House Of Gucci (2021) - Movie Review

This marks the second Universal screening I’ve been sent to outside of FilmInk this year, and unlike with the ticket for Cry Macho, I consider this more of a personal favour because I’ve been hyped to see this film since I saw The Last Duel. I really treasure when one of my favourite filmmakers has two features come out in the same year, and with how well Last Duel went, I was really hoping that he would go 2 for 2. And I am so relieved to report that Ridley Scott has done it once again, albeit in a distinctly different fashion (heh) than last time.

The Irishman (2019) - Movie Review

Bear with me while I finish up pouring gasoline on myself, because apparently there’s no way I can make it easier to cop backlash for what I’m about to put down on paper. I would so very dearly prefer for this not to turn into part of the larger discourse concerning Martin Scorsese and his opinions on the modern state of blockbuster cinema, but because line-drawing is all kinds of easy, I feel like reviewing this movie is only going to further embroil me in a conversation that, to be honest, is kind of killing my enthusiasm to discuss movies. I’m firmly in the ‘don’t make judgement calls on other people’s tastes in fiction’ camp, and considering my continuing showings of praise for comic book movies around here, I want to make all of this perfectly clear before I deliver the big news. Martin Scorsese’s latest… I’m just not feeling it.

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019) - Movie Review

The latest from neo-exploitation junkie Quentin Tarantino is quintessentially him. A period flick set during the golden age of Hollywood, everything from the visuals to the soundtrack to the tan lines scream the 60’s as loud as they can. It’s a flurry of contemporary footage, new footage seamlessly integrated into the contemporary footage (seriously, this has some of the best integration of newer footage over older footage I think I’ve ever seen; Forrest Gump, eat your heart out) and recreated locales and old-school staples that create the most vivid picture of what Tarantino has spent his entire career doing: Tipping his hat to the old guard of cinema that made him who he is as a filmmaker.