Film Review – Guava Island (2019) [Video]
The streaming wars are in full swing as Disney and Apple prepare for the release of their own streaming services this fall. As such, each service is seemingly fighting for their lives, pulling in stars…
View ArticleFilm Review – Rocketman (2019)
We have now found the new trend for studios without access to comic book IP: high-toned biopics. Or, better yet, musical biopics. It’s especially important for Paramount to cash in on such a trend, as…
View ArticleThe World Wasn’t Ready for ‘Cats’ to Be Let Out of the Bag
This may be the last article I am allowed to write here after this statement, but I enjoyed Cats. For me, this film was crammed right in the middle of a musical weekend that consisted…
View ArticleDenver Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘Ema’
Pablo Larraín begins Ema with an indelible image: fire engulfs a traffic light in the middle of a street, slowly making its way down from the red light to the green light with the titular…
View Article‘Music’ Is Irresponsible, Embarrassing, Offensive, and Horrifically Out of Tune
I am autistic and I am tired. I was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome when I was 8 years old. Although I have always had a love of film, it was not until my late teens…
View Article‘In The Heights’ Takes the Modern Movie Musical to New, Well, Heights
Once scheduled for a mid-2020 release, In the Heights was one of last year’s summer blockbusters to fall victim to a delayed launch due to the pandemic and the shuttered theater industry. And after a…
View Article‘Cyrano’: Joe Wright’s His Wrongs
Coming off of the back of the critical failure The Woman in the Window, Joe Wright is making a return to form (of sorts) with his latest picture, the romantic, musical, period piece Cyrano. Based…
View Article‘Elvis’: Beyond the Bright Lights
Most musical biopics are forgettable, generic fare. They rarely resemble nothing more than a fond tribute to the artists, but as historical films or character studies, they are extremely lacking. They...
View Article‘Bob Marley: One Love’ Is, You Guessed It, Yet Another Frustratingly...
Is there a genre of film that is more frustrating than the music biopic? These larger-than-life icons who lived incredible, inspirational, and even tragic lives when adapted for the big screen are so...
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