From guest reviewer allthingsreviewed_. Unabashedly hilarious, challenging, and heartbreaking, Taika Waititi tackles much in this WWII coming of age film and for the most part, it worked.
Guest reviewer Lynette Carrington gives us a look at Todd Phillips, Scott Silver, and Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker. I was on the fence about seeing this movie; Joker has its fans and its haters. Personally, I thought it was a masterpiece in its brutally frank, yet complex construction that makes this movie as much a character
This week’s guest review is from autisticcritic. In the same vein as Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman is a music biopic based on the life of the flamboyant Elton John. Directed by Dexter Fletcher, who was originally supposed to direct Bohemian Rhapsody as well, Rocketman is a fun and exciting take on the biopic genre. This movie
It’s only a few hours till the Oscars, so guest reviewer reelrealities returns with a look at 2018’s surprise hit “A Quiet Place.” Horror can be a tricky genre to master. We get scores of horror movies each year but remember only a handful by the end. So it’s refreshing when filmmakers give new twists
The Oscars are almost here, so guest reviewer L. Seymour gives us an Australian’s opinion of Vice. Vice is a biographical drama/comedy written and directed by Adam McKay (The Big Short, Anchorman, Step Brothers, and Talladega Nights). Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, and Jesse Plemons, the film follows Dick Cheney on his
For the past few years I’ve watched all the Oscar-nominated Documentary Shorts, officially because they’re timely and important films to watch. Unofficially it’s because they’re short, and I can knock out a whole category in an evening. This year, though, it might’ve been better to space them out: they’re well-made, intelligent, and often beautiful, but
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! In what’s quickly becoming an annual tradition, the Binary System Podcast (with special guest Nathan Adams) watched the Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts at our favorite cinemas, and we’re here to give you the details. Which short do we think will win?
In our continuing series on the Oscar-nominated movies, reviewer narrator26 has a look at Mary Poppins Returns. Mary Poppins is not necessarily a film that I hold dear. The music is wonderful and Julie Andrews is a treasure, but I’ve always found it to be overly scattered and episodic in nature. For this reason, I was a
Next up in our series on the Oscar-nominated films, here’s a review of “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” from WMK Movie Reviews. There’s almost nothing better than a director who can create something so sophisticated out of a premise so simple, and Marielle Heller does the job so well in Can You Ever Forgive Me?