Tagged: modern

Dune: Part Two

Not since Top Gun: Maverick have I been as excited to see a movie in theaters as this one – and much like the aforementioned Tom Cruise film, this exceeded my expectations. I rewatched...

The Holdovers

Due to the upcoming Oscars, I wanted to watch all ten nominees for Best Picture before the ceremony. I had already tackled Barbie, Maestro, Oppenheimer, and Killers of the Flower Moon, so with The...

Lift

Lift is Netflix’s newest nothing-burger of a film. I love heist films. Some of my favorite films come from this genre. But there was just absolutely nothing in this Fast and Furious-ripoff to love....

Self Reliance

Self Reliance is the directorial debut of New Girl alum Jake Johnson. It takes the thriller genre and throws it in a blender with a comedy. I’m struggling to think of anything I’ve seen...

Society of the Snow

Society of the Snow is a recent depiction of the 1972 plane crash involving an Uruguayan rugby team and their subsequent fight for survival in the snow-ridden Andes mountains of South America. Their story...

Maestro

Maestro

Maestro is the true story of Leonard Bernstein and his relationship with love and music. I found it to be more about love than music, personally. I’ve seen a lot of hate for this...

Leave the World Behind

Leave the World Behind is a psychological thriller film starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawk, and Mahershala Ali. It was directed by Sam Esmail (the mind behind one of my favorite shows, Mr. Robot) and...

Leo

Adam Sandler voices a lizard. What more do you want? Leo is a fun kid’s movie about growing up. The Sandman voices a lizard that lives as a class pet in a grade school....

The Killer

David Fincher is back for his twelfth feature film, aptly named The Killer. It opens with a hitman (Michael Fassbender) botching a job he was confident in. After fleeing the scene, he learns his...