Had Chloe Zhao put an iPhone on a tripod, bought a few action figures, and mashed them around (sound effects and all), we’d have had a better chance of feeling something. Instead, Marvel Studios burned $200 million for this movie - and now here we are, sifting through the ash. It sounds incredibly harsh, vindictive even, but there was close to nothing about this film that had any merit. We all know what Marvel is capable of after films like…

It’s never quiet on the bayous of Louisiana. Even when the boats are docked and the pianos are shut, a cacophony of crickets, bullfrogs and dragonflies fills the silence. Justin Chon’s Blue Bayou (2021) does everything it can to impress this setting upon us. New Orleans feel like one big neon light, this unrelenting buzz in the electric blue and blazing orange air. And when I say “Justin Chon’s” - I mean its Justin Chon’s. He wrote, directed, and starred…

Something tells me that Lin-Manuel Miranda isn’t exactly singing and dancing right about now. Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of Miranda’s musical In The Heights debuted June 10th in theaters and on HBO Max, and the response has been….less than optimal. There are many people that wish the box office was the only place in which the film falls short, but some allege that its casting choices are an instantiation of colorism.

Plenty have voiced their grievances, and plenty have covered…

Relax. 'Green Knight' (2021) Is Sweet.

Here’s what we know for sure - its nice to go to the movies again. Happily holding our Icees with our pinkie fingers because the other 8 are coated in butter and salt, whispering “that looks ok” to each other after texting through the first 30 seconds of a preview trailer. David Lowry’s The Green Knight was very enjoyable. It was worth the ticket price, but not for reasons that I would have predicted.…