March 14, 2020. It’s a date that holds a huge significance to me. Why? Because unbeknownst to me at the time, it’d be the last movie theater experience I’d have for 5 months and 8 days.
5 months and 8 days!
Over these past five months, I’ve gone through a lot of change. Not only with a difficult move from Florida to Colorado amidst the pandemic, but I’ve also just changed a lot as a person. Since my last experience…
It’s a Hayao Miyazaki movie, need I say more? As expected, the animation is uniformly sublime, the messages are provocative and profound, and the journey from beginning to end is one that I genuinely enjoyed going on. Miyazaki has a rare ability to bring his audience into a world that’s just begging to be explored further, and one in which the viewer never wants to leave once they’ve become acquainted with the stunning locales and eccentric characters. I’d be willing…
Hands down, the best Godzilla film I’ve ever seen. The most intimidating and unforgiving take on this iconic character that we’ve gotten to date, but that’s not even the thing that impresses me the most about Godzilla Minus One. What I love most of all about this film is how it places its emphasis on the characters and themes above the exhilarating kaiju action (it’s there for sure, and it’s absolutely incredible), something that has been absent in almost any…
I’ve been in LA for the past couple days now on vacation, and one of the things I was most looking forward to during this trip was this special screening of The Room that my older brother purchased tickets for. And best of all, there was a guest appearance by none other than Greg Sestero himself that included a Q&A and signing. (I’ve been to a few midnight screenings of The Room in the past, but Sestero being there raised…
