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We've moved!
Hi friends! A quick note if you're reading this blog off LiveJournal or a related RSS feed. I _finally_ got things set up on my hosted domain, so going forward there will be no new posts here. You can find them at www.expletivedleted.com. Old posts will remain here for the time being, but I am in the process of transferring them over. Hope y' ( Read more... ) -
Murder on the Orient Express
For some reason, despite the expansive cast, I just couldn't get myself excited about this movie. I wasn't sure what it was that held me back. When the reviews started coming in, they were rather mixed, which didn't make me feel much better. I started to get really anxious about it because the movie night I organized with my coworkers had voted ( Read more... ) -
Daddy's Home 2
I missed the original the first time around. It was released during a very crowded Christmas holiday and there just wasn't enough time for all of them. My thought towards seeing the sequel was mostly "sure, why not?" A few days before the planned movie time, I realized I had a free evening and the original was on Amazon Prime. "Sure, why not ( Read more... ) -
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Oscar alert! I'm saying it now, this is gonna be a major player. Or at least, I very much hope so because this movie was absolutely brilliant. Let's just get right into it.
Written and directed by Martin McDonagh ( In Bruges), Francess McDormand, godess of the silverscreen, stars as a woman who is frustrated that her daughter's murder has gone ( Read more... ) -
Lady Bird
I thought I'd be the one to break this movie's perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Not that my posts actually get picked up by RT, but in spirit at least. I respect Greta Gerwig as a unique and creative voice, but I've never particularly cared for her. Nothing in the trailer seemed that special to me, and this ended up being one that I mostly ( Read more... ) -
Last Flag Flying
Oof another emotional movie. And this one with a powerhouse cast behind it. Really, it had me at that cast: Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, and Lawrence Fishburne. Oh and Richard Linklater directing ( Read more... ) -
Thor: Ragnarok
The god of thunder is back! *Cue Led Zepplin's Immigrant song*Okay, it's an MCU movie. You know the framework. It's how these films are dressed up that distinguish them, and this stands out with its humor. Yes, this franchise is generally funny (esp once Joss Whedon got involved), but the way that Taika Waititi brings in the effortless laughs ( Read more... ) -
A Bad Moms Christmas
I guess it's Christmas time already? What happened to Turkey Day? Oh like any calendar is gonna stop me from seeing a Christmas movie any dang time I wanna!
The bad moms are back! And they're taking back Christmas! Well unless their own bad moms have anything to say about it. Repeating what I said on Stardust, for me, one mark of a good ( Read more... ) -
Thank You For Your Service
On the surface, I had some concerns about this movie. It gave off way too much of an American Sniper vibe. While I did really like Sniper, that similarity was a concern because since that had unexpectedly been a big hit, it felt like this was trying to do a cash grab by going after the same audience. The title of this one seemed to be rather ( Read more... ) -
Suburbicon
Where did this movie go wrong? George Clooney directing a Coen Bros script starring Matt Damon and Julianne Moore. Shouldn't that be a winning combination? So then why was it so flipping boring ( Read more... )