I have not read the novel and I knew nothing about this film going into the theater… and I left the theater realizing that would have been extremely helpful. Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is an exciting, haunting, cool, awe-inspiring, but ultimately unsatisfying adventure. The film is made up of very intense, engrossing scenes that when strung... Continue Reading →
Choreographed Chaos – Parasite (2019)
What on earth. What did I just watch. A film that begins as a intriguing look at class struggle, a comparison between the wealthy Park family, and their poor counterparts the Kims, gets absolutely turned up to level 10, and then turned up again. And it gets turned up in a way that is as... Continue Reading →
Initial Reactions – The Lion King (2019)
These are my initial notes from instagram story: Strike two for Donald Glover (strike one was the Solo disaster)John Faverau strikes againDisney strikes again with it's unoriginal, money-grabbing, emotion-free remakesThe only people who are going to like this are the nostalgia suckers. Who, I will admit, will make the movie a lot of money.Every emotional... Continue Reading →
20,000 Leagues Under the Disney Standard – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
WARNING: I actually kind of liked this movie, so it's not as funny as some of the other ones.
Fahrenheit Four fifty-thismoviewasgarbage-one – Fahrenheit 451 (2018)
The fact that this movie bears the same name as the great original novel by Ray Bradbury is a disgrace to the toilets Ray took a dump in during his life.
The Most Oscar Baity Oscar Bait – Roma (2018)
What is this movie you’ve been hearing about? “An Oscar favorite? I’ve never heard of this movie!” That’s what I thought when I first heard about this Netflix Original. So, I watched it. And now I will break it down for you. This movie has about 30 really intense minutes. The rest is pretty boring... Continue Reading →
I watched “Tidying Up” so you don’t have to – Tidying Up with Marie Kondo (2019)
Let me be frank. This show is absolute garbage. I don’t mean bad, and I don’t mean sub-par. I mean flying, flaming garbage. This show is such a terrible combination of Netflix doc and reality TV. It’s painful. The style is painful. The content is much worse. So, let me summarize the premise of the... Continue Reading →
How can this Possibly be Real? – Icarus (2017)
Icarus, a Netflix Original documentary is a story about an amateur cyclist who decides he wants to find out more about doping, and how athletes get away with it. He somehow gets connected with the director of the Anti-Doping Lab in Russia, who agrees to help him dope and test negative ‘for research purposes’. And... Continue Reading →