If you’ve lived in LA for any period of time, you’ve seen the billboard. You may have even gone to one of the midnight screenings of ‘the Room’ (I admit at this point I still haven’t seen it, but I’m familiar with the ‘making of’ story, as most film geeks are. As now Golden […]
When you have the catalog of Denzel, they won’t all be Hall of Famers. That’s my takeaway from ‘Roman J. Israel, Esq.’ Denzel follows up ‘Fences’ (and the Oscar loss to Casey Affleck) with this character study about an attorney who’s out of step with his times. Throwing out his cool trademarks (and removing […]
Some of my people who saw ‘The Big Sick’ before me predicted I would like this movie. They were right. A classic (financially speaking) middle class movie the studios don’t focus on anymore, ‘The Big Sick’ is a rom com for the modern age. Kumail is a stand up comedian in Chicago paying his […]
Dee Rees’ latest feature might be the first great film of this era that ‘doesn’t take place right now’, but speaks directly to ‘right now.’ ‘Mudbound’ tells the story of two families, one white, one black, both struggling to make ends meet while working the land in Mississippi, circa World War II. The film/story […]
Finally got to see ‘Dunkirk’ on the big screen last week, courtesy of Warner Brothers. There was a dessert service after the Q&A with Nolan, so yes, ‘For Your Consideration’ season has begun! I’m not a World War II buff by any means so Dunkirk didn’t hold a strong meaning to me beyond doing […]
The number one movie in America this weekend is extremely clever. As I and others have pitched, start with a Key and Peele premise (‘black guy goes to meet the parents of his white girlfriend’) and instead of one upping on the side of silly comedy, one up the stakes with awkward, creepy comedy. […]
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