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“Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” Review
Listen… I love magic and fantasy, lush landscapes, and morally gray, charming characters as much as the next person. MORE than the next person. But I found a sense of authenticity lacking in this one. It seemed too obvious that everyone was playing dress up. I feel like they leaned a bit too heavily into…
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“Miller’s Girl” Review
Frustrated about this one because there were actually some interesting and compelling moments that got bogged down by cheesy cliches and shrouded by outdated tropes about teenagers and sexuality. If you are going to go for conflicted emotions and complex relationships involving stark power imbalances, and address both the allure and danger of that –…
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“Amadeus” (Director’s Cut, 1984) Review
The fact that the title of the movie encapsulates its subject and principal theme all in one (Amadeus / ama deus, “love God”) is clever. The first half of this is a bonafide masterpiece. Tom Hulce owns his role and genuinely captivates the viewer in the eccentricity, genius, and petulance that is the character of…
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“The Lost Weekend: A Love Story” Review
A great film that highlights the voice of a kind, forthright, intelligent, and passionate woman named May Pang, centered around her relationship with John Lennon. It is evident she cares deeply about John, which adds to her narrative credibility. The film does not feel selfishly driven, but rather is an honest portrayal of a major…
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“The Graduate” Review
This could be renamed “if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions”. Great cinematography with a good first half (love that intro, all of the pool scenes, the beautiful framing and color scheme), but it absolutely falls apart in the second half with the introduction of Ben and Elaine’s relationship. Firstly, this is through…
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“Eyes Wide Shut” Review
The shiniest, most beautiful looking nothing-burger you’ve ever seen. Magnificent sets, meticulous lighting, gorgeous cinematography, and yet: the narrative is bafflingly boring. Tom Cruise’s magnetism and smoldering love affair with the camera holds this film up, but the intrigue, peculiarity, lust, and sinister atmosphere the movie tries to cultivate fizzles out into ambiguous mystery and…
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“The Fabelmans” Review
“The Fabelmans” is the best film I have seen this year, and it is because of the sheer amount of heart, emotional nuance, and respect for the audience that permeates throughout the movie. To say that it is simply a love letter to cinema is to assert that the story centers around only one facet,…
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