I could spend a lot of time trying to explain why I didn't write this before the back half of 2020, or what made me all of a sudden decide that the back half of 2020 was the time to write this. Or I could just say "everything's bad. Here are my favorite movies from…
Although its universe will continue, thanks to additional films by Rian Johnson, in addition to Obi-Wan Kenobi and Cassian Andor (two characters of similar clout) TV shows on TheMouse+, the decades-spanning Skywalker saga is coming to an apparent close on December 20. In preparation, I watched each film in the franchise (including the non-episodic anthology…
Last October, I wrote about Drew Goddard's Bad Times at the El Royale, his second film in the director's chair. In it, I explain how the film has Quentin Tarantino's DNA all over it, with some of the less ideal qualities removed.. Most notably, Goddard's script does not rely on using the n-word to portray the…
Not that I imagine it has been any significant loss for anyone, but it's been three months since I've written anything for this blog, and not for a lack of content. In that time, I've seen a solid handful of movies, including: Booksmart, the tremendously funny directorial debut for Olivia Wilde, Midsommar, Ari Aster's blessedly less upsetting,…
*Extremely Staind voice* It's been a while. Also, because I'm weeks behind, several good trailers (mostly just John Wick) have to be compared to Star Wars which, lolz. Instead of the typical rankings at the end of this post, I'm doing something a little bit different. Because the Star Wars trailer has me so hyped, it really felt like it…
In 2017, after the success of his debut screenplay Get Out (which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay), Jordan Peele was quoted as saying that he has "four other social thrillers that [he] want[s] to unveil in the next decade," clarifying that "the best and scariest monsters in the world are human…
Any good trailers come out last week? Also, two trailers use the same needle drop of "Nobody Speak" by Shadow featuring Run The Jewels. I have no analysis of this. Just a fun little tidbit. Good Boys (Red Band) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF1F9dIbNqM Although I'm not usually a fan of anything that plays before a trailer, steering into the…
After almost 11 years and 20 previous films, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) finally gave a female superhero a standalone film, with Academy Award winner Brie Larson making her debut as the incredibly powerful Carol Danvers, known as Captain Marvel. Built up during the end credits of the appropriately bleak Infinity War as the hero who…
I was late after week one because there wasn't enough to write about, late for week two because the Sunday before posting was garbage. Here's this, in which I talk about another movie I will absolutely love/hate/rejoice/regret seeing in theaters thanks to Ari Aster. The Secret Life of Pets 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_8cQYEXEZE This is, I believe,…
Was able to stay up to date this time around, which I regret because I had to watch a trailer for Fifty Shades 4 Teenz, but I also got to see a surprisingly dope teaser for the sequel to the most oversaturated movie in recent memory, and a couple other movies I'm surprisingly here for, so…
