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...
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 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 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 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 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 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...
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 feature film debut of music video director Grant Singer, Reptile is a slow burn thriller about a detective investigating the death of a realtor. The detective, Tom Nichols, played by Benicio Del Toro,...
William Friedkin’s final film is a careful introspection of loyalty, respect, and power. After a mutiny at sea, the film chronicles the military court-martial and investigation of the mutineer, while determining if what he...
What an ominous title, and a well deserved one. At no point during the film did anyone attempt to save her. No One Will Save You is a 2023 horror/thriller about a young woman,...