The CLASSIC CORONERS™ are Ashley Jane Carruthers & Rosalie Kicks
“Dissecting films of our favorite dead guys and gals from the bygone era.”
For this edition of Classic Coroners™, Doctor Ashley Jane Carruthers and The Old Sport, Rosalie Kicks dusted off their Columbo Coats™ and set out to unbury the casket of the late great Peter Falk.
Read MoreDirected by Ari Aster (2018)
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
Hey! Remember when the Hereditary trailer accidentally played before Peter Rabbit and a bunch of parents freaked and claimed their children were forever scarred?! Well, after viewing writer/director, Ari Aster’s feature film debut you may find yourself scarred too.
Read MoreThe CLASSIC CORONERS are Ashley Jane Carruthers & Rosalie Kicks
“Dissecting films of our favorite dead guys and gals from the bygone era.”
For this edition of Classic Coroners, Doctor Ashley Jane Carruthers and The Old Sport, Rosalie Kicks pried open the coffin of The Queen of the Movies, Joan Crawford.
Read Moreby Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport and Benjamin Leonard, Best Boy
It’s spring time. The birds are chirping and the weather is finally getting nice, but there is no place the MJ crew would rather be than indoors, at the cinema. The Philadelphia Film Society Spring Fest kicks off Friday, April 27 and closes out on Sunday, April 29. The fest may only be running for a few days but it is packed with some of the latest and greatest films from this year’s festival circuit thus far.
Here are just some of the flicks we don’t wanna miss…follow along on Instagram and Twitter for updates all weekend long. Hope to see ya at the movies, old sport!
Read MoreCLASSIC CORONERS are Ashley Jane & Rosalie Kicks
“Dissecting films of our favorite dead guys and gals from the bygone era.”
For the first edition of Classic Coroners, Doctor Ashley Jane Carruthers and The Old Sport, Rosalie Kicks open the coffin of a gent who famously made a name for himself portraying the living dead…Bela Lugosi.
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Rosalie Kicks continues her exploration of some of the awesome female film critics working and writing today. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
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Hey old sport, are you looking for a fun film adventure to embark on this month? If so, your favorite film pals from Moviejawn have just the plan for you.
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Rosalie Kicks continues her exploration of some of the awesome female film critics working and writing today. Read Part 1 here.
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I’ve always been a writer in one way or another. However, it was in the eighth grade that I truly remember being shown how powerful writing can be. There was a teacher, a former journo, that made me realize the influence I could have with my words. She ran the school newspaper and I of course immediately joined with the determination to push my agenda. One of my first stories being about the negative impact heavy school bags could have on a teenager’s back causing students to resemble hunched turtles. The article was entitled, “Backpacks: A Weighty Issue”.
Read MoreDirected by Roar Uthaug
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
Tomb Raider should be fun. Instead, it is two minutes shy of a two-hour long eye roll, filled with shoddy effects, a Lifetime-esque story line about dads, and a sprinkling of cheesy zingers. From the moment the projector casts that first frame on the screen, you will be posing the same question that is later professed by The Raider's papa: "What in the blazes are you doing here?"
Read MoreDirected by Paul Thomas Anderson (2017)
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, Phantom Thread, for many, may be regarded as an eccentric or even downright weird love story. For me, it is a tale proving that love truly has no definition and certainly is not experienced the same by anyone. This is a story that portrays how the ones we choose to love us permit us to be the people we are and accept us for our true individual selves.
Read MoreDirected by Michael Gracey, 2017
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
Step right up! To witness one of the greatest mistakes ever put to film, a circus musical™, The Greatest Showman.
Read MoreDirected by Guillermo del Toro (2017)
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
The Shape of Water may be perceived as a fairy tale to some. But for me, the story and themes in which it presents seem all too real for it to be considered one.
Read MoreDirected by Zack Snyder (2017)
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
[Note: spoilers ahead!]
I think Aquaman (Jason Momoa) sums up this entire Zack Snyder Batverse Superverse movie thing when he says something along the lines of “Gotham is a shithole.”
Read MoreThere’s still time to catch some great films at the Philadelphia Film Festival! MJ’s Best Boy and Old Sport have compiled a list of some flicks you don’t want to miss and a few that are on their radar for the weekend.
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As a person who speaks to inanimate objects, sports purple hair and has a room in her home referred to as The Lab in which crafting experiments involving copious amounts of glitter are conducted while donning a laboratory coat, it really is not much of a stretch to believe that the movie, Unicorn Store was made especially for me.
Read MoreDirected by Doug Liman (2017)
by Rosalie Kicks!, Old Sport
In Doug Liman’s latest somewhat true biopic, American Made, Tom Cruise plays Barry Seal in a story that attempts to turn a career criminal into a romanticized charismatic icon.
Making use of Tom Cruise’s winning smile reminiscent from his Risky Business days is probably about the only thing this movie got right for me. Tommy makes a despicable person seem endearing, which means he is doing his job. At the end of the day, I’m not questioning why this story was told. I am just left wondering why this version of the story was.
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The best thing that happened after joining Twitter was that I found: Meredith Borders of BIRTH. MOVIES. DEATH. (BMD).
After many moons of avoiding this social media platform, I decided to stop being a little old lady and create a Twitter account in the name of Moviejawn. Quickly, I was immersed into the world of “@s” and stumbled upon many of my favorite lady film critics including: Amy Nicholson, Jen Yamato, and Alicia Malone…just to name a few. I discovered there was this entire film community out there. It was not until a shared tweet by Amy Nicholson that I stumbled upon Meredith Borders.
Read MoreDirected by Patrick Hughes (2017)
by Benjamin Leonard and Rosalie Kicks
Benjamin Leonard, Best Boy: Going in, you figure Patrick Hughes' The Hitman's Bodyguard is gonna be an over-the-top, nonsensical shit-show. That's why you're there. You wanna see Samuel L and Ryan Reynolds just get goofy as all hell and shoot the ever-loving shit outta everything.
Read MoreDirected by Steven Soderbergh
by Rosalie Kicks!, Old Sport
Logan Lucky is your typical heist movie but with charisma.
As the story unfolded on screen, it was like I had seen it all before. Overall, I find heist flicks tend to be formulaic and typically go something like this: After being wronged in some way, Guy gets an idea for a heist. Guy assembles a crew of misfits. Guy reviews the plan with said crew with the help of dioramas and diagrams. Guy and team enact the plan. After the plan is completed, everything is then regurgitated back to us and thoroughly explained. Oh wait! Can’t forget about that monkey wrench though. There is always a trick up the guy’s sleeve that no one knew about or that unexpected surprise that could cause the entire scheme to go wrong. Miraculously the heist is completed and if there is a girl to be gotten, the guy gets her. The end.
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