What a difference 17 years makes. I went in on this rewatch of Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later convinced I was going to be disappointing a bunch of people with my take but I get it now. Thanks to a bevy of tension that acts as the centerpiece of the film, this one is a must-watch, even with visuals I’m not a fan of.
The tension in this film is palpable. It’s funny, I’m not a fan of the camcorder-like visuals…
Two words: abstract art.
… and my favorite film of the year thus far.
May 2025 First-Time Watches Ranked (1 out of 8 to date)
Solid cast, weak script. I wasn’t a fan of Paul Feig’s A Simple Favor, so I wasn’t really looking forward to the follow up sequel, Another Simple Favor, and I was right not to be. The story requires an extreme stretch of the imagination off of Emily (Blake Lively) wanting Stephanie (Anna Kendrick) to be her maid of honor alone. Also, nobody seems to care that this woman is a convicted murderer, only a few bother to mention it. This…
A poor man’s Bullet Train. James Madigan’s Fight or Flight might ring familiar for those of us that were in the thick of it with Brad Pitt in 2022. Substituting a plane for a train, and Josh Hartnett for Pitt, this flick while not an entire failure due to some solid action and Hartnett’s performance, still leaves much to be desired when comparisons are undoubtedly made.
What made Bullet Train work and part of what makes this not, are the assassins. Bullet…
“If these Mississippi crackers could see you now.”
Clearly I watched a different film than everyone else because I had a blast with David O. Russell’s Amsterdam. With a quirky, well-paced script that would make Wes Anderson proud and truly entertaining performances from a stacked cast, Amsterdam is a pleasant surprise.
O. Russell’s script is filled to the brim with oddities. Valerie (Margot Robbie) collects shrapnel from soldiers she treats to make art, characters sporadically sing songs (such as the…
I went into Andrew McCarthy’s Brats thinking it was gonna be about the excess of 1980s Hollywood, what it was like living in the limelight, the booze, drugs and sex that went along with it and the inner pack drama but instead its McCarthy’s 92-minute therapy session. While I was too young to really understand its impact, this film is about the introduction of the term ‘brat pack’ and what an incredibly traumatizing experience it was, at least for McCarthy. Other…
