Movie Breakdown: Wicked
Pre-Screening Stance: I’ve never seen Wicked The Musical and I’m pretty picky when it comes to musicals in general, so I really couldn’t be heading into this movie with my expectations more in check. With...
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All of SOTO’s film posts.
Movie Breakdown: Gladiator II
Pre-Screening Stance: Hey look at that, it’s another legacy sequel that doesn’t really feel particularly necessary … but Ridley Scott is directing and it stars Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Paul Mescal, and other easy-to-like folks,...
Movie Breakdown: A Real Pain
Pre-Screening Stance: A Real Pain has Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin – two total oddball bundles of anxiety – on a road trip together through Poland? Yeah, sign me up. Post-Screening Ramble: I really liked...
Movie Breakdown: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Pre-Screening Stance: Considering the fact that Beetlejuice came out in 1988, it feels just a bit late in the game to be serving up a direct sequel (and not an all-out fresh start). Who knows...
Movie Breakdown: The Front Room
Pre-Screening Stance: Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Northman) has a couple of brothers, Sam and Max, and The Front Room is their directorial debut. That’s neat, but if I’m being honest, I’m in on this...
Movie Breakdown: Blink Twice
Pre-Screening Stance: Judging by the trailer, Blink Twice looks like it’s going to be an entertaining ride. There’s also the additional hook of it being Zoe Kravitz’s directorial debut, and considering the original title for...
Movie Breakdown: Alien: Romulus
Pre-Screening Stance: Fede Alvarez (Don’t Breathe, 2013’s Evil Dead) is a good director and I’m very much on the Cailee Spaeny bandwagon after her excellent turns in Priscilla and Civil War, but what really has...
Movie Breakdown: Didi
Pre-Screening Stance: Didi looks a whole lot like Mid-90s, a coming-of-age film that Jonah Hill wrote and directed back in 2018. Since I really love that movie, I’m just going to go ahead and assume...
Movie Breakdown: Twisters
Pre-Screening Stance: While I remain baffled that Lee Isaac Chung’s directorial follow-up to Minari is Twisters, it sure does look like a fun time. Post-Screening Ramble: Good news! Twisters is a blast. The story is...
Movie Breakdown: A Quiet Place: Day One
Pre-Screening Stance: A Quiet Place: Day One has a great cast – Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Djimon Hounsou – and a talented director in Michael Sarnoski (Pig), but I can’t say that I have a...
