Wes Anderson is not everyone’s cup of tea, but for the devoted his flavor is irresistible. For the past 27 years years, his idiosyncratic way of making movies has enamored many. Look at most lists of best American films of the 21st Century and you’re bound to find The Royal Tenenbaums, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, or The Grand Budapest Hotel. Beneath the immersive set
Read MoreFast X is another genre reinvention for the franchise. But not the way one would expect. With Fast Five, the franchise dropped its street racing beginnings and made a heist movie. Fast and Furious 6 and Furious 7 took the James Bond route and made spy adventures. F9 had the boldness to tackle the genre known as “bad” movies, an admirable creative choice. Now, with Fast X, the inspired forces
Read MoreRobert Renfield is a timid little man in an abusive relationship. He serves his master Dracula by acting as his caretaker. But instead of doing simple errands like grabbing his groceries or depositing Drac’s money in the bank, he seeks out innocent victims for him to feast upon. Renfield and Dracula have a relationship quite similar to Ramsay Bolton and Theon
Read MoreM. Night Shyamalan is one of the most contentious filmmakers of our time. Once a bonafide hit-maker with thrillers such as The Sixth Sense and Signs, his stock lowered when audiences failed to connect with his films Lady in the Water and The Happening, before The Last Airbender and After Earth placed him in proverbial “director’s jail”. Nonetheless, he bounced back
Read MoreViolent Night is a pure violent delight. It’s freaking fun and an instant Christmas classic. It’s not remotely family-friendly and is so incredibly bloody, but also unexpectedly heartwarming which honestly surprised me. It’ll make you think twice about candy canes, and David Harbour sleighs as Santa. Violent Night is wildly entertaining and definitely worth watching in theaters with a crowd. Violent
Read MoreGrowing up, I watched a lot of TV Land with my mother, as she shared some of her favorite sitcoms from her childhood. I have fond memories of watching those shows with her. Shows like Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Green Acres, The Addams Family, and of course, The Munsters – a sitcom about classic monsters living in a normal world. When
Read MoreJordan Peele’s Nope is finally in theaters. After waiting what felt like forever, since that first teaser poster was released over a year ago, the glory of Peele’s third feature film has finally graced my eyes. Loaded with a cast that is bound to turn heads, including returning Peele veteran Daniel Kaluuya, Nope has been surrounded by excitement since the day it
Read MoreJordan Peele’s third feature film Nope is just on the horizon and I thought, what better time than now to revisit the previous two films in his already impressive filmography? So, without further ado, here we go. My reviews for the previous hit (and kind of miss) Jordan Peele movies – Get Out and Us. [Potential spoilers below for both Get
Read MoreMinions: The Rise of Gru has finally come to theaters after 2 years of delays thanks to the pandemic. I’ll admit, this wasn’t something exactly on my radar, nor was it even something I was expecting to see in theaters. But, there we were, on a Saturday, with nothing to do after lunch; somehow we all landed on this. Then, to
Read MoreScott Derrickson’s The Black Phone is the fastest movie I’ve ever seen. Written by Derrickson and his longtime creative partner C. Robert Cargill, The Black Phone is adapted from a Joe Hill short story of the same name. The runtime and efficiency of the story are enough to make this movie worth seeing, but on top of that it’s given a
Read MoreIt feels like the Wicked movie adaptation has been in development for such a long time. Plans for a film have been in the works since 2004, with Universal Studios becoming officially producing the project in July 2012. Fast Forward almost a decade and the film is finally starting production under Jon M Chu’s direction. Starring Ariana Grande as Glinda and
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