The thing to keep in mind before going in to Trainwreck is that, at it’s core, it is still a romantic comedy. In fact, that might be the key to its success. The moments that have been codified as the modern romantic comedy (or chick flick, if you’re into gendering movies/ kind of suck), the meet-cute, the…
Documentaries! Who doesn’t love them? In general, I don’t. It takes a lot to get me to sit down and watch a documentary of my own volition… usually the involvement of Werner Herzog, but sometimes extenuating circumstances force your participation and you simply have no choice. With school currently out of the way and the…
I’m a huge fan of Pixar and the studio’s latest creation, Inside Out, certainly did not disappoint. For a movie about emotions and how and why we feel things, Inside Out certainly contains, well, lots of emotion. I feel slightly cliche in saying this, but a movie whose main characters embody things like happiness and sadness,…
The major complaint leveled at the current crop of Marvel movies (aside from a tendency towards shallow villains and the overstuffing of movies with set-ups for other movies), is about the large, city smashing, collateral damaging stakes of the exploits. While Daredevil and Age of Ultron addressed that first issue, Ant-Man feels like a movie made squarely to challenge that last…
In the past few years I have made no secret of the fact that I harbor a deep, undying, unabashed love and reverence for old monster movies, particularly those produced by Universal Studios in the 30s, 40s, and 50s, and anything starring Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, and/or Peter Cushing. As such, I shan’t repeat myself…
The moment when it becomes completely clear that the universe surrounding the tortuous week-long Wimbledon showdown between tennis players Aaron Williams (Andy Samberg) and Charles Poole (Kit Harington) is every bit as ridiculous as the tennis match itself is during a part in which Williams stands on trial in a Swedish court and the court…
Previous Installments Believe it or not, there are times when reviewing movies made ten years ago based on the works of the most-reviewed writer in history, for free, for a limited readership is not the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done with my life. Other times, it means I get to watch a movie starring…
