I hadn’t watched this since I was sixteen, and this still holds up to me. It’s a love letter to a director who never had any success, and yes, it’s highly fictionalized, but Tim Burton is never mocking Ed Wood or Bela Lugosi. It’s a tribute to B-Movies, the “freaks,” the outsiders, camp, and retro horror. 

I do think this is my favorite Depp performance, but I really think this is the film in which the ing performances are as…

Yes, it’s very flawed, and isn’t nearly as good as the first Moana, but this isn’t ad bad, in my opinion, as people are making it out to be. Yes, it’s quite generic at times, and all of the interesting ideas aren’t developed, and it feels like it’s trying to be a bunch of different films at once. I also think the musical numbers are some of the blandest that Disney has produced, Lin Manuel Miranda’s compositions were dearly missed.…

This a languorous, atmospheric, and dark take on Americana. Bigelow ( along with her co-director Montgomery) deconstructs the myth of the 1950s by showing all its more unpleasant facets. While many films of the 1980s would depict a romanticized notion of the 1950s, this film revels in the ugliness, while also, in a strange manner, glamorizing the “outcast” motorcyclists but still allows its characters to sink deeper into the darkness. Willem Dafoe’s performance, along with the rockabilly and jazz inflected…

This is difficult. 

   First of all, this is a technical marvel of a film. It is expertly crafted. There is masterful direction ( the blocking is truly phenomenal), gorgeous and brilliant cinematography ( the series of wide shots that always focus on the empty surrounding Lee is simply spectacular), the intense atmosphere, and the performances are all amazing. My main issue with this, unfortunately, is its story and script. It feels rather hollow. 

     It all the ingredients…