‘The Shape of Water,’ retread of familiar ideas in beautiful new ways
Rating: 3.5 / 5 stars “The Shape of Water” is a film that if written or directed by anyone else, would likely be a complete paint-by-numbers bore. But writer-director Guillermo del Toro (“Crimson Peak”) elevates the typical genre proceedings into…
Rumors around ‘Cloverfield Paradox’ are worse than actual movie
Rating: 3 / 5 stars “The Cloverfield Paradox” is directed by Julius Onah and is the third installment in the Cloverfield anthology series, focusing on a space station called, surprise surprise, the Cloverfield Station. The crew running it consists of…
Wright’s ‘The Darkest Hour’ resurrects Winston Churchill
Rating: 3.5/5 stars “The Darkest Hour,” a film directed by Joe Wright (“Pan”), takes place in World War II-era United Kingdom. As Europe started to fall, the only major nation that remained untouched at this point was the UK. Neville…
Jumanji’ reboot loses magic original film offered
The movie “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” is a reboot of the 1996 movie “Jumanji.” This story introduces four new protagonists. It has Spencer Gilpin (Alex Wolff, “The Naked Brothers Band”), Anthony “Fridge” Johnson (Ser’Darius Blain, “Footloose”), Martha Kaply (Morgan…
15:17 to Paris,’ awful cinematic version of real-life event
Rating: 1/5 stars Clint Eastwood has been directing films since his 1971 debut “Play Misty for Me.” His latest, “The 15:17 to Paris,” certainly does not give any indication that he is getting better. The film follows the lives of…
Cloverfield’ marketing, what it spells for future of film
A major event happened during the Superbowl. While the game was the bigger event, at least in terms of cable television ratings, the actual major one was the dropping of “The Cloverfield Paradox” on Netflix directly after the big game…
2017’s best pop album disguised as Jackman musical
Rating: 3.5/5 Stars Every once in a while, a movie-musical comes along that completely shatters our expectations of what a movie about people breaking into song and dance can be. Whether it be the 70s summer hit “Grease” that became…
Daniel Day-Lewis’ supposed final acting performance
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars “Phantom Thread” is directed by the literal master Paul Thomas Anderson (“Inherent Vice”) and stars Daniel Day-Lewis (“Lincoln”). The film sees him portray esteemed dress-making master Reynolds Woodcock, who falls for a waitress, Alma (Vicky Krieps, “A…
Del Toro proves his master status once again in ‘Shape of Water’
Ratings: 4.5/5 Starts Guillermo Del Toro (“Troll Hunters”) wrote the screenplay, directed and produced the film, “The Shape of Water.” As a loyal fan of Del Toro, there were no worries that this film would be anything less than incredible….
Spielberg crafts his love letter for journalism in ‘The Post’
Rating: 3.5/5 Stars In the past few years, the role of the media in relation to our current political climate has been relentlessly debated. Some would argue that journalists in our modern era hold no integrity and only serve biased…
