An awe-inspiring masterpiece from the great Terence Malick, taking a powerful WWII novel by James Jones and molding it into an ethereal experience — achieving a filmgoing sensation both immediate and poetic, taking us into the minds of soldiers, and who they might be missing and thinking about, and not just in a general way, but the specific feelings of those moments, the sense memory and captivating transport that provides a fleeting respite from the unceasing procession of horrors they…
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Nostalgia 1983
Another mesmerizing trip through the breathtaking halls of Tarkovsky’s unique brand of filmmaking — one which never feels the need to overexplain itself or telegraph its intentions — instead forcing the viewer to come to their own conclusions — which really is the foundational essence of art. This is my favorite of Tarkovsky’s works, and on my second viewing, I still have so much to learn from just the experience of taking it in. The acting is superb, the narrative…
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Ready Player One 2018
Second time around, I still had a blast, the opening 45 minutes to an hour are pure dynamite for the senses. It’s hard not to be in awe of Spielberg’s craftsmanship, especially during that first race scene. It’s so phenomenally filmed and edited, it makes you wonder what our future will hold in the entertainment department.
It was fun re-watching, knowing what was coming, because it freed up the viewer to find the Easter Eggs we’d… -
Avengers: Infinity War 2018
Epic spectacle on the grandest scale imaginable. Effortlessly interweaves from location to location, and from hero to hero, slowing down a bit here and there with overlong expositional scenes, but filled with eye-popping art direction (there were 15 art directors who worked on this film) and staggering special effects.
This was the most effective of the three Avengers movies at incorporating humor into the narrative, never seeming superfluous, but more naturally occurring in the moment due…
