Breaking Bad fans were treated to a long-awaited coda this year with El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.
2019 in Film
Madison’s Top 15 Movies of 2019
Commentary, Film and TelevisionI probably say this every year, but it’s been a good year to be a movie fan.
Don’t dare look away from ONE CUT OF THE DEAD [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionOne Cut of the Dead is a brilliant long con of a movie, with a lot of heart and even more guts.
FORD V FERRARI is a deeply human car movie [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionThe thing about Ford v Ferrari is that Ferrari isn’t really the villain.
James Mangold’s film chronicles the Ford Motor Company’s efforts to bolster their public image by beating Ferrari at the gruelling twenty-four hour Le Mans race. But by the time unpredictable driver Ken Miles faces off against the Italian carmaker, we’re just satisfied that he’s prevailed over his naysayers at Ford.
Waititi juxtaposes innocence with evil in JOJO RABBIT [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionThe posters for Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit describe it as “an anti-hate satire,” which seems like a pre-emptive reassurance to anyone caught off-guard by its jarring opening scene: a nervous ten-year-old boy anxiously preparing for his first day at a Hitler Youth camp.
THE LIGHTHOUSE: another vivid nightmare from the director of THE WITCH
Commentary, Film and TelevisionIt’s probably best to go into Robert Eggers’s latest film blind – although after seeing it, I’m happy to report, I still couldn’t tell you what precisely was going on.
IT gets better and better
Commentary, Film and Television, UncategorizedIT Chapter Two won’t make a lot of sense if you haven’t seen the first installment, but it’ll be immensely satisfying for fans – and may even win over franchise agnostics.
PARASITE is a masterful black comedy
Commentary, Film and Television, UncategorizedBong Joon-ho’s black comedy Parasite starts out quietly clever and builds to a carefully orchestrated mayhem.
SCARY STORIES come to life in visually impressive adaptation
Commentary, Film and Television, UncategorizedA collection of eerie folk tales compiled by Alvin Schwartz, Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark was one of the more sinister tomes to sneak its way into Scholastic book fairs.
THE IRISHMAN – another great gangster epic from Scorsese
Commentary, Film and Television, UncategorizedMartin Scorsese’s produced another great gangster movie with The Irishman, the supposed life story of a union thug who became a mafia hitman.
Lots of DIRT on Motley Crüe
Commentary, Film and TelevisionGlam metal legends Motley Crüe finally got the cinematic treatment in this year’s The Dirt.
READY OR NOT takes hide-and-seek to the next level [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionReady Or Not is a horror comedy about a new bride who, in order to officially join the family, must play a potentially deadly game.
Musings by Madison 