Reviews, Discussions, and Interviews – All from Nashville
Brad Pitt Leads a Wondrous Racing Spectacle in ‘F1® THE MOVIE’ (Review)
A grizzled racer-for-hire returns to Formula One decades after a life-changing accident in this new blockbuster from Joseph Kosinski. When a racing movie makes a pit stop on multiplex screens, the results always catch the eye of critics or general audiences...
‘How to Train Your Dragon’ is a Handsome, Authentic Live-Action Remake (Review)
Universal’s first crack at remaking memorable DreamWorks properties flies as high as one carbon copy could. It’s honestly quite surprising that it has taken this long for Universal Pictures and/or DreamWorks Animation to put out a live action remake from the...
Ana de Armas takes Keanu’s Baton in Stylish, Solid ‘Ballerina’ (Review)
Eve Macarro joins The Continental life of crime with vengeance on the mind in this first spinoff within the John Wick universe. The John Wick film franchise has been one of the more consistent action series in all of Hollywood cinema as of this writing,...
‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ is Thrilling, Talky, and Disappointing (Review)
The eighth and final (?) entry in the franchise makes for the lowest quality film since the franchise’s second entry. The fact that a well-known action film franchise hasn’t spurned one spinoff while producing eight films over nearly threedecades with its main...
‘Friendship’ is Uncomfortably Hilarious (Review)
Tim Robinson & Paul Rudd deliver plenty of laugh-out-loud moments in this relatable film right up A24’s alley. It was only a matter of time before actor/comedian Tim Robinson was going to get his big break on film after the huge success of his Netflix...
‘The Ugly Stepsister’ is a Twisted & Terrifying Take on Cinderella (Review)
The Cinderella story returns to its macabre, gruesome roots in this demented subversion from Norwegian filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt. It’s no secret that the Disney variations of classic fairy tales are full of timeless magic and wondrous spectacle, but the...
‘Clown in a Cornfield’ Gets Lost in the Maze (Review)
The genre mashup slasher from RJLE Films and Shudder presents a great concept, but not much else. As slasher films continue to see a resurgence in the film space, clowns, specifically, have generated a lot of buzz for the past decade for horror overall....
Kevin’s Letterboxd Diary: Entry 1
Hey fans! Because life is occasionally hectic and there are too many movies to see nowadays, it can be difficult to present fully expanded thoughts on a given movie in time for its release date in theaters or on streaming. Hence brings the grand entry of Kevin’s...
Leads in ‘Another Simple Favor’ Save Fun, Passable Sequel (Review)
Stephanie Smothers has another mystery to solve soon after reuniting in Capri with Emily Nelson in Paul Feig's sequel to his 2018 surprise hit. In 2018, director Paul Feig and screenwriter Jessica Sharzer took Darcey Bell’s airport novel A Simple Favor and made...