Favorite. It’s such a loaded word. Can you really pick a favorite anything? Ask me my favorite song, album, book, food, whatever, and it’ll likely be different when you ask me again next week.
But with film, it’s been easy. From as far back as my memories go, it was always Ghostbusters, and then from 2003 to current day, it’s been Lost In Translation. Clearly, Bill Murray (or at least his on-screen personas) has always been braided into the fabric…
As a massive Turtlehead in the 90’s, there was no way I wasn’t going to at least partially enjoy this. After six theatrical TNMT films, we finally get some of the amazing peripheral characters created by Eastman and Laird - I had the toy version of every character in the film (minus the original character Superfly, who is awesomely voiced by Ice Cube). Ray Fillet, Wingnut, Leatherhead… they’re all here!
The artistry on display is gorgeous. It’s vibrant and whimsical…
I hadn’t seen Gone Girl since opening weekend in the theater. Two things stand out:
1) This is one of the best examples of perfectly executed manipulative storytelling in film history. Hell, I’ve seen it before and I still got suckered all the way in, switching sides left and right, just as intended. I’ve never read the book by Gillian Flynn, but she also adapted the screenplay for Fincher so all the kudos goes to her. Absolutely incredible script, and…
For real. I mean sure, there is nostalgia involved, but even taking that into account, this is legitimately a great movie. Yes, it’s inane, and the plot is ridiculous, but if you liked Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, and Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, what’s not to love here? It plays by the same preposterous rules, it has a terrific, memorable Danny Elfman score (no small feat considering he was blocked from reusing any of the score from the first movie), it’s vibrant and original and…
October 31, 1997. A night in the life of a teenager as he is torn between past, present, and future lives. Boys In The Trees is an imperfect Aussie coming-of-age drama, but it still has impactful moments and a strong performance from its lead, Babyteeth’s Toby Wallace.
It’s about 30 minutes too long, and so the pacing is a bit whack, and the dreamlike, anthological nature of the kids telling stories from their past doesn’t help. It’s a meandering film which would…
