Yearly Archives: 2021

The year is ending, and you know what that means? It’s time for the annual tradition that is The Movie Mensch and its reveal of the best that film had to offer in 2021. It was not the best 365 days as a whole, what with the pandemic still dominating […]

Top 21 Movies of 2021: These Flicks (Featuring Wes Anderson, ...

December 30, 2021 in Movie Reviews / Opinion Piece / Top 10s tagged Movie Reviews / Opinion Piece / The Top 21 Movies of 2021 / Top 10s / Top 21 of 2021 by joeldamos

It’s been 18 years since Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss loved and fought together in what was generally thought to be the final Matrix movie from the Wachowskis siblings. Fast forward to Christmastime 2021 and guess who is gliding back into that life simulator once again? Reeves and Moss, along […]

The Matrix Resurrections Review: Keanu Reeves Returns as Neo in ...

December 25, 2021 in Movie Reviews tagged Keanu Reeves / Movie Reviews / The Matrix / The Matrix: Resurrections by joeldamos

Sports stories, up on the big screen—especially true ones—have a knack of spurring inspiration, encircling the viewer with its “can’t touch this” rawness of reality-centric storylines. From Miracle to Remember the Titans and of course, the heartbreaking fierceness of Eight Men Out is something you will never forget. The same […]

American Underdog Review: The Inspirational True Tale of Super Bowl ...

December 24, 2021 in Movie Reviews tagged American Underdog / Biopics / Football / Kurt Warner / NFL by joeldamos

Oh, to be a fly on the wall in the writer’s room for Sing 2 when it was decided that the best way to follow-up that 2016 hit film was to have the cast get into a bus and hit the road. Smart move as it shakes things up for […]

Sing 2 Review: Sequel Possesses Twice the Heart

December 22, 2021 in Movie Reviews tagged Movie Reviews / Sing 2 by joeldamos

Paul Thomas Anderson has headed back to the Valley of Los Angeles for his Licorice Pizza. But his latest Valley tale is nothing like his masterpiece Boogie Nights. Actually, both are masterpieces, so there’s that. Whereas Boogie dealt with a “family” at the center of the pornography revolution that was […]

Licorice Pizza Review: Paul Thomas Anderson Crafts a Love Letter ...

December 22, 2021 in Movie Reviews tagged Licorice Pizza / Movie Reviews / Paul Thomas Anderson / Sean Penn by joeldamos

Since Daniel Craig took over the role of James Bond from Pierce Brosnan with Casino Royale in 2006, he was unlike any 007 audiences had experienced since Sean Connery first inhabited the spy with the license to kill in 1962 in Ian Fleming’s Dr. No. Craig was rough and tough, […]

No Time to Die Blu-ray Review: Daniel Craig Takes One ...

December 21, 2021 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged Daniel Craig / Movie Reviews / No Time to Die by joeldamos

There is an aspect within the institution that are biopics that is a huge pet peeve of The Movie Mensch. Let’s just get that right out of the way. Nobody is ever remaking one, so you better get it right the first time. That is exactly what occurs with the […]

Being the Ricardos Review: I Love Lucy!

December 18, 2021 in Movie Reviews tagged Being the Ricardos / J.K. Simmons / Javier Bardem / Movie Reviews / Nicole Kidman by joeldamos

As audiences clamor for more original programming—i.e., not sequels, remakes, comic book movies, or films based on books, they’ve also shown an either increased refined definition of what brings them to the theater. Lately, the only films that have done well are science fiction and yes, comic book flicks. Along […]