Pre-Screening Stance: I am always interested in a documentary about the rise and fall of an enormous, seemingly douche-y, corporation. From everything I’ve read in advance, this fits the bill. Post-Screening Ramble: If you’ve seen...
Pre-Screening Stance: Patrick DeWitt’s book – French Exit – is such a delightfully melancholic creation. Michelle Pfeiffer is perfect casting for the enjoyably caustic widower Frances Price. I’m always worried about book-to-film adaptations but I’ve...
Pre-Screening Stance: It looks like John Wick but with an older, more suburban family man in the role of Super Killer Who Now Lives In Secrecy. And nothing about this description makes me unexcited for...
Pre-Screening Stance: I like a good British period spy flick. They’re glacially paced, everything happens just below the surface and the proceedings are always just within the spectrum of politeness. The Courier seems to fit...
Pre-Screening Stance: People love this movie. I love documentaries. I imagine I will also love this movie. Post-Screening Ramble: The Truffle Hunters is a testament to the power of a documentary. The film follows a...
Pre-Screening Stance: I’m the guy who’s excited that at some point in the future Marvel will be the only thing aired on any service. Just wire it to my brain! Post-Screening Ramble: Man, if you...
Pre-Screening Stance: I guess Soleil Moon Frye directed a documentary about being a kid actor in the ’90s. Aside from harboring a sizable crush on Moon Frye as a kid, I couldn’t tell you a...
Pre-Screening Stance: I can’t say that I’ve dreamed about the day when Olivia Colman and Anthony Hopkins would share the screen together. But now that they are, I mean, it is pretty dreamy. Post-Screening Ramble:...
Pre-Screening Stance: Olivia Cooke was fantastic in both Thoroughbreds and especially Sound of Metal. Pixie looks a little like a pastiche of ’90s indie crime flicks but here’s hoping if so that Cooke can elevate...
Pre-Screening Stance: I haven’t seen or read Eddie Huang’s Fresh Off The Boat but I was briefly obsessed with his Vice travel-cooking show, Huang’s World. His persona was always smart but relatable and willing to...
