The Kings of Summer (2013) Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts Starring: Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, Nick Offerman, Several Other People You Probably Recognize Genres: Comedy, Drama, Coming-of-Age IMDb Synopsis: "Three teenage friends, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land." |
“That’s not being gay, Biaggio, I’m pretty sure that’s cystic fibrosis.” - Joe Welcome back, everyone. After a hectic two weeks of midterm madness just before spring break, I, like many students in the U. S. of A., find myself sitting around inside with a helluva lot more free time and not much to do with it. That’s right, in case you’re the one person on the planet who wasn’t aware, the world is literally ending right now thanks to a lovely little disease known as COVID-19. The point of all of this is, what better way to waste away these quarantine days than with my mediocre movie reviews?
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"You're not a Nazi, Jojo. You're a 10-year-old kid who likes dressing up in a funny uniform and wants to be part of a club." - Elsa Welcome back, everyone. As I promised back in my “Best of 2019” List, we’re here today to talk about Jojo Rabbit, my favorite film of last year. After picking up the blu-ray last Tuesday and giving this movie a well-deserved rewatch, I’m finally prepared to sing its praises ad nauseum. If that sounds like a worthwhile way to spend the next 10 minutes of your life, stick around.
I imagine you’re probably wondering what this is about.
Well, as it turns out, barring Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen (which I recently reviewed), the first few months of 2020 releases are more barren than a frozen North Dakota countryside on a bright winter day. But unfortunately, I’m in the midst of what one of my professors has dubbed the “winter doldrums.” As such, I’ve been desperate for something - just about anything - to pass the time with. And no, day drinking is not a viable alternative; I’ve tried. So given my urge to write reviews and the lack of new movies to write about, we’ll probably spend some time these next few weeks revisiting some classics and catching up on my watchlist backlog. Or at least, we will until engineering gets insanely busy and I’m forced to put EFR aside for three months. But don’t you worry your pretty little head with that. Anyways, that’s just a long preamble to justify why in the hell we’re talking about the micro-budget Irish film Once today. Let’s go. “I’m not going to eat a single ounce of shit!" Welcome back, everyone! This is the first time I’ve been on since Joker and in the very near future we’ll have a few “End of 2019” lists to break down, but for now I’ve got some thoughts on Knives Out! This is Rian Johnson’s directorial follow-up to 2017’s Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi, a movie that… people think a lot of things about. So now let’s talk Knives Out, a modern take on the “whodunnit” that hopefully won’t be anywhere near as controversial as Johnson’s previous film!
Right? "They say comedy is subjective, right Murray?" - Arthur Fleck
Joker, directed by Todd Phillips, is finally in theaters, and everyone has an opinion on it! So it’s probably about time that I share mine, in convenient and reader-friendly listicle form. (Minor SPOILERS ahead!)
This has got to be the most entertaining movie where nothing happens that I’ve ever seen.
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” is the latest film from auteur director Quarantine Tarantula, starring Leo “I’ll sleep in a bear for an Oscar” DiCaprio as aging star Rick Dalton, Brad Pitt as his suave, possibly sociopathic stuntman/friend Cliff Booth, and a smattering of other stars as… other stars. "Yeah, and I'm Vin Diesel, mate." - Ricky Knight
Yeah, I’m sure this is the review you guys have been waiting for, right? Well, with "Captain Marvel" not out for another week, what else am I supposed to do? Actually go outside and socialize? Unthinkable! So today we’re talking “Fighting With My Family,” the Stephen Merchant directed comedy/biopic about WWE star Paige (Florence Pugh), her wacky wrestling family, and her rise to stardom.
"This wasn't a limited edition, Mama. It was an origin story." - Elijah Price
"This all seems so Shakespearean." - A very meta commentator "Yo Adrian, I made a sequel!" Welcome back everybody, today we're looking at Creed II: Electric Boogaloo - the much-anticipated sequel to Ryan Coogler's Creed (2015), which took the Rocky franchise in a bold new direction. But does the sequel live up to the hype? Can the son of Creed defeat the son of Drago? How are the montages? All this and more will be answered on this edition of Everyman Film Reviews!
"We are Sex Bob-Omb and we're here to make you think about death and get sad and stuff!" - Scott Pilgrim
Wow, welcome back, everyone. What a semester it's been. The last time I wrote anything was way back in August, reviewing the delightful film Christopher Robin. Since then, I've seen . . . a large number of movies, any of which I could've taken time to write about, but guess what? I . . . didn't. Don't worry, I'll make up for it with some bomb 2018 wrap-up posts. So today we're back with something a little different. I wanted to finally write all about a movie I've grown to adore in the past year, and do it unrestrained by my typical "Review - non-spoiler/spoiler" format. So with that said, let's take a look at Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.
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Logan W.Amateur film reviewer & Marvel apologist. Hobbies include weight lifting, piano, and putting off writing reviews until they are no longer relevant. Archives
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