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First Man (2018)

Title: First Man Directed by: Damien Chazelle Written by: Josh Singer and James Hansen Starring: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler Music by: Justin Hurwitz Dear Damien Chazelle, It has been over a decade since I walked out of a movie theater. Sadly, the latest…

Josh MatthewsNovember 9, 2018

Action Drama Movie Reviews Mystery

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Title: Blade Runner 2049Directed by: Denis VilleneuveFilm series: Blade Runner Film SeriesScreenplay: Hampton Fancher, Michael Green In the season of “Flatliners” and “It” being remade and released, “Blade Runner 2049” is yet another recent offering of 1980s pop-culture nostalgia. It’s a $155 million work of fan-fiction that…

Josh MatthewsOctober 18, 2018

Biography Documentary Movie Reviews

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018)

Title: Won't You Be My Neighbor? Directed by: Morgan Neville Starring: Joanne Rogers, Betty Aberlin, and David Bianculli Cinematography: Graham Willoughby Music by: Jonathan Kirkscey I think if we were to show Mr. Rogers to most children of the post-Millennial generation, he would make no sense to…

Josh MatthewsOctober 5, 2018

Action Adventure Movie Reviews Thriller

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

Title: Mission: Impossible - Fallout Directed and written by: Christopher McQuarrie Starring: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames Music by: Lorne Balfe Mission Impossible: Fallout is a remarkable empty-calorie entertainment, memorable for its dazzling action sequences. It pretends to have a…

Josh MatthewsJuly 8, 2018

Drama Movie Reviews Western

The Rider (2017)

Title: The Rider Written and Directed by: Chloe Zhao Starring: Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Lisa Jandreau, Lane Scott Music by: Nathan Halpern The Rider ends with the sentence, “Don’t give up on your dreams.” Had you told me that before I saw it, I would have dismissed…

Josh MatthewsJune 30, 2018

Action Adventure Movie Reviews Sci-Fi

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

Title: Solo: A Star Wars Story Directed by: Ron Howard Written by: Jonathan Kasdan and Lawrence Kasdan Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Paul Bettany, and Joonas Suotamo Music by: John Powell Solo, the new Disney Star Wars movie, begins with a flash of light. Then the screen goes…

Josh MatthewsJune 2, 2018

Drama History Movie Reviews Thriller

Chappaquiddick (2017)

Title: ChappaquiddickDirected by: John CurranWritten by: Taylor Allen and Andrew LoganStarring: Jason Clarke, Ed Helms, Jim GaffiganMusic by: Garth Stevenson Published on: May 19, 2018 Democracy is a fickle beast. Sometimes, serial adulterers and bombastic liars can become or remain mayors, governors, Senators, and Presidents. Sometimes, these politicians can survive…

Josh MatthewsMay 19, 2018

Drama Horror Movie Reviews Sci-Fi

A Quiet Place (2018)

Title: A Quiet Place Directed by: John Krasinski Written by: Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, and John Krasinski Starring: John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmons, Noah Jupe Music by: Marco Beltrami "A Quiet Place” did something at the movie theater that I have never witnessed before. It made a large group…

Josh MatthewsMay 5, 2018

Action Adventure Movie Reviews Sci-Fi

Ready Player One (2018)

Title: Ready Player One Directed by: Steven Spielberg Written by: Zak Penn and Ernest Cline Starring: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg Music by: Alan Silvestri If at the end of a movie I feel stupider than when it started, I figure that…

Josh MatthewsApril 27, 2018

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“Movies Are Prayers” Book Review

Title: Movies Are Prayers Author: Josh Larsen Publisher: IVP Books Publish Date: June 5, 2017 Pages: 208 pages (Paperback) I have it somewhere in my head, although I could be making this up, that the great movie critic Roger Ebert once defined a “movie” as…

Josh MatthewsApril 2, 2018

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