Long Shot (2019)
One of the more tired of cliches among the post-Apatow raunchy romantic comedies is the trope of the shlubby geek always seeming to have beautiful girlfriends, most of them completely unrealistic in the manner...
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Black Panther (2018)
Directed and co-written by Ryan Coogler, who has already been on a roll with noteworthy films like Fruitvale Station and Creed, takes on the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Black Panther, one of the better entries to date. Working well as a...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Rian Johnson (Looper, The Brothers Bloom) takes over the reigns of the venerable franchise for one film in between the two helmed by J.J. Abrams and crafts a successful outing, continuing from the last moment...
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
J.J. Abrams (Star Trek, Into Darkness) strips away the lumbering effect of the Star Wars prequels and gets back to the golly-gee-whiz action-fantasy we’ve all come to know and love from the original Star Wars (aka A New Hope), and while...
The Prestige (2006)
I guess it goes without saying that the success or failure to any magic trick is in fooling the audience. If the audience is fooled, they will think the magician to be a true...
King Kong (2005)
It’s a tall order to have to remake a well-known classic, especially one that still is able to thrill audiences today. Despite its popularity, King Kong is an example of a classic film that actually could...
13 Going on 30 (2004)
One could easily dismiss 13 Going on 30 as the female version of Big, and while it does have the same basic premise of a kid trapped in their adult body prematurely, the two films are thematically...
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
In case you want perspective, I had read Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy and “The Hobbit” as a young teenager, and I consider them among my favorite stories of any medium –...