Category: 2024
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Freaky Tales: Hard to Describe, But I Love Oakland Now
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Freaky Tales (2024) Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Now that I’ve seen A Minecraft Movie, I’m gonna be really annoyed by all of the Minecraft-related lines at the theater whenever I go to see something else, starting with the 10 minute wait for my Peace Tea before Freaky Tales today. It was nice, though, to subsequently head into a way calmer theater for, yes, a better movie, too.…
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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie: A Hidden Animated Gem That I Fear May Stay Hidden
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024) Peter Browngardt What has this world come to that I was the only one in the theater on opening night of a new, 2D animated Looney Tunes movie? I would say we don’t get movies like these today, but here it is: a movie like this, today! The Day The Earth Blew Up was delightful from start to finish, making far…
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Oscars 2025: Heart and Mind Picks
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. With the 97th Academy Awards just a few hours away, I submit to you my Heart Picks (who I want to win) and Mind Picks (who I believe will win) for each award. I have both lists submitted to ESPN’s Oscars Pick’em already, so let’s hope that all of my training and research leads me to victory against my friends and family. How embarrassing would that…
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Porcelain War: An Artful Look at War That Needed More Art
Porcelain War (2024) Slava Leontyev and Brendan Bellomo THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. I’m beyond excited that I’ve now completed my first ever Oscar death race (that’s what I’ve seen it called on Reddit, so I’m going with it), and Porcelain War made for a strong finish to a whirlwind last month. It’s certainly hard to keep absorbing such tough, gut-wrenching stories like this and No Other Land (and a myriad…
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Oscars Shorts 2025: Animated
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. For much of my film-watching life, my short film experience had been limited to the Pixar shorts that played before their feature films in theaters. Stories like Bao and Piper stood on their own for me, but I hadn’t really dived into the vast sea of short films until this year, when Morgan and I got our tickets to see all five Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts, and…
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Oscars Shorts 2025: Live Action
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. For much of my film-watching life, my short film experience had been limited to the Pixar shorts that played before their feature films in theaters. Stories like Bao and Piper stood on their own for me, but I hadn’t really dived into the vast sea of short films until this year, when Morgan and I got our tickets to see all five Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts,…
