Reviews, Discussions, and Interviews – All from Nashville
Bittersweet ‘Clerks III’ is Kevin’s Smith’s magnum opus (Review)
After years and years of building his filmography into a beloved brand, filmmaker Kevin Smith has, in a way, made his best film a direct anthesis to everything he's made before this. After years and years of development, Clerks III is here, and it's all...
Continuing to Play the Classics in Theaters Keeps Movies Alive: A Tale of Grandmas, ‘Jaws’ and Ben Gardner’s Head
One of my favorite stories my grandmother has ever told me involved Ben Gardner's head. It was the summer of 1975, and Steven Spielberg's Jaws had just opened up at the now-defunct Belle Meade Theater in Nashville, Tennessee. My grandfather had gotten tickets...
Amazon’s Big Gamble Pays Off with ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ (Review)
The prequel series premieres tonight on Prime Video at 8:00PM CST Before a single piece of footage was ever released, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power had all the makings for an eventual documentary or “based on a true story” film about how much of a disaster...
Idris Elba battles lion in film prideful of B-movie thrills with Beast (Review)
In a world where studio blockbusters bend over backwards to try and craft cinematic universes, crack way too many jokes and push the boundaries of visual effects, it’s really nice to just have a summer movie where Idris Elba squares off against an evil lion. Beast,...
The Letterboxd Files with Cory: Vol. 8
Let's keep on truckin' with more Letterboxd reviews from yours truly. The Letterboxd Files with Cory is back with more movies you can watch, based on reviews I have written for a separate website/app. Hey, I don't make the rules. I just press the buttons. Hope you're...
Defy Film Festival 2022: ‘Attendant’ is a Minimalist but Powerful Meditation About Finding Self-Love (Review)
Audiences are in for a flight attendant's psychological headtrip that's unlike any other in this debut feature from New York-based filmmakers Rome Petersson and Alice Millar. The Defy Film Festival is a yearly boutique film festival in Nashville, Tennessee that...
Netflix’s ‘Day Shift’ Lacks Bite (Review)
Jamie Foxx and Dave Franco aren’t enough to elevate this straightforward vampire flick. As streamers continue to reel from the recent plummet of their stocks driven by lagging growth in subscriber numbers, they are reevaluating what they create and release on their...
‘Inu-Oh’ is a Gorgeously Animated Journey about Music’s Spiritual Power (Review)
Masaaki Yuasa takes viewers on a spiritual and musical odyssey in the days of feudal Japan with his latest surreal anime. From the psychedelic headtrip that is Mind Game and the surreal night out had by Otome in The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl to the anime series...
‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ is an Exceptional Blend of Horror, Suspense, and Comedy (Review)
A fun 'whodunit' with twists and turns around every corner that feels familiar yet new at the same time. Horror and suspense movies are relatively easy to enjoy at a movie theater regardless if the script is good or not. Jump scares, trying to guess the killer,...