Widows (2018)

Hell hath no fury like women scorned. A precision-based criminal unit specializing in heists over the years in Chicago, Illinois meets their untimely end during one of them. In their demise, they leave their wives in Veronica (Viola Davis), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez), Alice (Elizabeth Debecki), and Amanda (Carrie Coon) attempting to pick up the pieces. […]

Movie Man Jackson looks at: 2018 Music in Movies (Part 4)

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune. Part 4 of the yearly Music in Movies series continues. If you missed parts 1, 2, and 3, you can find those here, here, and here. Let’s do it. Searching (composed by Torin Borrowdale) New User In the span of five minutes, there weren’t many dry […]

The Grinch

Even the smallest of hearts can one day be enlarged. Unless, you’re The Grinch (Benedict Cumberbatch). Mr. Grinch is the resident downer of Whoville, literally living to be the thorniest thorn in the city as a result of childhood trauma. Crazy thing is, despite his gruff demeanor and propensity to make life difficult for everyone, […]

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Writer’s block. Befalls the most prolific of writers…unless you’re Tom Clancy. At one point, author Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) was one of the world’s best writers, losing herself for decades in her research and published material of stars from yesteryear. Unfortunately, as the calendar has turned to the late 80’s and early 90’s, interest in these […]

Mid90s

Come as you are. It’s the Mid90s, and 13-year old Stevie (Sunny Suljic) is just trying to find his way in the summertime. Life’s a bitch in urban California, where he, his newly adult brother, Ian (Lucas Hedges), and mother, Dabney (Katherine Waterson) reside. Navigating adolescence is never easy, but with the constant physical and […]

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Death, taxes, and Disney live adapting old childhood stories. It’s Christmas time, and Clara (Mackenzie Foy) holds a heavy heart. The holiday simply isn’t the same without the presence of her late mother, a famed inventor. Before her passing, she left each one of her kids a gift. For Clara, that gift happens to be […]

Venom

They ain’t gonna know what hit ’em! In San Francisco resides noteworthy news journalist Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy). The show he hosts in “The Brock Report” specializes in hard-hitting exposés. He’s the type of reporter that a viewer can appreciate in this day and age. There’s no fake or fluff news coming from him and […]

Halloween (2018)

He’s coming home, he’s coming home. Tell the world he’s coming home. Who’s coming home? Michael Myers (Nick Castle), of course. Where’s he returning to? Haddonfield, Illinois, the scene of his infamous massacre 40 years ago on Halloween night. Since that night, Myers has been incarcerated in Smith’s Grove Sanitarium, with many futile efforts made […]

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

Sadly, still missing this great theme song to kick things off. Sarah Quinn (Madison Iseman) and younger brother Sonny (Jeremy Ray Taylor) reside in the sleepy town of Wardenclyffe with their mother, Kathy (Wendi McLendon-Covey). For Sarah, she’s trying to smash through a writer’s block and finish a college essay that could put her in Columbia […]

Movie Man Jackson looks at: 2018 Music in Movies (Part 3)

Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable. Part 3 of the yearly Music in Movies series continues. If you missed parts 1 and 2, you can find those here and here. Let’s do it. Incredibles 2 (composed by Michael Giacchino) Consider Yourselves Undermined! Train of Taut Searching for a Screenslaver Elastigirl’s Got a […]