Directed by Tom Mcgrath Written by Michael McCullers Starring: Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Miles Bakshi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow and Tobey Maguire ☆☆☆ “The Boss Baby” is a prime example of something that should have been one of those short films that Pixar shows before one of their features. The movie starts out with a … More ‘The Boss Baby’ Review
Directed by Dean Israelite Written by John Gatins, Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless, Michele Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney Starring: Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Becky G, Ludi Lin, Bill Hader, Bryan Cranston and Elizabeth Banks ★☆☆ The original “Mighty Morphing Power Rangers” is available on Netflix right now, and I recently spent some time revisiting … More ‘Power Rangers’ Review
Directed by James Mangold Written by Scott Frank, James Mangold and Michael Green Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant and Dafne Keen ★★★ After almost two decades Hugh Jackman is ready to hang up the claws and walk a from the role (and franchise) that made him a star. … More ‘Logan’ Review
It is that time of year again, time for the annual Academy Awards. That means it is also time to make some Oscar predictions. For the sake of brevity, I will only cover the major categories. Best Picture: Nominees Prediction Should Win Upset “Arrival” “La La Land” “La La Land” “Moonlight” “Fences” “Hacksaw Ridge” … More Prediticons for the 89th Academy Awards
Considering that I just looked back at the best films of 2016, it is now time to look back on the worst movies to be released in 2016. The numbers on this list are entirely arbitrary because it does not matter where they fall on this list if it is on this list it did … More The Worst Movies of 2016
The new year is upon us, which means that it is once again time to compile the obligatory film critic list of the best and worst movies released in 2016. Naturally, I will be starting with best films of the year. The numbers themselves on this list are arbitrary, except the movie in the number … More The Best Movies of 2016
Directed by Denzel Washington Written by August Wilson Starring: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson and Saniyya Sidney ★★☆ “Fences” a film adaption of August Wilson’s play of the same name directed by Denzel Washington. Washington also stars in the film with Viola Davis, reprising their roles from … More ‘Fences’ Review
Directed by Damien Chazelle Written by Damien Chazelle Starring: Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone ★★★ “La La Land” delivers something that has been missing from Hollywood for some time: the musical. I mean a musical made for the screen that had not been adapted from a Broadway show, a Disney cartoon, a music film like … More ‘La La Land’ Review
Directed by John Hamburg Written by John Hamburg, Ian Helfer and Jonah Hill Starring: James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Zoey Deutch, Megan Mullally, Griffin Gluck and Keegan-Michael Key ☆☆☆ As a film critic, I try and see everything I can. As an amateur film critic, I try and avoid things that have the smell of a … More ‘Why Him?’ Review
Directed by Pablo Larraín Written by Noah Oppenheim Starring: Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, John Hurt and Caspar Phillipson ★★★ It is an iconic event in American history, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, dramatized and chronicled to the Nth degree, so why do it again? The answer, in short, is … More ‘Jackie’ Review
