Not the smashing you expected.

One giant leap for moviegoers.

It is one thing to know the horrors of slavery and another to experience it.

What is Jerusalem worth?

I still don’t care about 60 minutes. 

The last truly epic historical biography.

Seasick of streaming platform slop.

How does a RBMK reactor explode?

Painting a Russian bible epic.

War isn’t about who’s right, rather who’s left.

…and Ridley Scott still misses.

Did I stutter?

Silence has never been so pitiful.

One of the few military war films that could make you cry.

Basically every Call of Duty mission.

You could be convinced Willem Dafoe is a descendent of Van Gogh.

How Alan Turing beat the Nazis.

The haunting silence of the Holocaust.

The bureaucratic hunt for Osama Bin Laden.

A masterclass in cinematography.

Love is a tough pill to swallow.

A vapid love letter to Hollywood filmmaking.

The most poignant portrayal of the Holocaust.

When Chess is global war.

Can war be poetic?

Might as well read a novel instead.

Timotheé Chalamet portrays a pretty good king.

A visually impressive war film shot in one take.

A perfect showcase of moral ambiguity and bias.

One of the most re-watchable war films.

When drama feels like action.

A nice layup from Scorsese but no slam dunk.

Wrestling with financial dependancy.

As fun as powder wigs and debauchery gets.

A slow crossing of the finish line.