An old tried-and-true rule that carries over from the days of VHS rental stores is that if you come across a movie that you have never heard of, but the … Read More
Movie review: Joaquin Phoenix in “You Were Never Really Here”
Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here is a film about violence — and it’s quite brutal in its way — but very little of that violence is shown. Instead, Ramsay … Read More
Revisit your favorite IPs in “Ready Player One”? How ‘Bout No?
The Ernest Cline book Ready Player One is a story by a pop culture fanboy for pop culture fanboys. It’s full of signifiers and not-very-deep references that make young Gen … Read More
Movie Review: Soderbergh psychodrama makes Claire Foy go “Unsane”
Director Steven Soderbergh’s post-“retirement” career is kicking into high gear, with the release of his third project in roughly seven months. Like the feature film Logan Lucky and the interactive serial … Read More
Be Prepared showing at The Vaults Theatre ****
Most of the subjects we consider taboo are so because they are niche; abnormal and therefore unrelatable. Yet to my mind, the biggest cultural taboo is the one inevitable human … Read More
Movie Review: The Cloverfield Paradox
In an unprecedented move (after numerous reports of the film being delayed until October 2018), a teaser during the Super Bowl indicated that The Cloverfield Paradox, the third entry to … Read More
Movie Review: Golden Globe winner “In the Fade” examines grief and revenge
In the Fade, the latest winner of the Golden Globe award for Best Foreign Language Film, is the kind of flick that benefits from not knowing much about it, going in. It’s … Read More
Movie Review: The Last Jedi (With No Spoilers!)
The Last Jedi, the eighth installment in the world-renowned Star Wars franchise, opens world wide on 15 December, 2017. I was able to see an early show, and can deliver … Read More
Movie Review: “I, Tonya” a Harrowing and Giddy Crowd Pleaser
It’s been a few days since I watched I, Tonya, and I’ve been talking it up, to whomever will listen, ever since. Some of these listeners ask me, “Well, is it … Read More
Movie Review: Woody Allen’s “Wonder Wheel” offers no revelations
Woody Allen’s new film Wonder Wheel is being released this weekend in select cities. What is the point of reviewing a Woody Allen film in 2017? By now, the majority … Read More
Review: Jamaica Inn, The Tabard Theatre ***
On Bodmin’s windswept moors a ramshackle lodge stands alone against the slate grey sky. This is the Jamaica Inn; a tavern as empty as the surrounding landscape for “Nobody stops … Read More
“How ‘Bout No?” – New Youtube content from PCB
They sure don’t make ’em like they used to. Or at least that’s the premise of my new, homemade Youtube show for PCB, How ‘Bout No? Why waste your time … Read More
Movie Review: Frances McDormand posts “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
The new film from writer-director Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, covers similar thematic ground to his first two feature films, In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths. A horrific crime leads to a spiral of … Read More
Movie Review: Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok presents a beautiful homage to 1970s Sci Fi epics mashed together with 1980’s video games. There is always something happening, and that something is always brightly colored and … Read More