movie, Winter Soldier is their paranoid 70’s thriller, Ant-Man…
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Sleep – The Sciences
Doom metal truthsayers (and Sabbath offspring) Sleep release a new album, The Sciences. It’s a glorious beast, more than capable of upholding their past glories. Do you like Black Sabbath? Do you like Black Sabbath slowed down, a few steps away from being chopped and screwed? Then you’d love Sleep. I’ve had the pleasure of…
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Molly’s Game
Aaron Sorkin sits down in the director’s chair for Molly’s Game, the story of a former Olympic hopeful who built a massive underground poker ring. If you watch TV or movies, you’ve likely seen something by Aaron Sorkin. His witty, quotable dialogue, as well as techniques such as his trademark “walk-and-talk” (which follows two characters…
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Martyrs (2008)
A horror film review, wherein Brando gets really mad about the 2008 movie, Martyrs, from the New French Extremity Movement. Ah, the cinema of trangression. Editor’s Note: Caution! Here there be spoilers! I watch movies that are pretty messed up sometimes. I do it on purpose and I really don’t know why. For the…
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Rampage
Not even the electric charisma of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson can save Rampage, the latest bit of mediocrity in the realm of video game adaptations. A mindless VFX-heavy blockbuster based on a video game from the 80s isn’t exactly what most general audiences want to see. In fact, they tend to avoid these adaptations like…
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You Were Never Really Here
You Were Never Really Here is a stunning work from Lynne Ramsay, starring Joaquin Phoenix at his best, with an amazing score by Jonny Greenwood. From the opening seconds, You Were Never Really Here grabs you by the shirt collar and yanks you in on its own grim terms. The movie is based on the…
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Blu Ray Release
No matter your feelings on Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the blu ray release of the movie harkens back to time where features meant something. My review of The Last Jedi stands, however, after my third viewing with the blu ray release of the film, I’m definitely getting more emotional resonance out of Rian Johnson’s…