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Hey everyone, just a small update on the status of this blog/review site. As you can tell, I’m going to be doing a lot less of the reviews. I’m not done entirely, it’s just become very time-consuming, not to mention mentally exhausting. In the future I may start ramping this up, but between a pandemic,Continue reading “To Be Continued…”

I can’t even count how many ways I relate to American Pie. From the band geek I was in high school to trying to get a girl (real smart, Chris…) to being in this group of friends where sex seemed to be the #1 discussion. Everything in this movie felt like it was me andContinue reading “A Slice of American Pie”

It’s incredible when you think of the cultural impact a movie can have. There are movies that live in our psyche for just a few weeks, maybe a few months, but the truly astonishing ones have influenced entire generations. Animal House is one of those movies. Any movie you watch about college probably takes atContinue reading “Toga! Toga!”

Let me get this out of the way: I always travel in whatever the cheapest seat is. I’m not complaining, just making a statement that I can’t even imagine flying in first class. Perhaps that’s why “Snowpiercer” was so poignant to me. Bong Joon Ho loves to add questions of morality into his movies, inContinue reading “Now Boarding: First-Class”

I remember watching the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise as I grew up (mind you, I was 8 when the first movie came out). And I don’t remember when I last watched the earlier films. Of course, I watched and reviewed “The Curse of the Black Pearl” earlier this year and it only made senseContinue reading “Crosswinds on the High Seas”

Perhaps the most asked question of movie theater goers, we are always looking for ways to discuss why we thought the movie we just watched was good or why we just couldn’t stand reading the subtitles. In our connected world, we still want to be able to sit down and experience the human connection thatContinue reading ““So, What Did You Think?””

When “Parasite” first came out, and then again when it when the Oscar for Best Picture, a lot of people were upset because they had to read. That’s right, because if you can’t understand Korean there were subtitles. And that pissed people off. Now as someone who has lived in America my whole life andContinue reading “Why is Parasite in Korean?”

If you’ve watched my review of Rogue One, you will know that in it I discussed how the movie begins to delve into the time between “Revenge of the Sith” and “A New Hope”. One of the most amazing parts of Star Wars is that because it is so huge, there is a litany ofContinue reading “When does Rogue One take place?”

I’d like, if I may, to use this space to discuss the beauty of the human body and its use in art, including films. Now I don’t mean it’s beautiful in that naked people are sexy. In fact, this has nothing to do with sex. Instead, it’s celebrating the human condition. While watching (and thenContinue reading “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”

There’s something about watching a movie that’s done so emotionally right. When I reviewed Bohemian Rhapsody I mentioned how there was little passion for the in-between scenes, the scenes where music takes a backseat and we instead get a look at the musician’s life. Where Bohemian Rhapsody failed, Rocketman excelled. There was so much rawContinue reading “It’s Lonely Out in Space”