Bright

Bright

Max Landis' urban fantasy Bright is an appreciable, rough-around-the-edges popcorn flick. That it's showing up on people's Best Movies of 2017 lists reveals more about Hollywood's--Bright was produced by Netflix--inability to tell an entertaining story than it says about the movie's quality. Before we get to my review, here are two pictures…
January 3, 201811 Comments
Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner 2049

This review is admittedly late. I don't go to see movies in the theater anymore, so I only recently saw Blade Runner 2049 at the behest of a buddy now that it's out on home video. All of the popular YouTube film critics have already thrown their two cents in on this…
January 2, 20187 Comments
2017 Year in Review

2017 Year in Review

2017 was an interesting year--often in the sense of the old Chinese curse. The past year eluded hard and fast valuations like "good" or "bad" but instead ushered in great change. It was a year that saw many a seemingly invincible cultural edifice demolished, yet demolition precedes new construction. Since…
January 1, 20184 Comments