1917 (2019)

In a word…RIVETING. If nothing else, proven director Sam Mendes (Skyfall) and masterful DoP Roger Deakins deserve a massive round of applause for the technical achievement that 1917 is. The effort and care that went into crafting this deceptively simple story is clear to see onscreen and I personally found this instant classic of a […]

Waterworld – The Ulysses Cut (1995)

Back in the day, when I was a movie-geek teenaged nerd in the 90’s, I routinely kept up on the large Hollywood flicks as they moved through Production, usually through my trusty Entertainment Weekly magazine. One such production was Waterworld, a big budget Summer Tentpole action / sci-fi flick starring Hot-At-The-Time Kevin Costner (The Untouchables), […]

Midway (2019)

I had a pretty good idea what to expect going into Midway with two of my nephews (ages 13 and 16, and cool dudes too) this morning…and I was not let down. Given that the WW2 flick detailing the tense and desperate build up to the battle of Midway in the South Pacific was led […]

Doctor Sleep (2019)

Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation of Stephen King’s bestselling novel The Shining holds a special place in my horror-loving heart, as it is one of THOSE movies; those that burn a place in the psyche when they first play over your peepers. Having said that, I do first acknowledge that, despite some people insistence, The Shining […]

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

Where to begin… I love almost every film that James Cameron has directed, going back to the age of 9 when he scared the shit out of me with Aliens, thus altering my entire view of ‘fiction’ and the creation of it, in any medium. This most certainly includes the first two flicks in the […]

Beyond White Space (2018)

For whatever reason, this last Friday I came home with a hankering to watch Alien 3 (1992), so my fiancé and I got comfy and fired up the Assembly Cut of the notoriously troubled flick. As the highly flawed but still worthy entry played out, she picked out a young Holt McCallany (Fight Club) among […]

Joker (2019)

Let’s just get it out of the way now – The character of Batman’s nemesis ‘The Joker’ is iconic, made all the more so by some of the impressive talent that’s portrayed him over the years, going back to Jack Nicholson’s energetic turn back in ’89 (Cesar Romero has no part of this discussion), […]

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

Quentin Tarantino claims that he only intends to make 10 full-length feature films and then retire. This movie marks 9. Had he opted to make Hollywood his send-off, it would’ve been nearly perfect, as this is a legitimately great flick! Say what you will about the man, Tarantino knows his shit and he demonstrates that […]

The Magnificent Seven (2016)

I must confess that, as an admitted fan of well-crafted ‘Westerns’…I’ve never seen the original 1960 version of this flick. I’ve always known about it, it just never presented itself at a time when I could check it out. It was one of those ones that I was sure I would EVENTUALLY catch up with. […]

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

A lot of people shit on Gareth Edwards ambitious 2014 remake of Godzilla, but I liked it, and appreciate it for what it was trying to do. I completely understand why folks took issue with just how little screen time the titular big guy wound up getting, despite the fact that he almost NEVER got […]