Words about Music, Film, and Television
2022 brought us a mixed bag of movies. Though I’ve seen many opinions from people I trust and respect claiming otherwise, I feel quite strongly that 2021 was far superior. 2021 had far more masterpieces and a bit firmer middle pack of movies. Perhaps 2022 had a few less reprehensible movies (and it still had… Continue reading 2022 MOVIES RANKED
Three weeks ago I stumbled into an AMC theater to see DEAR EVAN HANSEN, a movie-musical. Despite knowing that 2019's CATS was one of the worst major studio motion-pictures of the last few years and despite regularly being frustrated by almost every recent musical film-adaptation, I assumed it couldn't be THAT bad. It had recently… Continue reading DEAR EVAN HANSEN: An Unmitigated Embarrassing Disaster
After a full year of studios releasing legitimately no new movies to theaters due to the widespread Coronavirus pandemic (save for TENET, which did NOT save movie theaters), 2020 was filled with a bunch of mostly mediocre to serviceable films that were direct-to-streaming. Cinema, as we used to know it, has probably died forever and… Continue reading 2021 Oscar Talk and Predictions
I turned 23 last year, February 3rd, drunk off black cherry White Claws, vodka sodas, and whiskey shots at Mel’s Burger Bar, the restaurant I was a bartender at in New York City before the entire country shut down. It was the Super Bowl and I was with a good friend, having fun watching Pat… Continue reading 23 on 23
Martin Scorsese needs no introduction. Marty’s the greatest director alive right now. Depending on if you prefer him or Kubrick (I prefer Marty), he’s probably the greatest American director, too. It wouldn’t be blasphemous to say he’s one of the five greatest directors, either. He’s about as good as it gets, and, despite what some… Continue reading Martin Scorsese Films Ranked
Movies. Music. Mike. 