Father of the Bride (2022)

Father of the Bride (2022)

Over thirty years after the second version, which itself was over forty years after the first one, we get another remake. This one has the twist that the characters are Hispanic, and we explore how their cultural norms, especially if they are immigrants, come into...
Candyman (2021)

Candyman (2021)

My video speaks for itself: I’ll add, though, that the original ingeniously made a horror movie out of the branch of humanities known as folklore, while this one ingeniously made a horror movie out of the branch of social sciences known as sociology. Fantastic film...
Promising Young Woman

Promising Young Woman

As has been par for the course lately, I will mostly let my video do the talking:   I have some key thoughts to add though. Possible spoilers ahead: -The key questions I mentioned in the video are compelling on an existential level but take on a particular...
Mank

Mank

I’ll first refer you to my video review: I only need to add this fun bit of trivia: the original Academy Awards were just a fancy dinner party in a hotel. They became the largest event in the ENTIRE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY for one reason – William Randolph Hearst...
Freaky

Freaky

Considering it’s been over 5 months, I almost forgot how much I loved this movie. Here is my video review: I stand by my statement about how Vince Vaughn deserved an Academy Award nomination, even though I knew he had no prayer of getting one. I’ll add that my...
The Way Back

The Way Back

I’ll mostly let my video review speak for itself: but I will add that my liking this film so much despite not even being a basketball fan really counts for something. You can say that about almost all the movies in this series – I hope I turned each of you...