On the positive side, John Wick (Keanu Reeves) shoots a horse at someone. Twice. On the negative side, nobody pays to watch John Wick slowly walk through the desert. What, is he gonna slap-fight a cactus? Despite a glowing aggregate critical response, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum has some real issues. First off, that […]
For boring marketing reasons, the current era of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) won’t officially “endgame” until this summer’s Spider-Man: Far From Home. So what does the next era look like? Not just Phase 4 of the MCU leading up to Avengers 5 (and yes, there will be an Avengers 5), but the next 10-to-12 […]
Hey children, do you like adorable creatures capable of incredibly finite speech? Would you like to carry them with you and love them for always? Also, real quick, how do you feel about them being locked in a tiny cage and forced to maul one another? Pokémon’s core conceit has always been somewhere between puzzling […]
Dr. Ruth was a sniper in an underground military operation. That’s a real thing. The 4’7” sex therapist whose whole shtick is that she’s an adorable grandma who doesn’t bat an eye when she graphically discusses doing-the-dirty had parts of her feet blown off in armed combat. Of course, this was years after she grew […]
High Life is basically a broody teen freshman sitting in his very first college course, finally free to ask what he feels are profound questions about sex. Writer/director Claire Denis’s talent and cinematic acumen are beyond reproach, but even Aristotle has lesser works, right? Her first English-only film is, sadly, a sleepy slog seemingly content […]
Not to overhype things, but the father of the man who will one day save the human race from extinction by robots is going to be in Omaha. That’s right, Michael Biehn will be at a screening of Aliens at the Joslyn Art Museum on May 24. Omaha film historian Bruce Crawford somehow persuaded the […]
The latest kerfuffle of no consequence to embroil “Film Twitter” has to do with a certain subset of arty horror films. Chances are high that sentence either sounded like nonsense or made your eyes do The Exorcist shuffle. The term “elevated horror” has been used by almost no one and yet has raised the hackles […]
Poor Ryan… I know that it’s, like, his job and all, but being part of the first crop of critics to review Avengers: Endgame could not have been fun. Forget nerds, even casual moviegoers are never this hypersensitive about spoilers. Ryan had to stretch “You refuse to let me tell you why I like it” […]
Like a school of salmon competing in the Tour de France, initial critical responses to Avengers: Endgame are quasi-impossible and rather useless. Pinky-sworn to avoid spoilers, our substantive discussion is limited to vague implications and general overviews. Is it good? It is! Does it have issues? A few, yeah. Is it ultimately a satisfying capstone […]
Writer/director Blitz Bazawule’s first feature-length film feels exactly like someone telling you about a dream they had. Only you’re actually interested in it, and the nonsensical parts are beautiful and not just annoying. The Burial of Kojo is filmmaking as visual poetry, set to a wickedly magical score also composed by Bazawule. Before the Netflix-ing […]
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