The Fall Guy
I came to The Fall Guy (2024) completely ignorant of the television show on which it’s based. Instead I entered this specific movie going experience armed with only my admiration… Read more »
Tag: Ryan Gosling
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 »
The Gray Man
In the opening scene of The Gray Man (2022), Billy Bob Thornton’s CIA handler says to Ryan Gosling’s con and soon to be secret agent “I get it, you’re glib”,… Read more »
The Nice Guys
Watching The Nice Guys (2016) on an airplane bound for Colorado some years ago I remember thinking, “so this is the second draft of Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang (2005)”. Since… Read more »
Drive
Any cinephile on social media has seen Nicolas Winding Refn teasing an upcoming 4K Ultra-HD release of Drive (2011). I remember when Drive came out that I didn’t expect it… Read more »
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 »
Half Nelson
I decided to repost this short review after screening this film in my class. This piece originally appeared in 2012. Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden have been collaborating on films… Read more »
First Man
First Man, Damien Chazelle’s follow-up to La La Land (2016), is diametrically opposed to both the musical genre and fantastique escapism in general. First Man (2018) is a film about… Read more »
Blade Runner 2049
Blade Runner (1982) has gotten a sequel. Anyone who has seen Ridley Scott’s film is probably wondering why or even how a sequel could have been made. Oddly, Blade Runner… Read more »
