March 15th, 2023 by Brandon Peters
A creator’s big swing. A huge 3 hour Hollywood history epic. High Oscar hopes. Largely divisive reaction. Box office bombing. Minimal Oscar love. That’s the wild ride that was Damien Chazelle’s Babylon just a few months back during the holiday season. I, for one, loved the film but many were taken aback and almost turned […]
February 5th, 2019 by Brian White
Now this is a “Brian” film! I started off last year believing Overlord was a fourth installment in the J.J. Abrams Cloverfield universe. By mid year we were all aware that was not true. Boo! Overlord is so much better than that direct to Netflix Paradox feature. If you don’t take my word for it, […]
March 9th, 2017 by Aaron Neuwirth
To see Denzel Washington star, produce and direct an adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize winning play Fences is to literally watch the superstar paint himself into a corner. I mean that in a good way, as this is a story that was originally set entirely in the backyard of a house in Pittsburgh. This […]
December 15th, 2016 by Aaron Neuwirth
To see Denzel Washington star, produce and direct an adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize winning play Fences is to literally watch the superstar paint himself into a corner. I mean that in a good way, as this is a story that was originally set entirely in the backyard of a house in Pittsburgh. This […]