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As a film writer, I’d never thought that The Forever Purge and Hotel Transylvania: Transformania would share space in the same sentence. But those two films share something in common. Both found filmmakers and producers behind them decide that this latest go-around with this premise will be the last and […]

Hotel Transylvania Transformania Review: Monster (S)Mash!

January 14, 2022 in Movie Reviews tagged Hotel Transylvania: Transformania / Movie Reviews by joeldamos

One of the more psychologically complex of William Shakespeare’s masterworks, Macbeth, gets the Joel Coen treatment in AppleTV+’s stunning new work. The Tragedy of Macbeth stars a one-two punch of thespian brilliance with Denzel Washington as Macbeth and Frances McDormand delivering one of the cinema’s more memorable Lady Macbeth’s. Yes, […]

The Tragedy of Macbeth Review: Frances McDormand & Denzel Washington ...

January 14, 2022 in Movie Reviews tagged Denzel Washington / Frances McDormand / Joel Coen / Movie Reviews / The Tragedy of Macbeth by joeldamos

For those who don’t know, Anza Borrego is a national park in San Diego County that runs along the border of Mexico. Besides possessing breathtaking biodiversity and eye-candy views, it is also an unforgiving desert that never fails to remind those wandering its landscape of exactly who is in charge. […]

Borrego Review: Lucy Hale Shines in Timely Thriller

January 13, 2022 in Movie Reviews tagged Borrego / Lucy Hale / Movie Reviews by joeldamos

First of all, The Tender Bar could not have a better moniker if it tried. The Ben Affleck starring film from director George Clooney is the true story of the son of an absentee father, J.R. (Tye Sheridan, Ready Player One), who finds himself at his Uncle Charlie’s (Affleck) bar […]

The Tender Bar Review: Ben Affleck Stars and George Clooney ...

January 9, 2022 in Movie Reviews tagged Ben Affleck / George Clooney / Movie Reviews / The Tender Bar by joeldamos

Within the horror genre there are many ways to set up your protagonists, and concurrently illustrate the dark to the light. Now in theaters and due On Demand and Digital on January 11 is The Legend of La Llorona. Sadly, this film has its heart in the right place, it […]

The Legend of La Llorona Review: Horror at its Most ...

January 8, 2022 in Movie Reviews tagged Movie Reviews / The Legend of La Llorona by joeldamos

Back during the Revolutionary War, there were a group of female spies who were invaluable in turning the tide of the fight for American freedom. The codename was The 355. So, it only fitting that audiences get a motion picture carrying that moniker that spotlights a group of international spies […]

The 355 Review: Jessica Chastain Leads An International Fab Five ...

January 7, 2022 in Movie Reviews tagged Movie Reviews / The 355 by joeldamos

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

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