Jordan Peele is a filmmaker known for creating comedy and horror films. His debut movie—Get Out—was released in 2017, and was described by Vox as…
Posts tagged as “Movie Review”
Black Panther 2: The New Best MCU Film
Going into Wakanda Forever my expectations were virtually non-existent. After the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman and Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)…
Mulan (2020): Modern-Age Disney Virtue-Signaling Ruins a Heartfelt Classic
Thousands of Chinese children, especially young girls, have felt a sense of awe and empowerment upon seeing an Asian face after the Disney logo of…
I’m Thinking of I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Why watch Charlie Kaufman’s new film streaming now on Netflix, I’m Thinking of Ending Things? Why watch any of Kaufman’s deliberately difficult, occasionally hilarious, often…
Life Isn’t a Highway: A Reflection on an Iconic Movie From My Childhood
When I initially watched Cars back in 2006, I liked the movie because there were cool animated cars doing fun things. I recently rewatched Cars…
Movie Review: Weathering With You
Following the massive financial and critical success of his 2016 movie, Your Name., Japanese animation director and screenwriter Makoto Shinkai quickly became a household name,…
Unfortunately, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the finale to the epic Star Wars franchise, failed to live up to all the hype surrounding its…
Parasite: A Review
Parasite (2019), a riveting social satire directed by Bong Joon-Ho, is the film of the year. Described as “some nerdy family version of Mission: Impossible”…
Cats Is Fun, But Not Worth The Money
Walking into theatre seven of our local Regal Cinemas, I was not expecting to see a good movie. Instead, I hoped to momentarily forget the…
Little Women On the Big Screen
Greta Gerwig’s 2019 reimagining of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women is a fragmented ode to the story that so many little women grew up on.…
Star Wars Episode IX: A Spoiler-Free Review
The saga finally comes to an end. Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker was released into theatres at the tail-end of 2019, marking…
Joker: Where the Hero Becomes the Villain
“What do you get when you cross a mentally ill loner with a society that abandons him and treats him like trash?” Joaquin Phoenix’s…
Dead Poets Society: Emotions from 1959
Dead Poets Society, a movie released in 1989, is set in Welton Academy, an academically rigorous all-boys high school with conservative attitudes that are reflective…
The Crimes of Grindelwald: A Mostly Spoiler-Free Review
On Friday, November 16, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald was released in theatres after a two-year long wait, and I, for one, was very…
Movie Review: Free Solo
Alex Honnold was already a distinguished American climber before he climbed the 3,200 vertical feet of granite that is El Capitan in Yosemite National Park…
Movie Review: Uncle Drew
In the long-running tradition of the NBA’s stars branching out into different entertainment arenas, All-Star Kyrie Irving acted as the title character in Uncle Drew,…
Movie Review: Three Identical Strangers
Three Identical Strangers is a whirlwind of a tale, telling the true story of a set of triplets that had been separated at birth only…
Movie Review: The Death of Stalin
We live in a world and a time in which Russian affairs and controversies have dominated international news headlines in recent years, ranging from Russia’s…
Movie Review: Every Day
Every Day, a movie based on the novel by David Levithan, was released at the end of February and has been gaining traction and publicity…
Movie Review: Human Flow
Chinese artist and filmmaker Ai Weiwei released his film, Human Flow, on October 13. With cinematography by Christopher Doyle and a soundtrack by Karsten Fundal,…
Movie Review: In This Corner of the World
Cinemapolis is a local movie theater known to feature independent and foreign films. Although it has found a niche with foreign films, they still rarely…
2001: A Space Odyssey Review
In 1968, Stanley Kubrick released 2001: A Space Odyssey, one of his most philosophical, perplexing, and unforgettable films. It has been hailed as one of…
Logan Review
Warning: Spoilers for the X-Men films follow. For the past few years, I have been an earnest consumer of comic books, one of the nebulous…
The Trial of the Century, Back on Television
Much of The Tattler’s readership was not born before 1995. In that year, Michael Jordan made his comeback to the NBA, Javascript was introduced to…
La La Land: Revolutionary or Rehash?
If you look at the reviews for films this year, it would be easy to come to the conclusion that it was an incredible year…
A Series of Unfortunate Events Season 1: A Review
On Friday the 13th of January, Netflix released a new original show, which, as usual, was quite well-envisioned and executed. It is based off A…
Doctor Strange: A Review
In the past year, there has been recurring debate over which comic book/film company is superior: DC or Marvel. While this debate may seem mundane,…