Published April 8, 2022 at ZekeFilm.org. Michael Bay’s Latest Bit of Majestic Chaos is High on Speed DIRECTOR: MICHAEL BAY/2022 Bay is back, baby! Okay, it hasn’t technically been that long since a new installment of Michael Bay’s singular vision of mayhem was released, but it’s been at least a decade since one felt like an event—perhaps the …
Published February 3, 2022 at ZekeFilm.org. Comedy Meets Tragedy in Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker Biopic DIRECTOR: MICHAEL SHOWALTER/2021 “Because he created everything, nothing he has created could possibly be needful to him for his existence. If it were, then like him, it would have always existed. Our God is self-sufficient, needed by all, needful …
Published January 9, 2022 at ZekeFilm.org. Adam McKay, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence Return for Disaster Comedy DIRECTOR: ADAM MCKAY/2021 Don’t Look Up is too long, too loose, and too heavy-handed, but with a cast like this, even a messy film can find great moments. Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence return to the screen for the first …
Published November 1, 2021 at ZekeFilm.org. Wes Anderson’s Latest is Feast of Flavor and Fun DIRECTOR: WES ANDERSON/2021 Upon leaving my screening of The French Dispatch, the first thing I did was stop by the grocery store. Never mind that it was after 9 p.m.—I wanted fresh bread. After reviewing what was left in the bakery …
Published October 4, 2021 at ZekeFilm.org. George Peppard and Mary Tyler Moore Spread a Pandemic Worth Catching DIRECTOR: GEORGE SEATON/1968 BLU-RAY STREET DATE: AUGUST 24, 2021/KL STUDIO CLASSICS I cannot imagine a weirder movie to watch in 2021. The premise: An airborne virus appears in New York City thanks to a flying animal traveling from …
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Published April 18, 2021 at ZekeFilm.org. A Promising Debut from Emerald Fennell DIRECTOR: EMERALD FENNELL/2020 Here’s the first thing we learn about Cassandra Thomas: She’s an actress. We meet her in a pulsing nightclub, her bangs falling into glassy eyes and her head drooping into a skirt suit. She can’t find her phone and hops …
Published March 15, 2021 at ZekeFilm.org. Inside Out Meets Mr. Holland’s Opus in Pixar’s Latest—And Greatest? DIRECTORS: PETE DOCTER AND KEMP POWERS (CO-DIRECTOR)/2020 Plenty of thought (and many a joke) has been put into Pixar’s standard “what if” plot engines: What if monsters and superheroes were real? What if toys and cars were alive? What if bugs or fish or rats had feelings? Heck, what if feelings had feelings? …
Published Jan. 4, 2021 at ZekeFilm.org. Wonder Woman Brings the ’80s Back on HBO Max DIRECTOR: PATTY JENKINS/2020 Wonder Woman 1984 is the kind of movie you’re taken with start-to-finish but doesn’t hold up entirely upon reflection. Not that this is a “he loved Big Brother” realization, if for no other reason than the ties to …
Published April 13, 2019 at ZekeFilm.org. A Small Miracle of a Documentary in a Large Refugee Crisis DIRECTOR: HASSAN FAZILI/2019 On paper, I can’t believe this documentary works. A three-year journey? Sounds like an editing nightmare. Shot on mobile phones? Sounds like a headache to watch. One of life’s most difficult journeys from a first-person …
Published December 13, 2018 at ZekeFilm.org. You’ve Already Read This Review Because You’ve Already Seen Mortal Engines DIRECTED BY CHRISTIAN RIVERS/2018 (Insert attention-grabbing opener here.) I usually try to open with a plot summary, a question, a quote, a Hollywood trend, perhaps a personal anecdote. But with Mortal Engines, what’s the point? I’ve already written this review—several …
Published Jan. 6, 2017 for the film review site I created, Crowd vs. Critic. Each film is reviewed twice, once from the Crowd perspective for its entertainment value (Popcorn Potential) and once from the Critic perspective for its Artistic Taste. CROWD REVIEW // November 22, 1963. If you’ve lived long enough to study a at …
Published Dec. 13, 2016 for the film review site I created, Crowd vs. Critic. Each film is reviewed twice, once from the Crowd perspective for its entertainment value (Popcorn Potential) and once from the Critic perspective for its Artistic Taste. CROWD REVIEW // Welcome. Here is your room with a single bed. Here are your …
Published Oct. 16, 2016 for the film review site I created, Crowd vs. Critic. Each film is reviewed twice, once from the Crowd perspective for its entertainment value (Popcorn Potential) and once from the Critic perspective for its Artistic Taste. CROWD REVIEW // The scene: Rose Creek, a small town in the Old West. Our …
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Published July 30, 2016 for the film review site I created, Crowd vs. Critic. Each film is reviewed twice, once from the Crowd perspective for its entertainment value (Popcorn Potential) and once from the Critic perspective for its Artistic Taste. CROWD REVIEW // People, it’s time to get over the hype of forced controversy and …
Published July 1, 2016 for the film review site I created, Crowd vs. Critic. Each film is reviewed twice, once from the Crowd perspective for its entertainment value (Popcorn Potential) and once from the Critic perspective for its Artistic Taste. CROWD REVIEW // The Avengers’ approval ratings are plummeting. On their latest mission, they foiled …
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Published Feb. 14, 2016 for the film review site I created, Crowd vs. Critic. Each film is reviewed twice, once from the Crowd perspective for its entertainment value (Popcorn Potential) and once from the Critic perspective for its Artistic Taste. CROWD // A new set of bruises and scars ring around Katniss’s neck. Not that …
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Published June 18, 2015 for the film review site I created, Crowd vs. Critic. Each film is reviewed twice, once from the Crowd perspective for its entertainment value (Popcorn Potential) and once from the Critic perspective for its Artistic Taste. CROWD // “There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is …
Published June 13, 2015 for the film review site I created, Crowd vs. Critic. Each film is reviewed twice, once from the Crowd perspective for its entertainment value (Popcorn Potential) and once from the Critic perspective for its Artistic Taste. CROWD REVIEW // Dr. Alan Grant has dedicated his modern-day life to the ancient dinosaurs: …
Published Nov. 27, 2014 for the film review site I created, Crowd vs. Critic. Each film is reviewed twice, once from the Crowd perspective for its entertainment value (Popcorn Potential) and once from the Critic perspective for its Artistic Taste. CROWD REVIEW // Katniss Everdeen is 17 years old. She has survived two Hunger Games. …
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Published Nov. 16, 2014 for the film review site I created, Crowd vs. Critic. Each film is reviewed twice, once from the Crowd perspective for its entertainment value (Popcorn Potential) and once from the Critic perspective for its Artistic Taste. CROWD REVIEW // Sometimes the best things surprise you, which is more than true of …
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