Movie Reviews and Other Writings

I love making lists and I have a lot of time on my hands, as most of us do, so I thought I'd make another list. I thought about making a 100 favorite movies ...

Drive is about a stoic, reserved nameless man, in the credits he's listed as Driver, who works for a mechanic and stunt coordinator for movies. The mechanic,...

Fight Club is a film adaptation of the novel of the same name. It revolves around a nameless protagonist, called The Narrator in the script, who gets involve...

Emma. is an adaptation of the Jane Austen novel of the same name. It is about Emma Woodhouse, who has no need of men or money, so she plays matchmaker for th...

Onward is an animated film about a magical world filled with elves, centaurs, and other mythical creatures, but much like our own, this world has many modern...

The Invisible Man is a loose adaptation of the H.G. Wells story of the same name. In this modern adaptation, the protagonist is Cecilia who is haunted by her...

My Year with Adam is a series of essays that I will post throughout this year. The essays will be deep dives into a film starring Adam Sandler. They will not...

Portrait of a Lady on Fire is about Marianne, a painter, who is hired to paint a portrait of Heloise so it can be sent to an aristocrat in Milan to see if he...

The Assistant follows one day in the life of Jane, an assistant to a powerful movie producer. As Jane does her daily tasks she begins to feel as if something...

The Photograph is a drama about Michael, a reporter, who is writing a story about the environmental impacts of an oil spill, but changes his perspective when...

I've been doing a series of posts for a few years now where I reimagine the Academy Awards to my liking. I called it Academy of One. It emerged from the back...

Birds of Prey is about four different badass women on both sides of the law coming together to save an innocent, if sticky fingered, teenager and put down th...

The Rhythm Section is about Stephanie Patrick, whose entire family was killed in a plane crash. Three years after the crash, as her life has completely disso...

The Gentlemen is about marijuana kingpin Mickey Pearson and his desire to get out of the life while he's on top of the game. There are a mixed bag of colorfu...

1917 is a film about two British soldiers who are tasked with bringing official orders from the high command to the front line. The orders will stop a potent...