Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight is the most original, lyrical, and powerful dramatic feature of 2016.
Cinema 2010-2019: Best Films of the Past Decade–Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight–Original, Lyrical, Powerful Coming-of-Age, Coming-Out Drama
May 5, 2020 by
Cinema 2010-2019: Best Films of the Decade–George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road, Excessive, Surreal, Feminist, Exhilarating Actioner, Starring Tom Ford and Charlize Theron
May 1, 2020 by
At times, the escalating violence–Miller’s finely-tuned carnage–is too brutal to tolerate, but then you realize that this post-apocalyptic movie displays a surreal and seductive beauty, the kind of which is seldom seen in Hollywood movies.
Freaks (1932): Scariest, Most Shocking Horror Film Ever Made!
April 29, 2020 by
A landmark movie that could only have been produced in the Pre-Code era (and by MGM!), Tod Browning’s Freaks is one of the most horrific and terrific features ever made in Hollywood’s history!
Bad Education: Deviously Entertaining Biopic about White Collar Crime, Starring Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney–HBO April
April 26, 2020 by
The biopic depicts a case of what sociologists have labeled as “White Collar Criminality.” In this case, how the affluent neighborhood of Roslyn was hit with a major scandal, in which Frank Tassone and another administrator, Pamela Gluckin, were charged and sentenced to prison for an embezzlement scheme of $11 million.
Extraction: Hargrave’s Formulaic Actioner, Starring Chris (Thor) Hemsworth with Rifle rather than Hammer–Netflix
April 24, 2020 by
Joe Russo, better known as part of the Russo team of in the Marvel pictures, has crafted a barely workable tale, full of clichés, and lacking nuanced characters or genuine plot.
