Retro Review: ‘Grave of the Fireflies’
In an episode of MASH once, “Hawkeye” Pierce disputed a popular saying by pointing out that war is in fact NOT hell. Because in hell only those guilty suffer whereas in war everyone suffers… Continue reading
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Movie Review: ‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society’
Director: Mike Newell Cast: Lily James as Juliet Ashton; Michiel Huisman as Dawsey Adams; Glen Powell as Mark Reynolds; Jessica Brown Findlay as Elizabeth McKenna; Matthew Goode as Sidney Stark; Katherine Parkinson as… Continue reading
10 Upcoming 2018 Films Based on Books
2018 has shown us some great films based on books so far including Ready Player One, A Wrinkle in Time, and Annihilation. We’re not even halfway through the year yet though and there… Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘A Quiet Place’
Silence is a tool used by many filmmakers, usually to build anticipation. But when silence is the status quo in a movie, it immediately puts the audience in suspense and keeps them there.… Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘Love, Simon’
Director: Greg Berlanti Cast: Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Jorge Lendeborg Jr, Logan Miller, Keiynan Lonsdale Plot: Simon Spier has a perfectly normal life, but he has a… Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘Truth or Dare’
Director: Jeff Wadlow Cast: Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey, Violett Beane, Hayden Szeto, Landon Liboiron Plot: A group of friends play party game ‘truth or dare’ while on holiday…but the game is possessed by… Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘Isle of Dogs’
Director: Wes Anderson Cast: Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bob Balaban, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Kunichi Nomura, Akira Takayama, Greta Gerwig, Frances McDormand, Akira Ito, Scarlett Johansson, Harvey Keitel, F. Murray Abraham,… Continue reading
8 Sequels You Saw Before the Original
There’s a trend of diminishing returns with movie sequels. Unless you’re a massive franchise you shouldn’t expect your sequels to make as much bank as the original. On rare occasions…so rare I couldn’t… Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘Ready Player One’
Director: Steven Spielberg Cast: Tye Sheriden, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance Plot: In an overcrowded and miserable future most people spent their time in the OASIS,… Continue reading
‘Salesman’ – 50th Anniversary Retrospective
In the 1960’s getting your hands on filming equipment could be difficult, and when you got it you wanted to utilize your resources on something grand. But brothers, Albert and David Maysles decided… Continue reading
