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[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a strong return to form for the canon entries into the Star Wars pantheon. After a tepid first outing by Disney with Episode VII and the heartbreaking passing of Carrie Fisher, there has been concern in how Rian Johnson would be able to pull it all together. […]

Darkest Hour isn’t your typical period piece. It’s actually one of my top films of the year for several reasons (and no real life friends, not JUST because of my ‘illness of Oldman’ Gary Oldman appreciation). While the Oscar nominated actor is nigh unrecognizable as Winston Churchill (more on that later), the film is the grand […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] After three films set against the backdrop of World War II, and one of which is Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, I hadn’t gone into Darkest Hour with much enthusiasm. I generally expect Gary Oldman to be solid in his performance, but really — have audience really been wallowing around yearning for yet another Churchill […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Now, before anyone starts howling, “but what Wonder Woman?” WW is unquestionably wonderful both within the annals of comic films, as well as a film in general for both impact on popular culture and capturing the zeitgeist of the moment. However, here we’re talking Justice League as a part of a larger whole. Wonder […]

Take this how you will, fans of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice probably won’t like Justice League.  It’s tonally different, the characters are different, everything is extremely different.  If you liked Wonder Woman, you may be slightly happier?  Slightly? I’m assuming you’ve at least seen the trailers going into reading this review, but that’s about as spoilery […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Murder on the Orient Express, based on the classic mystery novel by Agatha Christie and put through the lens of director Kenneth Branagh (who also plays the lead role of Hercule Poirot), is a beautiful adaptation — but still carries with it the eccentricities of having been written in 1934. Now, before racing to the […]

Taika Waititi was an inspired choice to direct Thor: Ragnarok.  I really need to say that first before anything else. If you don’t want to know ANYTHING about the film going forward (i.e. one of those folks who hasn’t watched the trailer and sees any bit of information as a spoiler) you may not want […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] The Snowman is said to be based on a novel of the same name by author Jo Nesbo. That the film was developed into a script in the first place would seem to indicate that the original must had some merit as a crime thriller. Unfortunately what is releasing this weekend is so […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″]   One of the more rehashed film tropes that has been in play in recent years it that of the protagonist reliving the same day repeatedly. The classic Bill Murray film, Groundhog Day was the originator (the short film 12:01pm notwithstanding) of the time-loop storyline and remains the gold standard. Most are pale […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Every so often I go into a film not particularly expecting to be caught up in it. Not for any lack of its own part, but perhaps the trailers haven’t really connected, or the news around it hadn’t yet gotten my attention. So I settled into the screening of Professor Marston and the Wonder […]