
Film: Dune (Part One)
It usually pays off to follow director Denis Villeneuve wherever he goes, so how about to the planet Arrakis?…
July 4, 2022It usually pays off to follow director Denis Villeneuve wherever he goes, so how about to the planet Arrakis?…
July 4, 2022As Coen Brothers films go, Hail Caesar! (2016) is slight, a quirky, elaborate love letter to old-school Hollywood that…
April 20, 2020Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe concludes (well, more or less) with the fittingly titled Avengers: Endgame (2019).…
May 6, 2019If the first Deadpool movie was the kick in the crotch superhero movies needed, Deadpool 2 (2018) is, well,…
November 13, 2018Relentlessly formulaic structure has long been an Achilles heel of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it builds to profound…
May 9, 2018The most powerful spy films, I think, are the ones that wrestle with the ethics of the business. On…
October 18, 2016When Joaquin Phoenix and Katherine Waterston started mumbling their way through the first scene of Inherent Vice (2014), I had…
July 3, 2015Westerns are a tough sell for me, but since the Coen Brothers aren’t, I watched True Grit (2010) with…
July 31, 2011I really should make a vow to see every Coen Brothers movie. These guys are a treasure. Their best…
January 11, 2011