Review: “Amsterdam”

David O. Russell's first feature in eight years, "Amsterdam" starts with the line "A lot of this actually happened."  The reality is most of this didn't happen, and only one character has a real-world counterpart who uncovered what was later dubbed the "Business Plot."  Fortunately, it's the fictional aspects of "Amsterdam" that are the most [...]

By |2022-10-04T09:05:44-07:00October 4th, 2022|Movie Reviews, Reviews|0 Comments

Review: “Monster Trucks”

Last year when the trailer was released for Monster Trucks, I was kind of blown away.  Not because it was a great trailer, but because the concept was so bizarre and that they seemed to be earnest about the concept.  I had a lot of questions, like "how was this film greenlit?" and "how can this movie [...]

By |2019-03-11T17:05:11-07:00January 12th, 2017|Movie Reviews|0 Comments