Mo’ Better Blues is an intriguing character study brought to life with expected panache from Spike Lee. It’s certainly an entertaining movie but it never really grabbed this specific viewer until the final twenty minutes, which is lovely and a perfect ending. Still, there’s a lot to like here, especially the performances by both Denzel, who is always excellent, and Joie Lee, who emerges as the actual heart of the film. Otherwise though, the film is carried by Spike Lee’s…
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The Band Wagon 1953
The Band Wagon is an enjoyable musical with some incredible dancing and excellent technical elements. The one thing keeping it from really rising to the top of similar films of its ilk is its inability to keep to a plot; it sets forth multiple intriguing potential stories, and doesn't ever really pursue any of them. Still, it's marvelously entertaining and always such a joy to look at. The Band Wagon might not deliver exactly what it promises, but it still…
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Bunny Hugged 1951
*half-watched in line for Goliath at Six Flags Great America; cannot actually critically assess, but I did view it, ergo the log*
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Hair-Raising Hare 1946
*half-watched in line for X-Flight at Six Flags Great America; cannot actually critically assess, but I did view it, ergo the log*
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The Nice Guys 2016
The Nice Guys is ridiculously fun. There's no other way to describe it. It's a solid two hours of non-stop enjoyment, even with a couple of flaws here and there. Before talking about those issues though, let's dwell for a bit on what makes this a truly brilliant summer blockbuster - or at least, what would make it so if audiences had embraced it. Instead, it will have to be happy with being an underseen gem.
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The Emoji Movie 2017
Move over Christopher Nolan! The Emoji Movie is easily the greatest film of 2017 and a striking condemnation of all who have insulted its very existence. A brilliant commentary of how the modern world's over-reliance on texting and pictures to portray emotion, this film does exactly that. When Gene the Meh Emoji is denied the love of his father because he actually enjoys being alive, it's a perfect representation of how toxic masculinity prevents one feeling emotions other than raw…
