Throughout the history of motion pictures, there has been a section of unsung heroes that make many of our films possible: the stunt teams. Stunt performers, to stunt coordinators/designers, to pyrotechnics, to fight choreographers, and so many more members of that side of filmmaking are so often overlooked (it doesn't help that they are not …
Continue reading The Fall Guy (2024)—A Love Letter to the Stunt Community
The day has finally arrived to celebrate 2023's fantastic slate of films. I took the majority of last year not writing reviews, but I was certainly enjoying them. Looking over the many films I saw in 2023 (74 to be exact), there is a lot to celebrate and praise. So just as I have done …
The Oscar nominations are finally out! Every year, I love to wake up early and celebrate the Oscar nominations as they are announced, and every year, there are always surprises and films being recognized that I haven't yet gotten the chance to watch. For example, Netflix's All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) and The …
Every year, Hollywood celebrates the best films at the Oscars ceremony, and I am eagerly awaiting the nominations announcement tomorrow. Alongside the celebration of the best films of the year, Hollywood also enjoys throwing jeers at the worst films of the year at the Razzie Awards. This year's pack of Razzie nominations just came out, …
Every year we are brought a new slew of holiday films that seek to catch our attention and be added to our yearly Christmas movie traditions. Normally, the season is filled with corny Hallmark or Lifetime movies and only a small handful of bigger Christmas films. Surprisingly, this year there were five different Christmas films …
Continue reading What To Watch This Christmas: Ranking the 5 Christmas Films I Saw This Year (2022)
Yesterday marked the beginning of Hanukkah this year and it was also the birthday of the greatest filmmaker to ever live, Steven Spielberg. From his early beloved films (such as Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)) to his modern masterpieces (such as Lincoln (2012), The Post (2017), …
James Gray's latest film, Armageddon Time (2022), is one that has completely flown under a lot of people's radars. Personally, I had no idea this movie was coming until I saw a trailer for it in front of Don't Worry Darling (2022) back in September. That said, as soon as I saw the trailer and …
Well, after my part 1 went up I went on a long spree of watching more Halloween/Horror films from this year, and it would appear that I saved the worst for last. There were definitely a few that I really enjoyed, but I must admit, half of this list leaves a lot to be desired. …
Continue reading Reviewing and Ranking 2022 Halloween Movies (Part 2)
My long hiatus from writing reviews came after last October, where I reviewed a horror film, show, or book everyday within the month. The massive amount of work I put into that, mixed with the increased toxicity towards film reviews (more on that after Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) releases next month), caused me to …
Continue reading Reviewing and Ranking 2022 Horror Films (Part I)
Recent years have brought about an emergence of revitalizing old horror properties as pseudo-sequels, from Halloween (2018) to Spiral (2021) to the new SyFy series Chucky (2021). Another recent trend in the horror genre, and a thematic element that has unfortunately been poorly overlooked prior, is the inclusion of themes surrounding the African American experience, …
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