Stranded at the Drive-in
Grease was a regular watch for Mom and I growing up. A common go-to on rainy Saturdays when Dad was out of the house to spare his ears. Not everyone…
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August 31, 2020
Adapting Jane: Sense and Sensibility
Silence is golden...until it isn't. That is the general rule when I am crafting away. My craft of choice has been sewing, as you all could guess. Audiobooks and music…
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June 24, 2020
Tank Girl
Marvel and DC movies' multi-billion dollar success makes it nigh impossible to think of a time when comic book movies didn't rule the roost. However, it wasn't all that long…
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June 17, 2020
Grand Budapest Hotel Review
COVID-19 has done an excellent job at pillaging my events calendar. I barely even open it to see what's scheduled anymore. But the virus wasn't as diligent as The Grinch…
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June 10, 2020
Grosse Point Blank
The 80s gave us some of the best high school angst and hijinx movies. Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. I'll stop the list there otherwise, the…
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May 20, 2020
Onward!
The Disney/Pixar marketing vehicle was in full press when it came to Onward. The first teaser dropped in May of last year. It seemed like Onward ads were everywhere we…
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April 15, 2020
Framing Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is one of those multilayer films that allows kids and adults to enjoy the movie but for different reasons. As a kid, Roger's slapstick antics, Dum…
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March 25, 2020
The 92nd Oscars In Review
There wasn't a snowball's chance in hell I was penning an article about the Oscars directly following the Oscars. As CJ pointed out on Thursday, there are advantages to West…
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February 17, 2020
Oscars: Parasite
Well, the race to see the Best Picture films is coming to a close. It's looking like another year with at least one miss. But this is the narrowest miss…
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February 9, 2020
Oscars: Joker
I'd love to have something to put Joker up against, but my schedule hasn't allowed me to see another movie. Realistically, this movie deserves its own post. As a side…
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February 8, 2020
Oscars: Kitbull and Hair Love
Forty minutes and under including credits. That's all the time filmmakers in the short film categories have to get their point across. In a year where we needed about five…
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February 5, 2020
Oscars: Somewhere over 1917
I didn't want to put Judy up against Ford v Ferrari so what do I do? Put it up against 1917. Stick with me here. Both of these movies, while…
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February 4, 2020
Searching My Feelings on The Rise of Skywalker…
I've started this post at least five times in my digital notepad about Rise of Skywalker. I've hit the backspace key at least five or six times on this latest…
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February 3, 2020
Oscars: Ford v. Ferrari v. Little Women
I'm missing the obvious Oscars matchup of Little Women with 1917. That's what you're thinking, right? While both are historical dramas set during or around a war, I feel that…
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February 2, 2020
Oscars: Once Upon a Time With The Irishman
Maybe I should have done brackets. I see a pattern here. I'm not going to lie and say it wouldn't have been more convenient if the two three hour epics…
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February 1, 2020