Top Gun: Maverick
The summer of 2022 was the summer of Top Gun: Maverick. The sequel to Tony Scott’s Top Gun (1986) has been credited with revitalizing the movie theater business of the… Read more »
Tag: 2020s
Barbie
In anticipation of Greta Gerwig’s summer event movie Barbie (2023) I couldn’t help but think about Small Soldiers (1998). Joe Dante’s satirical masterpiece was conceived for the sake of Burger… Read more »
Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny
It took fifteen years but Harrison Ford has finally gotten his fifth and final installment in the Indiana Jones franchise, Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny (2023). It’s a… Read more »
No Hard Feelings
Jennifer Lawrence’s new comedy vehicle about an Uber Driver turned sex worker to save her mother’s house, No Hard Feelings (2023), has been the subject of some controversy since it… Read more »
Asteroid City
Wes Anderson continues to explore the synthesis between high camp visuals and dead pan existentialism with a flare for miniature photography and jukebox scores in the science fiction film Asteroid… Read more »
I Like Movies
I Like Movies (2022) follows the trials and tribulations of high school senior Lawrence Kweller (Isaiah Lehtinen) as he prepares for college and navigates his first job at a video… Read more »
BlackBerry
Matt Johnson’s film BlackBerry (2023) takes its dramatic and aesthetic cues from The Social Network (2010) to tell the story of founders Mike Lazaridis (Jay Baruchel), Doug Fregin (director Matt… Read more »
Air
There’s something really appealing about Air (2023), Ben Affleck’s film about Nike signing Michael Jordan during his rookie year in 1984. The cast is generally likable and the use of… Read more »
5-25-77
Anyone who grew-up obsessed with movies had that one friend that you made home movies with. Making movies with a friend as a kid formed the most intimate of bonds… Read more »
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Only a few minutes into The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) did I find myself wondering who the movie was for. It certainly isn’ for Italian-Americans, and it doesn’t appear… Read more »
