Awards Season… Movie #79 2021: Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) 27 Mar 20214 Mar 2021 When Daniel Kaluuya won his Golden Globe for Judas and the Black Messiah, my girlfriend and I cheered the house down because he so deserved it. Weirdly though, it wasn’t…
Art House… Movie #227 2020: Short Term 12 (2013) 22 Jun 202011 Nov 2020 You may recall me ending my last review of Notting Hill claiming that romantic comedies aren't really my 'thing'. Well, this movie is entirely the opposite. This is exactly my…
Drama… Movie #200 2020: Selma (2014) 9 Jun 20209 Jun 2020 I have to start this review with this: This 👏🏻 should 👏🏻 not 👏🏻 be 👏🏻 happening 👏🏻 today. It's maddening and anger-inducing that this sort of thing is what…
Comedy… Movie #181 2020: Sorry to Bother You (2018) 30 May 202027 May 2020 What an absolute oddity of a movie. Sorry to Bother You takes us to the life of young, black telemarketer Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield), who is struggling to keep up…
Comedy… Movie #11 2020: Knives Out (2019) 11 Feb 202011 Feb 2020 Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc When I wrote my last review (Looper), I had no idea that I'd unintentionally watched two Rian Johnson movies in a row. (Remember, I've already…
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