CODA
There's a reason why I call this series "The Slacker's Guide to the Oscars." As the minutes tick by, it's less and less likely this is the year I get…
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March 27, 2022
On to King Richard and Belfast
Having no expectations or knowing little about the movie you're going to see might not seem advantageous, but sometimes it can stop you from avoiding movies you will enjoy. Tennis…
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March 27, 2022
Dune vs. West Side Story: A Battle of Remakes
It's rare to see one reboot in the Best Picture race, let alone two. Or four. For a cherry on top, one of these is a sci-fi flick. For this…
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March 26, 2022
Licorice Pizza
They say don't judge a book by its cover, but I maybe should have in the case of Licorice Pizza. Does anyone else have directors or actors where the majority…
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March 25, 2022
Don’t Look Up Nightmare Alley
It might seem like an unlikely coupling of movies or a joke from Lewis Carrol with no punchline - Why is Nightmare Alley like Don't Look Up? But the Oscar…
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March 24, 2022
Power of the Ricardos
Just the other night during movie club, the question "what movie surprised you" was posed. At the time, we weren't talking specifically about Oscar-nominated movies. Still, two in the Oscar…
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March 23, 2022
We Need to Talk About Encanto
For whatever reason, I didn't really have feelings about Disney's Encanto before I sat down to watch it. Now, I'm regularly listening to Surface Pressure and dropping the line "We…
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March 22, 2022
Ghostbusters Afterlife Knows How to Call an Audience
Everything old is new again. Ghostbusters is no exception. I don't know about you, but the quality, or lack thereof, hasn't always been top-notch for some reboots and continuations. My…
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January 31, 2022
Black Widow
I don't need to tell any of you that we've waited a long time for Black Widow's origin story. And of all the things laid at COVID-19's feet, the wait…
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September 8, 2021
Mank
On the surface, David Fincher's Mank is an entertaining romp through the backstage of Hollywood's Golden Age, designed to titillate classic movie buffs. At its core, the film is a…
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April 5, 2021
Soul
Why I ignore that rule and think, "This time will be different" I have no idea. So, I think you can guess what I looked like by the end of…
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March 1, 2021
Why Haters Are Hating on Wonder Woman 1984
Ten minutes. That's how long Wonder Woman 1984 had been running before I knew the next morning my newsfeed was going to be littered with headlines like "WW84: Huge Disappointment",…
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January 4, 2021
Emma.
From the first time I saw the trailer, which seems like a year and a half ago now, I was both confused and interested in this new adaptation of Emma,…
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December 14, 2020
Jane Austen’s Men: Sense and Sensibility
With Colonel Brandon and Edward Ferras, Sense and Sensibility gives us two very different heroes to compare. Both men are on an equal social footing, being wealthy and respectable gentlemen.…
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October 19, 2020
Mulan
I haven't jumped at every Disney live-action remake released over the last few years. Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella, yes. I surprisingly caught Dumbo in the theater. The cast overrode my…
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September 21, 2020