"No more blue tomorrows" – MovieJawn remembers David Lynch
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Read MoreTHE SACRIFICE is the cinematic captstone to Tarkovsky's career
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
That it has taken this long to get a 4K restoration is just wild, if only because anything shot by Sven Nykvist should have had an automatic pass to the top of the restoration heap.
Action Countdown #5: KILL BILL Vol 1. & Vol 2.
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
Sometimes, I think we take Quentin Tarantino's career for granted, in the sense that none of the great, violent spectacles were ever guaranteed
Action Movie Countdown #14: CON AIR proves there is no such thing as a guilty pleasure
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
Every time I watch Con Air (dir. Simon West, 1997), I feel a profound sense of gratitude for its existence.
Action Countdown #21: DIE HARD is an all time great action movie grounded by its cast
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
Die Hard is a movie that knows exactly what it is, and because of that it is able to function as a movie that is truly free.
SASQUATCH SUNSET hangs out in the woods with little to say
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
Sasquatch Sunset is the sort of a movie you see on Netflix, remember how you heard about it when it came out, throw it on for 10 minutes, and then say, "Welp, glad I didn't pay to see that one in the theater."
THE GREATEST HITS squanders its time travel romance plot
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
The Greatest Hits is an intensely middle-of-the-road indie movie that makes a fun premise as one-note as humanly possible.
OFFICE SPACE at 25: Work still sucks
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
I watch Office Space every 5 years or so partly because it gives me that pure late 90s nostalgia hit that I need sometimes, but also because I have more and more context with each subsequent viewing.
INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL is not for everyone
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell is a film maddeningly trapped between transcendence and utter boredom.
SCRAP offers little beyond being an unremarkable indie drama
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
These little indie dramas, composed of by-the-numbers shot/reverse shot sequences, put so much focus on the dialogue that it really has to be great. No one has ever talked like the people in this movie, who talk like what a first time screenwriter thinks people talk like.
SHORTCOMINGS is a great adaptation, but a standard indie dramedy
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
Randall Park does a great job with the performances and the storytelling, but does little to visually separate this from the pack which makes me think this movie will end up flying under the radar.
Flop and Fizzle #7: MULHOLLAND DR.
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
Mulholland Dr exists as a Kubrickian monolith in my life. One day I just had to see that movie, and 20 years later it is the inciting incident to both my love of film and, I’m not even kidding, my chosen career path as a librarian.
Unapologetically Canadian BLACKBERRY is all about funny business
by Iran Hrabe, Staff Writer
It’s Pirates of Silicon Valley vs. Wall Street and it works.
Poorly assembled and lacking coherence, ONE TRUE LOVES is a disappointing romcom
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
One True Loves was the most excruciating movie watching experience I’ve had in recent memory.
From Tabletops to Movie Screens
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
People play games for the same reason they watch movies: escapism. And yet Tabletop-to-Big Screen adaptations have been pretty putrid up until very recently.
Top 10 Movies of 2022 (Midwesterners Edition)
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
I don’t often feel FOMO, but the one time I really feel it is at the end of the year when everyone’s year end lists for movies are dropping and I’m stuck on the sidelines.
LIVING makes a case for thoughtful remakes
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
Despite being the sort of film firmly on my Remake No Fly List seeing the “Screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro” credit quickly turned my “WHY?!” into “I’m listening.”
MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM will make you ask "is this it?"
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
Told exclusively in archive footage with voice overs from the primary players of the scene, Meet Me in the Bathroom doesn’t really have anything interesting to say.
MovieJawn's Sound & Vision Poll: Ian Hrabe's Ballot
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
Welcome to MovieJawn’s first ever Sound & Vision Poll, where our writers share why they love their 10 favorite movies of all time!
CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY shows a fun and heartwarming side of medieval Europe
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
Perhaps more shocking than Hollywood’s inability to find joy in the Middle Ages is Lena Dunham making a legitimately excellent film