Christopher Guest is a maestro of the mockumentary whether he likes the term or not (he doesn’t). His movies shine a heckling light on some of art and culture’s more frenetic weirdos from community theater actors and dog show participants to folk artists looking to revive their claim to fame. The beauty of Guest’s work…
If your life was separated into three distinct time periods, what would be your defining moments? What struggles would haunt you through time, and how would you stand strong? Barry Jenkins’ coming-of-age film Moonlight examines this and more as Chiron (aka Little, aka Black) grapples with the adversity of his environment and the hardships that…
Brie Larson, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John C. Reilly and JOHN GOODMAN. It’s safe to say that I’d watch any movie with this cast. Hell, they could reboot Twilight or do another Josie and the Pussycats and if it had Larson and Goodman gracing the screen, I’d be IN. Unfortunately, this movie is another…
Here are some truths: -I have 5 Best Pictures left until I can say I’ve seen them all. -I’m tired. So very tired. -I shouldn’t have saved all of these 3+ hour movies for last. -I am a stupid dummy. Here are the last 3 I knocked out. I’m pleased to say the results were…
The Wolf Man. The Howling. Ginger Snaps. Dog Soldiers. In terms of werewolf horror, there are certainly some great flicks to choose from. But a recent rewatch of An American Werewolf in London has once again blown my mind and I’ve got to say: it’s bar none the best werewolf movie. Ever. The movie follows two…
Last month, I was fortunate enough to gallivant across the Big Island of Hawaii for a week, witnessing real-life lava flowing into the ocean–something I never thought I would witness with my own two eyes. (It was some serious National Geographic shit!) This particular flow decimated the area back in the 80’s, so luckily, it…
Jordan Peele (RIP, Key & Peele) has a new horror movie hitting theaters in February that he not only wrote, but also directed. The horror-thriller, entitled Get Out, follows a black guy, Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), as he travels upstate with his white girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams), to meet the parents. After being profiled and harassed by a racists cop, Chris’…
When Stephen King sold the film rights to The Shining, he imagined a cheerleader blonde-type playing the role of Wendy Torrance. A woman who couldn’t see evil coming her way because she had never faced hardships before in her life. That didn’t mean that King’s Wendy was some sort of second-rate victim – in the…
In Green Room, a punk band touring the Pacific Northwest in a van finds themselves playing a last minute gig at a club full of neo-Nazi skinheads in the middle of nowhere (Whoa. Stop right there. RED FLAG, YOU GUYS). The band, called The Ain’t Rights, is punk AF, so obviously they ignore said red…
Mike Birbiglia is back with his second film, Don’t Think Twice, a story about a group of best friends in a New York City improv group. When one of the troupe’s members gets cast on a hit TV show, the rest of the group starts to realize that not everyone is going to make it…