• The Rundown

    The Rundown

    ★★★

    Lots of cool murder here. Very nice. Images go hard. Explosions held back till the best screengrab ever. I’ll still call Peter Berg the poor man’s Michael Bay because he can never do Bayhem™️ like Bay, and that’s a good thing. That era when CGI was overconfidently put into movies. The Rock feels a little less like a robot here. Maybe it’s the hair and chubby cheeks.

  • An Autumn Tale

    An Autumn Tale

    ★★★½

    Arguably more complex than printemps with the handling of more mature adults and intercutting more characters and relationships to tell this senior sized tale set in France’s Autumn.

  • A Tale of Springtime

    A Tale of Springtime

    ★★★★

    Rohmer delicately places storylines right in front of us. You don't even know you want it tell the logs are on fire and the heat turns up—taking a dive and spell in instinct and spreading young, weird in-between parts of our youth on display in typical Rohmer fashion. They are so devoid of spectacle it truly is lovely to strip naked like this every once in a while. Also, every Rohmer film is the same. I've never met a filmmaker…

  • Grease

    Grease

    ★★★½

    Another film that's so popular a person's already seen it by now before actually sitting down to watch the film. I was a little <off> edge that there was no conflict or seemingly real conflict but this thing is just an entertaining puff piece and I really enjoyed it. Travolta is so amazing. Olivia's voice makes me cry and the supporting cast members have so much energy it lives up to the status.

  • Sing Street

    Sing Street

    ★★★★★

    Another year.

  • The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

    The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

    ★★★½

    It was Her royal engagement all along.

  • Hypnotic

    Hypnotic

    ★★½

    They threw every sci-fi trap in here. Its story is solely based on reveal after reveal after reveal. It should've been called "It's Not Real: The Movie." But there's still a bit of hokey fun to be had. Affleck is tired.

  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie

    The Super Mario Bros. Movie

    ★★★½

    I don't care what you think I wanted to see it again, practically in the theater by my lonesome.

  • Air

    Air

    ★★★½

    Matt Damon got me emotional in a board meeting over a shoe. I was pumping my fist in the air for sure.

  • The Princess Diaries

    The Princess Diaries

    ★★★½

    Yeah

  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    ★★★★

    Movie has a whiplash problem but that’s about it.

  • The Simpsons Movie

    The Simpsons Movie

    ★★★½

    A person forgets this is a pretty tight movie.