“Shotgun Wedding” – Just shoot me. Yes, I voluntarily attended a screening of a movie called Shotgun Wedding. Yes, I willingly devoted two hours of my life to a film starring Jennifer Lopez and that guy that plays that one soldier in the Transformers movies (Josh Duhamel). Yes, I knowingly watched a movie that Lionsgate […]
Shotgun Wedding

Film Title
Shotgun WeddingSynopsis
Just a stupid, everything can go wrong wedding movie
Director
Jason MooreCast
Jennifer Lopez
Josh Duhamel
Sonia Braga
Cheech Marin
D'Arcy Carden
Steve Coulter
Jennifer Coolidge
Plane (2023)

Film Title
PlaneSynopsis
A pilot is forced to land a storm-damaged commercial plane in a war zone.
Director
Jean-Francios RichetCast
Gerald Butler
Daniella Pineda
Tony Goldwyn
Yosn An
Mike Colter
Paul Ben-Victor
“Plane” – A better movie than January deserves. After the disappointing but perfect-for-January M3GAN, I fully expected Plane to be perfectly January as well. Plane stars Gerard Butler. We don’t need any other information than that to set our expectations. Butler’s filmography contains thirty-eight films (not including Plane or animated films) and just eight of […]
M3GAN

Film Title
M3GANSynopsis
So, you think you can dance?
Director
Gerad JohnstoneCast
Allison Williams
Violet McGraw
Jen Van Epps
Brian Jordan Alvarez
Ronnie Chieng
“M3GAN” – So you think you can dance! As with Violent Night, I went into M3GAN expecting exactly what the movie ended up delivering – a doll committing murders. The difference between Violent Night and M3GAN is that Violent Night leaned all the way into its absurdity and premise, while M3GAN kept having second thoughts […]
My Year In Movies: 2022 Edition
“My Year in Movies – 2022 Edition” – Was I talking about gas? It’s been a couple years, but we’re finally back to the film world resembling something like pre-Covid times. This is good news, because the world outside of film continues to resemble a horror show. As I said back at the end of […]
White Noise (2022)

Film Title
White NoiseSynopsis
Won’t anyone pay attention to what’s really happening?
Director
Noah BaumbachCast
Adam Driver
Don Cheadle
Greta Gerwig
Madison Gaughan
Daniel Williams
Matthew Williams
It’s award consideration season, so here’s my consideration. Synopsis Won’t anyone pay attention to what’s really happening? Writing I don’t know what’s really happening. The film has a very distinct three act structure that would have been better suited as vignettes. The first act introduces Professor Jack Gladney (Adam Driver), an expert in Adolf Hitler […]
Spirited (2022)

Film Title
SpiritedSynopsis
A Christmas Carol, shaken not stirred, with a twist
Director
Sean AndersCast
Will Ferrell
Ryan Reynolds
Octavia Spencer
Patrick Page
Tracy Morgan
It’s award consideration season, so here’s my consideration. Synopsis A Christmas Carol, shaken not stirred, with a twist. Writing Like Pinocchio, A Christmas Carol has been done so many times that finding a fresh take on the story is a nearly impossible task. Writers Sean Anders (also directing) and John Morris manage to wring a […]
The Whale

Film Title
The WhaleSynopsis
We are all chasing something
Director
Darren AronofskyCast
Brendan Fraser
Sadie Sink
Ty Simpkins
Hong Chau
Samantha Morton
Going into Darren Aronofsky’s latest film The Whale, I prepared myself for at least one disturbing scene that would sear itself into my brain next to scenes from Requiem for a Dream and Black Swan. Like Stanley Kubrick, Aronofsky tends to make weird and dark movies, some of which feature scenes you cannot unsee. To […]
Babylon (1922)

Film Title
BabylonSynopsis
We’re going to need two cigarettes after this romp
Director
Damien ChazelleCast
Brad PItt
Margot Robbie
Diego Calva
Katherine Waterson
Jovan Adepo
Tobey Maguire
Jean Smart
Olivia Wilde
It’s a rare occurrence when a movie or series shows something that stops every random thought in my head, every synapse focusing like a laser on the screen. I become Neo in The Matrix when Morpheus leaps to a distant building. “Whoa” is the only correct response. It happened the first time I saw the […]
Thirteen Lives

Film Title
Thirteen LivesSynopsis
A rescue mission is assembled to save a soccer team trapped in a cave.
Director
Ron HowardCast
Viggo Mortensen
Colin Farrell
Joel Edgerton
Paul Gleeson
Tom Bateman
It’s award consideration season, so here’s my consideration. Synopsis A cave rescue mission. Writing On June 23, 2018, twelve boys and their coach were trapped in a flooded cave system in northern Thailand. Given the recency of the event, extensive coverage at the time, and the known outcome, the movie practically writes itself. The only […]
Crimes Of The Future

Film Title
Crimes of the FutureSynopsis
Humans are evolving and David Cronenberg makes it gross
Director
David CronenbergCast
Viggo Mortensen
Lea Seydoux
Kristen Stewart
Don McKellar
Dierdre Brown
It’s award consideration season, so here’s my consideration. Writing There are interesting concepts, but they never fall into a cohesive narrative. In this future, most humans have evolved to no longer feel pain or become infected by disease and many are growing new organs with undetermined functions, only to have them removed to comply with […]