The Color Purple (1985)
Man did I mess up here! A little while back I reviewed the 2024 The Color Purple which is a musical and one of the best musicals I have ever seen! That movie blew me away with how brutal, but also ...
Coming-of-age Movies
Inside Out 2
I had been excited to see Inside Out 2 for a while, the first movie was a blast and the idea of Riley getting a whole load of new emotions sounded like so much fun. While Inside Out 2 is a very fun ...
Dead Poets Society
I first saw this 1989 classic as a teenager in the 90s and loved it. Actually, Dead Poets Society is one of those movies that I would say is more loved than hated, and for good reason too. It is a ...
Good Will Hunting
When it comes to my favorite drama movies, 1997’s Good Will Hunting is easily in my top three of all time. It is crazy to me that this movie is the better part of 30 years old. I have watched it many ...
The Color Purple
My wife had a really hard time getting me to go and see this in the theatre. I am so glad that I did go though as The Color Purple is fantastic and one of the best musicals I have seen in the last ...
Boyz n the Hood
I was about 14 the first time I saw Boyz n the Hood and it was a hard-hitting emotional roller coaster that stuck with me for a very long time. Even now the better part of 30 years later, Boyz n the ...
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Earlier in the year (I think it was when we went to see the third Ant-Man movie) the wife and I saw a trailer for Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. I thought nothing of it, but my wife was super ...
The Princess Diaries
Ah, the classic teenage-girl movie genre. It's been around for decades, and yet it seems like every time a new one comes out, critics are quick to dismiss it as "fluff" or "clichéd." Why must we hate ...
Juno
Indie films almost always go unnoticed, they don’t have huge marketing budgets, they can’t make themselves stand out amidst hundreds of other films that are coming out, and they definitely cannot ...
Empire of the Sun
Steven Spielberg is a legendary director, one who has made himself synonymous with the word ‘Hollywood’. He’s one of the most talented and versatile filmmakers of all time, dipping his toes into ...
