We’re still in that beginning-of-the-year movie lull, I talk about the most important film of 2023, a biopic starring two of the best character actors in the industry today, William Oldroyd’s long-awaited follow-up to Lady Macbeth, and much more. This week also marks the debut of a father-daughter team as my daughter Chloe has joined …
The first episode of 2024 and I’m going for the horror right away! Given, I didn’t really have anything new to watch, I instead played catch up for a few great ones including Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving. I also got a box set of one of the greatest sci-fi shows ever.
On the final episode of 2023, I give my thoughts on the ending of the DC Cinematic Universe, Zack Snyder’s new universe launch on Netflix, two new legacy horror films and the great disruptor of my “best-of” list for 2023. I’ve got big new ideas for Best Actor this year!
New Releases: Silent Night – A gritty revenge tale of a tormented father who witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang’s crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he makes vengeance his life’s mission and embarks on a punishing training regimen in order to avenge …
New Releases: Napoleon – An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine. Expectations: In what seems like a biopic that was a long time coming, Ridley Scott finally gets his take on …
New Releases: The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes – The story of Coriolanus Snow, years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem. He is handsome and charming, and though the Snow family has fallen on hard times, Coriolanus sees a chance for a change in his fortunes when he is chosen …
New Releases: The Marvels – Carol Danvers AKA Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with …
New Releases: Priscilla – When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend. Through Priscilla’s eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in …
Okay, this is a weird one out of the blue, everybody, but October was a stressful month beyond the awesome Vancouver International Film Festival. Afterwards, my usual spooky time of the year, a personal favorite, consisted of packing up my entire existence and moving across town for the remaining three weeks of the month, including …
New Release: The Creator – From writer/director Gareth Edwards (“Rogue One,” “Godzilla”) comes an epic sci-fi action thriller set amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence. Joshua (John David Washington, “Tenet”), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Gemma Chan, “Eternals”), is recruited to …
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