Category: Film Reviews
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Review: The World’s End (2013)
The World’s End Rating Director Edgar Wright Screenplay Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg Length 1h 49min Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, Rosamund Pike, Pierce Brosnan, Bill Nighy, David Bradley, Darren Boyd, Michael Smiley MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites Redux #38: Favorite Udo Kier Films
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. German character actor Udo Kier has appeared in over 100 films since his first…
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Review: Hot Fuzz (2007)
Hot Fuzz Rating Director Edgar Wright Screenplay Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg Length 2h 1min Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Paddy Considine, Timothy Dalton, Bill Nighy, Billie Whitelaw, Edward Woodward, Bill Bailey, David Bradley, Adam Buxton, Olivia Colman, Ron Cook, Kenneth Cranham, MPAA Rating R for violent content including some graphic images, and language…
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5 Favorites Redux #37: Favorite Films Featuring James Cromwell
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. There were two actors in films coming out this weekend that I could have…
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Review: Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Shaun of the Dead Rating Director Edgar Wright Screenplay Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright Length 1h 39min Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Penelope Wilton, Bill Nighy, Jessica Stevenson, Peter Serafinowicz, Rafe Spall, Martin Freeman, Reece Shearsmith, Tamsin Greig, Julia Deakin, Matt Lucas MPAA Rating R
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5 Favorites Redux #36: Favorite Star Trek: Enterprise Episodes
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. As I sat down to watch the sixth and final Star Trek series from…
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Review: Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)
Pitch Perfect 2 Rating Director Trish Sie Screenplay Kay Cannon, Mike White Length 1h 33min Starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Hailee Steinfeld, Ester Dean, Hana Mae Lee, Kelley Jakle, Shelley Regner, Chrissie Fit, Elizabeth Banks, John Michael Higgins, John Lithgow, Matt Lanter, Guy Burnet, Alexis Knapp, DJ Khaled, Troy Ian Hall,…
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5 Favorites Redux #35: Favorite Films by Black Directors
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. Black stories in Hollywood have been told for years by white filmmakers. These filmmakers…
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Review: Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
Pitch Perfect 2 Rating Director Elizabeth Banks Screenplay Kay Cannon Length 1h 55min Starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow, Skylar Astin, Adam Devine, Katey Sagal, Anna Camp, Ben Platt, Alexis Knapp, Hana Mae Lee, Ester Dean, Chrissie Fit, Birgitte Hjort Sorensen, Flula Borg, Kelley Jackle, Shelley Regner, Mohn Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Banks,…
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The Morning After: Jun. 22, 2020
I am not willing to venture to the theater yet even though my area has been thankfully spared the worst of the pandemic. That being said, I’m not sure when I’ll feel comfortable entering a public space like that. However, I still have the ability to watch films at home. I have not been doing…
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5 Favorites Redux #34: Favorite LGBTQ Films
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. June is LGBT Pride month in the United States. One might think this is…
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Review: Pitch Perfect (2012)
Pitch Perfect Rating Director Jason Moore Screenplay Kay Cannon, Mickey Rapkin Length 1h 52min Starring Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin, Ben Platt, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson, Alexis Knapp, Ester Dean, Hana Mae Lee, Kelley Alice Jakle, Wanetah Walmsley, Shelley Regner, Caroline Fourmy, Nicole Lovince, Adam DeVine, Utkarsh Ambudkar MPAA Rating PG-13 Original Preview Click…
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5 Favorites Redux #33: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episodes, Part 2
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. Last week, I began a two-part look at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine‘s twenty…
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Review: A Single Man (2009)
A Single Man Rating Director Tom Ford Screenplay Tom Ford, David Scearce (Novel: Christopher Isherwood) Length 1h 39m Starring Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Goode, Jon Kortajarena, Paulette Lamori, Ryan Simpkins, Ginnifer Goodwin, Teddy Sears, Paul Butler, Aaron Sanders, Aline Weber MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites Redux #32: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episodes, Part 1
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. While I’m still making my way through season 3 (of 4) for Star Trek:…
