Always Be My Maybe is a rom-com whether a “meant to be” relationship can actually work in practice.
Film
HOLLYWOOD fights back in Tarantino’s latest fairy tale [review]
Commentary, Film and Television, UncategorizedQuentin Tarantino’s latest is a dark fairy tale about a town that produces fictional happy endings by the hundreds while providing too few real ones.
MIDSOMMAR is a folk horror fever dream [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionAri Aster’s hotly-anticipated follow-up to Hereditary is a hallucinatory fever dream that fuses coming-of-age drama with vintage occult horror.
NIGHTMARE CINEMA worth price of admission [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionNightmare Cinema is a love letter to horror movies that may make you never want to set foot in a theatre again.
John Wick’s Excellent Adventure – PARABELLUM [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionThere’s a slightly surreal vibe to John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.
HIGH LIFE is an enigmatic new space odyssey [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionClaire Denis’s High Life is a confounding sci-fi psychodrama starring Robert Pattinson as the last surviving inmate of an outer space prison.
MA is a bizarro stalker thriller [review]
Commentary, Film and TelevisionTate Taylor’s Ma is a knowingly absurd take on stalker movie clichés.
EXTREMELY WICKED is shockingly tasteful
Commentary, Film and TelevisionWhen a splashy trailer for Netflix’s star-studded Ted Bundy biopic dropped earlier this year, it set off a firestorm of controversy.
The tightly-edited clip for Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile suggested a tongue-in-cheek approach to the sordid story, prompting comparisons to a heist movie and accusations that the film was glorifying Bundy. (The fact that the notorious serial killer was to be played by former teen idol Zac Efron certainly contributed to that impression.)
“Let’s Get Ready for Dumbo!” [review]
Commentary, Film and Television, UncategorizedTim Burton’s lavish Dumbo remake is a visually stunning update that captures the sorrow and joy of the original.
Top Ten Films of 2018
Commentary, Film and TelevisionA lot of cool movies hit screens large and small this year, including the best Marvel movie yet, several inventive sci-fi flicks, and some truly freaky horror gems. Not to mention, a handful of excellent satirical period pieces by Armando Iannucci and the Coen Brothers.
Forget “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Watch “Bad Santa” instead.
Commentary, Film and TelevisionFew movies are as entrenched in the Christmas canon as A Christmas Carol, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, and Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life. But one of these films is not like the other.
Madison picks the Oscars
Commentary, Film and TelevisionDon’t feel like watching the Academy Awards tonight? No need to worry, because I’ll be handing out most of the awards right here.
Musings by Madison 