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...
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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: Bad Boys: Ride Or Die
Pre-Screening Stance: Bad Boys: Ride Or Die is coming to us from directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, who also did 2020’s Bad Boys For Life. That was a solidly fun time, and I’m...
Movie Breakdown: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Pre-Screening Stance: I’m pretty sure people are expecting too much from Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. I mean, I get it – since its release in 2015, Mad Max: Fury Road has cemented itself as...
Movie Breakdown: I Saw The TV Glow
Pre-Screening Stance: Over the last few months I’ve heard a lot of great things about I Saw The TV Glow, so I’m heading into it with high expectations. Post-Screening Ramble: Here’s what I would like...
Movie Breakdown: The Fall Guy
Pre-Screening Stance: David Leitch’s Bullet Train is a fun movie, and The Fall Guy looks like it should be one as well. Also, I’ve been totally enamored with the charming interviews that Ryan Gosling and...
