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?
Next up in reviews of Oscar-nominated films, guest writer Jordan Lynn Maitlen has a look at Netflix and the Coen Brother’s The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. “Pan-shot!” ~The Banker The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a series of 6 western stories wrapped into a full length movie directed by the Coen Brothers, who did The
Next up in reviews of Oscar-nominated films, guest writer Dennis Larsen has a look at Free Solo. Alex Honnold is a prolific free climber. He has taken on some of the worlds most difficult climbs and free climbs but there is still one on his list that he has yet to check off: Yosemite’s El
DC Animated gave us quite a surprise in terms of quality when it comes to the Death Of Superman movie. I had zero interest in watching the flick – well until I found out that Peter Tomasi wrote it. If you haven’t seen the film please do so immediately, there is so much heart and