Travis Hopson’s Top 100 Of The 2010s (Finale)
This is the finale of my Top 100 Movies of the 2010s! The process of coming up with this list damn near broke me,...
Review: ‘Uncut Gems’, Adam Sandler Shines Like A Diamond In The Safdies’ Chaotic Street-Hustle...
Okay, we can officially retire Punch Drunk Love as the oft-cited example of Adam Sandler's competence as an actor. Sandler is a kinetic force...
Review: ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’Diverse Casting And Linda Hamilton's Return Spark The Franchise's Explosive Comeback
The Terminator franchise has not been a well-oiled machine in quite sometime, although I don't count myself in the camp of those who feel...
Middleburg Review: ‘Parasite’, Bong Joon-ho’s Twisted,High-Wire Dark Comedy Nibbles At The Edge Of Greatness
South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho has often tackled class warfare in his films, usually through the eyes of the struggling lower class. Not every...
Review: ‘Little Monsters’, Lupita Nyong’o Is Bloody Great As A Zombie-Fighting Schoolteacher
*NOTE: This is an edited reprint of my review from the Sundance Film Festival.*
The Sundance promo image for horror-comedy Little Monsters features a blood-stained...
Review: ‘The Wind’, Frontier Horror Howls With Unfulfilled Potential
The Western genre leans heavily to the masculine side but in recent years we've seen an increased focus on the plight of frontierswomen in...
Sundance Review: ‘Fighting With My Family’, A Crowd-Pleasing Piledriver Of A WWE Drama
When WWE superstar Paige had to announce her retirement from professional wrestling due to injury, I was heartbroken. Always one of my favorite women...
Review: Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Roma’ Is A Stunningly Personal, Dazzling Love Letter To The Past
*NOTE: This is a reprint of my review from the Middleburg Film Festival*
If Alfonso Cuaron was looking for a film as far away from...
Review: ‘Blindspotting’, Daveed Diggs And Rafael Casal Erupt With Raw Emotion
*NOTE: This is a reprint of my review from the Sundance Film Festival.*
If you're like me and have never taken Daveed Diggs seriously as...
Sundance Review: Daveed Diggs Erupts With Raw Emotion In ‘Blindspotting’
If you're like me and have never taken Daveed Diggs seriously as an actor outside of his Hamilton stage breakthrough, that's about to change...