The current political climate can be best described as hostile to Wall Street and the super-rich. Films like The Menu and Triangle of Sadness had eat-the-rich sentiments and they have plenty of films condemning the actions of Wall Street. Dumb Money shows a working-class revolt against the stock market. Keith Gill (Paul Dano) is a financial advisor, a self-taught investor, […]
Tag: Seth Rogen
Platonic Review
The curious thing about friendships is that only the best, strongest, and most resilient of them last. As a person slides through the years, their friendships tend to fall away as one ages and grows, and only a select few manage to stay moored to a person as they traverse the seas of life. And […]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie Review
Super Mario is one of the most recognisable characters in pop culture, let alone in video games. He teams up with the animation titan Illumination so the character can have a second cinematic adventure. Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day) are brothers who start a plumbing business. They try to build their reputation by […]
The Fabelmans Review
Steven Spielberg makes his most personal with a semi-autographical film The Fabelmans. Samuel “Sammy” Fabelman (Gabriel LaBelle/Mateo Zoryan Francis-DeFord) is the oldest son and only boy in his family unit. His father, Burt (Paul Dano) is an in-demand computer engineer and his mother, Mitzi (Michelle Williams) is a skilled pianist. Sammy becomes interested in filmmaking and […]
The Boys Presents: Diabolical Review
If you can’t wait until June 2nd for the third season of Amazon’s hit dark superhero series The Boys (and yes, I’m certainly one of those people), Amazon has provided a nice appetizer to tide you over: The Boys Presents: Diabolical. This animated series offers bite-sized stories (with episodes clocking in around 10-15 minutes in […]
Pam & Tommy Series Review
My main thought after finishing Pam & Tommy was “Why?” Why make a miniseries that had clear good intentions – centering the theft and release of the duo’s sex tape as an extreme violation of privacy and something that turned Pamela Anderson into a late night punchline while her husband Tommy Lee was treated as […]
Good Boys Review
The raunchy R-Rated comedy gets a new twist with the release of Good Boys by focusing on three 6th Grade boys who have one wild day out. Max (Jacob Tremblay), Thor (Brady Noon) and Lucas (Keith L. Williams) have been best friends since kindergarten despite having wildly different personalities. Max has started to develop an interest in girls, […]
The Lion King Review
Disney has continued the mining of their animated classics for box-office gold. 2019 sees the studio going for a triple whammy of cinematic remakes – concluding with a “live-action” remake of The Lion King. In the African Savannah a new crown prince is revealed to the animals. The birth of Simba (JD McCracy/Donald Glover) means the power-hungry Scar […]
Long Shot Review
The world of politics is currently topsy-turvy and serves as the backroom for the latest Seth Rogen comedy. Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron) is a rising star in politics, being the youngest Secretary of State in American history. When Charlotte finds out The President (Bob Odenkirk) is not going to run for re-election she plans to […]