Some time ago, I wrote a bunch about Nic Cage in a review of Pig. Pig is a near perfect movie that uses Cage’s considerable talents to craft an astonishing drama. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is not that, and it shouldn’t be judged by that standard. It amused me though. And I certainly…

This is excellent work that expertly raised the tension to 11 for the first half and then hammers home the humor and horror for the second half. It looks great on a budget that must have been small but doesn’t feel low-budget or schlocky at all. Bill Skarsgard and Georgina Campbell manage to deliver the…

I spent a lot of time in John Wick: Chapter 4 thinking about Zatoichi, The Blind Swordman. A version of the character, or perhaps of descendent of the character appears in John Wick and is played by Donny Yen. Before we get too deep into the wilderness here let’s just explain one of the coolest…

John Wick: Chapter 4 looks amazing, it’s full of interesting and compelling action and it comes to a satisfying conclusion. You should probably ignore the fact that I didn’t like it all that much. I went to an IMAX showing where they pumped up the volume to 11. And, for me, a lot of this…

I watch … a lot of things. Including several hours of television a week. I was always this way but dadhood changed the game. I need to keep an eye on kids who are watching kid stuff on my big beautiful television while trying not to watch the same episode of Abbie’s Flying Fairy School…

I have, just now, seen all the nominees for best picture. I got the last two Saturday night and Sunday morning but even so, I’m surely qualified to select the winners in each catergory. Best Picture I made up my mind early on that The Banshees of Insherin was the best film of the year…

Triangle of Sadness offers the best, and funniest, metaphor for the state of the world over these past few years.  Two men are on a boat and they are arguing about the socialism vs. capitalism. Meanwhile, the boat is sinking.  That one of these men is the captain of a luxury cruise ship and the other…

The first Creed is as good as the first two Rocky movies. It builds on all six of the previous films, invests heavily in new characters, and keeps Sylvester Stallone around to finally play the older trainer character. Sly deserved an Oscar and Michael B. Jordan proved he could take on all comers. I watched…

I want you to watch this movie before you read any further. And the reason I want you to watch it is twofold. 1) it needs to be discovered for itself. 2) There’s no way to really talk about it without ruining it. Ok stop here and do the thing. Please. For me. You see?…

We all have to walk through the past to get to the future. Please indulge an old man for a moment. We need to start with the iPod and Netflix. Netflix happened first in 1997 which happened to be the year I graduated high school. The original company, for those of you who don’t know,…