Coming off the heels of the Academy darling, La La Land, filmmaker Damien Chazelle has turned into quite the auteur; reteaming with Ryan Gosling (his generation’s Paul Newman), the two forge a very personal and intimate story of not the moon landing, or a film about NASA, or American pride, but a film about Neil…
Blade Runner 2049 is that film that comes once in a lifetime. It will lay the fertile groundwork for a bounty of young aspiring filmmakers and artists, and those that know not of what they will eventually create. The film forgoes the relentless tinkering of Ridley Scott from the original film and constructs itself in…
La La Land is a giant burst of primary color fun, a widescreen musical that marries romantic comedy with aspirational drama, and if it’s not quite the movie I was expecting overall, it’s certainly a bold and memorable motion picture. Writer/director Damien Chazelle, working in a totally different tempo than his previous film, the razor-sharp…
The Big Short is currently available as a Netflix streaming option and I find myself watching it in bits and pieces on a nearly weekly basis. It’s absolutely fantastic. With stunning clarity considering the density of the material and the tendency for excessive jargon, Adam McKay’s phenomenally entertaining dramatization of the 2008 financial collapse…
Shane Black’s The Nice Guys is an extremely entertaining throwback to the 80’s buddy-cop film, but switch out cops for bumbling private detectives, and add a dash of 70’s-flavored aroma to the cinematic atmosphere. Starring the improbably perfect pairing of Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe as mismatched partners who start the film as enemies but…
