I hate being a downer, but Dead Reckoning and now Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning just aren't doing it for me. This franchise has proven how exciting it can be from III-Fallout, but I am not feeling the excitement anymore. Look, that biplane sequence in the climax was absolutely incredible. It was EASILY my favorite part about this whole movie. The submarine sequence was another exciting set-piece as well. But, these sequences are so far and between that I…

I really don't think Christopher McQuarrie gets enough credit for his direction in Jack Reacher. His filmmaking here is so dang good. His eye for camera work throughout very much impressed me. The editing here is also very good doing a top notch job of keeping the 2 hour and 10 minute runtime feeling breezy. Although, it isn't an action movie, the two action sequences (being the car chase scene and the climax) were so effective without any score playing.…

In honor of Eli Hayes who was a humongous part of the Letterboxd community and has sadly left this world way too soon, a couple of my friends and I watched this short film on Kast together to honor him since it was the last film he logged on his Letterboxd and it's something that he clearly found a lot of impact on. I will do the same thing that a couple of friends are doing which is leaving this…

In the Heights can feel a bit lengthy with its 2 hour 23 minute runtime but overall, it really is everything I could ask for since it is my most anticipated movie of the entire summer. Very strong performances, spectacular musical numbers, dazzling cinematography, and great storytelling makes it worthy of the hype. Hopefully, the rest of the summer movie season can be consistent with good to great movies but I am happy to say (since I saw an advance…