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Movie Breakdown: Sound Of Metal

Pre-Screening Stance: Sound Of Metal looks intense, and also sort of scary for anyone (like myself) who engages in a lot of live music. On another note, this film is serving as the feature length...

Movie Breakdown: Uncle Frank

Pre-Screening Stance: Alan Ball created Six Feet Under, which is one of the best shows of all-time, so I will always have some level of interest in anything that’s written/directed by him. With that being...

Movie Breakdown: Hillbilly Elegy

Pre-Screening Stance: Hillbilly Elegy has all the right parts – it’s based off a best selling memoir, Ron Howard is a competent director, and the cast includes Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto...

Movie Breakdown: Monsoon (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: The trailers for this film make it look very ethereal and very pretty and possibly very boring. Post-Screening Ramble: Hong Khaou’s Monsoon is one of those indie films where everything is supposed to...

Movie Breakdown: Freaky (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: Because, as I’ve been told, I an a codger of a human who does not enjoy fun, I did not like director Christopher Landon’s previous two films – the Happy Deathday series. Though...

Movie Breakdown: The Life Ahead

Pre-Screening Stance: The Life Ahead looks heavy, but I’m anxious to see it because of Sophia Loren. Her performance is being hailed as Oscar-worthy, which would be wild since the last nomination she got was...

Movie Breakdown: Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Pre-Screening Stance: Considering that I’ve already put up Christmas lights around my house, yeah, I’m ready for a movie like Jingle Jangle. Here’s to the holidays, folks. Post-Screening Ramble: I really wanted to like Jingle...

Movie Breakdown: Let Him Go (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: Aside from the most generic of titles (I have in the course of titling this review written: Let It Go, Let Him In, Let The Right One In, Let It Be, etc.) and...

Movie Breakdown: Let Him Go

Pre-Screening Stance: The trailer for Let Him Go makes the movie look like it might be a Taken-esque type affair for both Kevin Costner and Diane Lane. I can get behind that. Post-Screening Ramble: Let...

Movie Breakdown: Mortal (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: Well on one side, Andre Ovredal is a fantastic director of scary, scary things. On the other, Nat Wolff is one of those actors that steps into the frame and I shake my...