Film Review: The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Manic Sequel Builds On The Original’s Clever Legacy If history has taught us anything, it’s that movies based on toys are rarely any good. Masters of the Universe, Dungeons & Dragons, [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 07, 2019 Read More “She’s a brick house. She’s mighty-mighty.”
Film Review: Cold War Oscar-Nominated Romance Unfolds Behind, In Front Of, The Iron Curtain From the very first note, the musical, mid-century romance Cold War exudes the stark beauty of a Bergman film. Modeled (loosely, we’ll assume) [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 31, 2019 Read More Freebird!
Film Review: Stan & Ollie Genial Showbiz Biopic Examines Aging Comics, Changing Times In the opening sequence to Stan & Ollie, the new showbiz biopic from Scottish director Jon S. Baird, famed comic actors Stan Laurel [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 24, 2019 Read More Ready for their close-up
Film Review: Replicas Keanu Reeves Goes Old School In Retrograde Sci-Fi Thriller ’Member that time period between The Matrix Revolutions and John Wick when all Keanu Reeves did was star in a series of decreasingly [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 17, 2019 Read More Keanu Reeves in Johnny Mnemonic. … Wait
Film Review: On The Basis Of Sex Courtroom Drama Lauds Its Subject For Her Role In The Fight For Equality Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Notorious RBG, as been bouncing around news headlines for months now as one of the last remaining progressives on [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 10, 2019 Read More “I wonder how I’d look in glasses.”
Film Review: Vice Satirical Biopic Plays (Dirty) Politics Politics in America are at a point at which we have basically two options: We can sink into a swamp of suicidal despair, [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 03, 2019 Read More The man
Film Review: Aquaman Bright Direction And Epic Action Keeps Watery Superhero Afloat After years of concrete-colored, “grimdark” reiterations of The Dark Knight, each looking like an increasingly smudgy carbon copy of the previous one, Warner [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 20, 2018 Read More Whose trident is bigger?
Film Review: The Favourite Mean And Nasty Historical Drama Makes Ambition A Courtly Enterprise The term “auteur,” in simplest terms, refers to a filmmaker who writes and directs their own works. In broader terms, it defines a [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 13, 2018 Read More Emma Stone waits her turn
Film Review: Maria By Callas “Temperamental” Diva Defends Her Controversial Life In Deeply Personal Documentary Maria Callas isn’t exactly a household name these days. She is, nonetheless, considered one of the most talented and influential opera singers of [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 06, 2018 Read More La Callas herself
Film Review: Meow Wolf: Origin Story Radical New Mexico Art Collective Goes To The Movies New Mexico’s homegrown success story, the radical arts collective known as Meow Wolf, continues its rocket ship ride to intergalactic success with a [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 29, 2018 Read More Needs more glitter.