‘Dumplin” review — Beauty pageants, self-love, and drag queens
Dumplin’ is the cinematic equivalent of comfort food. It’s warm, filling, satisfying, and exactly what you’d expect, but that’s why it works. Dumplin’ fills a feel-good movie shaped void in 2018. And while it doesn’t completely subvert the formula it applies it incredibly well to this touching coming-of-age story of self-love directed by Anne Fletcher—best…
2019 Golden Globes Predictions — Film
The Golden Globes, the first televised awards of the season, are this Sunday. Here are our predictions for every film category. The first major awards show of the season, the Golden Globes, is this Sunday! Vice leads all films—drama and musical or comedy—with 6 nominations including Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy. Not far…
‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ trailer — Jake Gyllenhaal is an art critic going mad
Jake Gyllenhaal plays an art critic that is haunted by an artist's work (literally) in the trailer for Dan Gilroy's Velvet Buzzsaw. https://youtu.be/GzxMLxO0ggk Velvet Buzzsaw reunites Jake Gyllenhaal with his Nightcrawler director Dan Gilroy and co-star Rene Russo. Here's the plot description: Velvet Buzzsaw is a thriller set in the contemporary art world scene of Los Angeles, where…
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Visual Effects Behind-the-Scenes [VIDEO]
Avengers: Infinity War had some of the most impressive visual effects of the year. Here's a behind-the-scenes video of how it came to life. https://youtu.be/xOpuDhWzV1I Avengers: Infinity War, with a budget of around $316–400 million, is one of the most expensive movies ever produced. It's obvious that a large portion of that budget went to CGI considering…
2019 Oscar Predictions: Best Actor
Best Actor is a three-way race between Bradley Cooper, Rami Malek, and Christian Bale at the 2019 Oscars. Best Actor still doesn’t have a clear single frontrunner. Critics season was ruled by Ethan Hawke for First Reformed, but he missed nominations at the Golden Globes and the SAG Awards, which doesn’t bode well for his…
‘Mary Queen of Scots’ review — Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie are dueling queens
Mary Queen of Scots is a solid well-made historical drama with powerhouse performances by Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie Mary Queen of Scots is an exemplary example of how a historical drama can feel modern and have modern themes without sacrificing the story its based on. Saoirse Ronan—following up her career-high performance in Lady Bird—is a powerhouse as the titular famed…
‘Coherence’ Movie Review — Get ready to get your mind blown
Coherence is a twisting, thrilling, low budget sci-fi that shows that sometimes less is more when it comes to the genre. As CGI and technology get more advanced, the stories and twists and turns of sci-fi movies get more epic in scope and complicated in plot. However, once in a while a movie comes along that…
‘The Last Resort’ review — The 1970s Jewish senior citizen mecca of Miami Beach
The Last Resort explores 1970s Miami Beach, when it was a mecca for Jewish retirees, through the photographs of Andy Sweet. Before becoming the Miami Beach we all know, where Spring Breakers lost their inhibitions and where gay men found paradise in the 90s, the town was a mecca for senior citizens, predominantly Jewish, who…
How Cher won an Oscar for ‘Moonstruck’ in 1988 [VIDEO]
Cher pulled off an Oscar win for Best Actress over Glenn Close in 1988 for Moonstruck. This video explains how it happened. https://youtu.be/U1sSiXC_S2c Thirty years before Lady Gaga became an Oscar frontrunner for A Star is Born, Cher took home the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in 1987 romantic comedy Moonstruck. But how did a…
‘Better Watch Out’ review — Nothing is what it seems in this Holiday horror
Better Watch Out is the kind of smart and witty horror movie that fans will love to watch and dissect You'd better watch out. You'd better not cry. You'd better not shout, I'm telling you why... Because there are armed invaders attacking the home you're babysitting in. That's the horrifying premise of Better Watch Out, an Australian horror…