Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day

I’m so glad I was presented with an excuse to write more about this film! People have been talking about ‘Groundhog Day Loops” or using similar phrases for so much of my life that it’s easy to forget there was a time the “reliving the same day over and over” trope...
Scream

Scream

Watching the trailer I’ve already praised for Isn’t It Romantic I repeatedly thought “This is like Scream for romantic comedies.” So how well does Scream pull of parodying a genre while simultaneously being an example of a film in that genre? Quite well! Most of the...
Isn’t It Romantic

Isn’t It Romantic

Since acquiring MoviePass (and then AMC A-List once MoviePass became worthless) I’ve watched more movies than ever, almost. The exception is when I first started working at Paramount and there was a screening every week. Paramount doesn’t show trailers before its...
The Wrestler

The Wrestler

After talking about that fun little movie that just came out, I’m traveling back to 2008 for a much-lauded film that really spoke to me. It was such a joy seeing a name talent the caliber of Darren Aronofsky direct a movie about professional wrestling, especially with...
Fighting With My Family

Fighting With My Family

Now we’ve reached a pair of movies dealing with a subject about which I’ve been passionate since the age of 10-professional wrestling. In fact they complement each other nicely-one is about a young lady idolizing the business and seeking to break in despite hearing...