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BlackBerry 2023
"I'm from Waterloo, where the vampires hang out!!"
Incredible acting and taking a bit of liberty with the real life history of the infamous Canadian brand help make Matt Johnson's biographical comedy 'BlackBerry' yet another surprising rags-to-riches tale of 2023, one in which your typical nerd-driven innovation clashes with the egomaniacal wishes of a co-CEO hellbent on making as much money as humanly possible while destroying those in his path, all with fabulous results.
As always, it's great to see…
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Kandahar 2023
"I just want to go home."
An attempt to inject real world politics and international tensions into this fictional narrative leaves Ric Roman Waugh's 'Kandahar' feeling half-baked and terribly boring. Classified as an action film, there's not an ounce of it until an hour in, and from there, audiences are treated to 2-3 fairly quick sequences that are over before they know it, none of which are particularly memorable and weren't mostly shown in the few bits of marketing I…
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Nobody 2021
"I hope these assholes like hospital food."
Bob Odenkirk as a lighter John Wick? Check. A killer soundtrack that totally fits with what's unfolding? Check. Heavy gore blending well with incredible comedic timing? Check.
Ilya Naishuller's 'Nobody' is a wonderful treat, a great return to the cinemas after not having been in such a long time, and Odenkirk's Hutch Mansell, beyond sporting a damn cool name, makes for one of my favorite action heroes in a long while. He's highly…
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Amadeus 1984
"Is talent like that...written on the face?"
The most spellbinding masterpiece I've seen in a long time, Miloš Forman's 'Amadeus' is a film of scope, magnitude, cunning, told through flashbacks yet enticing in all aspects and during every period of time that's featured. Forman transports viewers to late 18th Century Vienna, a marvelous historical time and one keenly pointed at the impossible genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce), his womanizing and drinking, and the inevitable, years-long plot against him…
