Knives Out written and directed by Rian Johnson is the surprise hit of the year that I wasn’t expecting. Filled with intelligent writing and great characters, it has become one of my favorite films of 2019. Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, and Christopher Plummer make up the All-Star cast for this ‘Who Done It’ style plot that keeps you guessing up until the very end.  The story follows the Thrombey family after the unexpected […]

One of my favorite things to do at the movies is to find people in the audience on their phones…and tell them to turn it off.  It honestly gives me a sense of pride and satisfaction to attempt to preserve the etiquette of theater-going.  In recent years, a lack of audience etiquette has been a strong contributor to the degradation of the theater-going experience. More than once have I personally witnessed poor theatre etiquette, much to my infuriated dismay.  I […]

Ford V Ferrari is a car lover’s fantasy, but it’s also so much more than that. With an engaging story and an interesting cast of characters, this is an experience that all cinema lovers will enjoy. Going into the screening, I had the preconceived notion that this film would just be loud cars and gearhead porn. I was pleasantly surprised to witness that the focus was on character and story first, cars and action second.  This film tells the story […]

Doctor Sleep, the superhero sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s 1980’s horror classic The Shining, is a desecration of cinematic genius. While trying to juggle and maintain fan service for both the book and the first film, Doctor Sleep was difficult to endure. It never seemed to find its footing and was always trying too hard to bridge the two mediums. What we got was a soup that was just too hot and too cold all at the same time.  Out of […]

I’ve always been a sucker for a good Rom-Com, from a young age I was hooked. To be fair Romantic Comedies are easily put into production because its such an easy audience. People want to laugh and watch a relationship bloom, fall apart and then come back. What I want to do for you my readers is countdown a few of my favorites and why they make the genre better. I’m sure you are thinking but why now? Well if […]