Movie Breakdown: IT: Chapter Two (Noah)
Pre-Screening Stance: I gave IT: Chapter One another spin prior to my screening of its predecessor and it held up surprisingly well. The kids are good, Pennywise is fantastic, and the plot barely stops long...
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Fantastic Fest 2019: 5 Picks From The 2nd Wave Of Programming (Noah)
I don’t need to tell anyone that a) Fantastic Fest 2019 is coming and b) my excitement level is well past the red. But hey guess what, I am QUITE excited because Fantastic Fest 2019...
Fantastic Fest 2019: 5 Picks From The 1st Wave Of Programming (Noah)
When John Laird shot me over the announcement for the 1st Wave of Fantastic Fest 2019 films this morning it was as if a portal opened beneath my chair and the smells of hard-fried everything,...
Movie Breakdown: The Farewell (Noah)
Pre-Screening Stance: It’s A24. That’s all I need to know. Post-Screening Ramble: The Farewell is a very basic family dramedy, tightly wrapped in the disguise of an art-house film. Lulu Wang’s latest follows Billi (Awkafina...
Movie Breakdown: The Art Of Self Defense (Noah)
Pre-Screening Stance: Trailers for The Art of Self Defense paint it as the type of relatively low-budget indie we just don’t see anymore. It looks sparse and artsy and a perfect vehicle for the recently...
Movie Breakdown: Avengers: Endgame (Noah)
Pre-Screening Stance: It’s the final film in a sprawling 22-movie epic that has dominated screens and box offices for over a decade. There are no words for how excited I am. Post-Screening Ramble: I cried...
Movie Breakdown: Pet Sematary (Noah)
Pre-Screening Stance: The image of Rachel Creed’s spinal meningitis-afflicted sister Zelda from the original Pet Sematary has haunted my dreams since I saw the flick when I was 11. The idea that the directors of...
Movie Breakdown: Hotel Mumbai (Noah)
Pre-Screening Stance: Before this screener arrived at my digital door, I’d only heard of this movie because of my strange inclination to be unexcited by films starring either Dev Patel or Armie Hammer, to which...
Movie Breakdown: Captain Marvel (Noah)
Pre-Screening Stance: There is no doubt whatsoever that I am one hundred percent excited for Captain Marvel. I’ve ridden this 20-film train this far and the landscape has only gotten better and better. Am I...
Noah’s Top 12 Films Of 2018
I saw 79 films in the theater in 2018. Across all mediums, on big screens and small screens and tiny screens, in the theater, on couches, in bed, on planes – and to be honest,...
