Love & Mercy
In the last decade there have been a number of quality biographical films. Always a popular genre with audiences, the biographical genre has always been a bankable contender for Academy… Read more »
Tag: 2010s
La La Land
Damien Chazelle’s La La Land (2016) is in Oscar heaven with fourteen nominations total. This is equally remarkable as it is unremarkable. The Best Picture winners for the past five… Read more »
Rolling Thunder Revue
The documentary form is never more about truth or fiction than your average feature film. It is just another technique, another “fantasy”, another way of presenting a person, story or… Read more »
Booksmart
Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart (2019) tells the coming of age story of two best friends, Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) and Molly (Beanie Feldstein), on the eve of their high school graduation. And,… Read more »
Listen To Me Marlon
“Executed in 1966, Double Marlon is a celebration of a male icon. Warhol has placed the double image of Marlon Brando, taken from his highly influential and controversial 1953 movie… Read more »
Captain America: Civil War
This review was first published during the original release of this film. Captain America: Civil War was the most boring spectacle I had ever witnessed on the big screen. My… Read more »
Joker
I saw Todd Phillips’ film Joker (2019) on the same day that Martin Scorsese’s comments on the Marvel/Disney films really started to gain momentum in the press as celebrities began… Read more »
A Star Is Born
Who would have guessed that A Star Is Born (2018), remade for a third time, would connect with audiences today. Not that the story isn’t classic Hollywood “weepy” gold or… Read more »
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower was one of the most critically acclaimed films of 2012 as well as one of the most popular with audiences. It is a film… Read more »
The Jungle Book
This review was first published during the initial release of this film. I saw The Jungle Book with my mother and brother about a week and a half after my… Read more »
