by Ira | Mar 3, 2018 | Film, Reviews
I had the pleasure of watching this with my dear friend Kerry Kleiman in advance of the Oscars, and we both appreciated it to varying degrees – her, I daresay, more than I. Strong cast, talented writing and direction…but the culmination lacking in the end,...
by Ira | Feb 28, 2018 | Film, Reviews
It was my impression that the first Kingsman movie wasn’t exactly *universally* loved–I thought it was better than I’d anticipated, myself–but it was obviously successful enough that they greenlit a sequel. I have mixed thoughts on the...
by Ira | Feb 23, 2018 | Film, Reviews
Natural disaster movie with cities all over the world being destroyed? Gerard Butler? Space action? I’m in! At the very least, Geostorm knew *exactly* what kind of movie it wanted to be. THE BLURB: After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened...
by Ira | Feb 20, 2018 | Film, Reviews
So, what name was on eeevverrryyybooodddyyy’s lips this fall after Thor: Ragnarok came out? Taika Waititi. The New Zealander who wrote and directed it… Well, the first thing I did after watching that movie was look him up, and the FIRST thing that came up...
by Ira | Feb 17, 2018 | Film, Reviews
Man…if you’d have asked me ten years ago which comic book titan that I liked more, or which one I thought more-deserved world domination, I’d have answered “DC” in about half a second. And I’d have been so, sooo wrong. Marvel...
by Ira | Feb 16, 2018 | Film, Reviews
It’s been 8 years since Christopher Nolan made a solidly good film…at least in my humble estimation, being a judgey-mc-judgerson here on the sidelines 😛 Dunkirk, at the very least puts Nolan back into that category. It’s not spectacular by...
