Music. It can enhance, accentuate, or transform. Writer/director Edgar Wright uses it to his advantage in Baby Driver. He’s made a film where music permeates every nook and cranny of his stylish, fun, and thoroughly entertaining new action/thriller. Baby is a getaway driver, but not exactly by choice. After he thinks he’s done, he discovers…
DetailsThis film is not what I expected, so perhaps that affected my initial opinions. But even after thinking about it for a while, I’m still not sure where I land on this one. It’s a tough film to talk about too much without giving spoilers, so I’ll tell you what I can without saying too…
DetailsSo many things happening, I hardly know where to start. I guess I’ll start s of chronologically. In this week’s “Weird, but I would have watched it for sure” story, Apparently the Will Ferrell film Anchorman had a VERY different plot before it was rewritten to the film we now know. Will Ferrell explained, while…
DetailsOh look, it’s another week already. More stuff! More happenings! More! In this week’s “Surprise casting” story, actress Glenn Close will return to television in Amazon’s Sea Oak, a half-hour comedy pilot described as a zombie drama and family revenge comedy. Sea Oak revolves around Aunt Bernie (Close), a meek, unmarried woman with no children…
DetailsI wonder mostly why we must navel gaze at this movie so much. There’s a lot of talk about how it’s the best DC comic book movie in a week of Wednesdays. And that feels like a valid discussion to have if you want. There’s the same, horribly necessary, dialog about the black and brown…
Details