HoopTober 2021
3 Films with a person of color as director or lead (excluding Asian): Candyman (2021).
So I had technically watched this a while ago, when it hit digital platforms actually. It's taken me a while to write about this one because between getting ready to move cross-country and absorbing all of this film, my thoughts are all over the place. I apologize for the lack of structure this review may have.
I'm very mixed on this one because…
HoopToober 2021
8 Decades: The 1990s - Scream
My sister and I went to see the 25th Anniversary release of Wes Craven's Scream with a packed crowd and despite seeing this countless times, this was by far the most fun experience ever along with the most immersive. For how self-referential and meta this film is, seeing with a crowd was a blast, since it was like watching with people that understood the meta nature of the film as well as…
The Directors Series-Part I: The David Fincher Retrospective
"I'm not the 'Zodiac'. Even if I was, I certainly wouldn't tell you."
I once knew someone who said this film was boring. I don't talk to that person anymore. This is the first time I have seen this film in about four years and It has held up quite well, in fact better. My rating for this got bumped up pretty as well.
David Fincher's Zodiac tells the story about one…
"I'm so sick of being picked apart by women."
This review reportedly contains spoilers.
Prior to seeing this film, almost two to three months in advance, I was preparing myself for the film by reading the novel by Gillian Flynn, who also happens to be the screenwriter. I rarely do this, and if I do, I usually do it after the film adaption has come out. Anyways, I wasn't a fan of the novel, I didn't really find it entirely…
