Tagged: movie breakdown

Movie Breakdown: One Night In Miami

Pre-Screening Stance: Regina King is a total gem, so I’m more than ready to take in her directorial debut. Also, let’s face it, who doesn’t want to see a fictionalized take on a real-life meetup...

Movie Breakdown: Wonder Woman 1984

Pre-Screening Stance: My opinion of Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman is a positive one, but I have to admit that my recent refresher-watch was only the second time I’ve seen the film since it hit theaters...

Movie Breakdown: Promising Young Woman (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: Oh man, from the candy coated promotional material to the dark bend of Britney Spear’s Toxic in the trailer to seeing Carey Mulligan in full-on revenge mode makes me want to see this...

Movie Breakdown: Promising Young Woman

Pre-Screening Stance: I love a good revenge film and I’ve always been a fan of Carey Mulligan, so Promising Young Woman looks right up my alley. Post-Screening Ramble: Promising Young Woman is a stylistic, sharp...

Movie Breakdown: The Midnight Sky (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: George Clooney as an actor – totally great. George Clooney as a director – totally hit-or-miss. Here’s hoping this is more Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and less Monuments Men. Post-Screening Ramble: Let’s...

Movie Breakdown: The Midnight Sky

Pre-Screening Stance: If I’m being honest, George Clooney hasn’t been in a great film since 2013’s Gravity, and his directorial efforts have largely been misses since 2005’s Good Night, And Good Luck. So, should I...

Movie Breakdown: Soul (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: Sure, every once in a while old Pixar takes a stumble or two and throws a steaming pile on to the screen. But it’s predictable enough (Cars) and rare enough that I’m going...

Movie Breakdown: The Dissident (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: For as much news as I’ve read I haven’t actually spent a lot of time with the gruesome murder of Jamal Khashoggi by the Saudi Arabian government. This documentary will hopefully fill in...

Movie Breakdown: Sylvie’s Love (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: Tessa Thompson starring in a film about relationships and jazz in the mid-century America sounds wonderful. Post-Screening Ramble: A lot of people argue that there really is only 16 stories for a film....

Movie Breakdown: News Of The World (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: During his heyday, Paul Greengrass was a director I gave Top 5 status too. Those days are gone, but I’m still excited to see him behind the wheel on this Tom Hanks’ Western....