21 March
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MY DEFINITIVE RANKING OF BATMAN ON THE BIG SCREEN Batman is making another return to the big screen this weekend with Zach Snyder’s Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. This is the second film in DC Comics’ larger Justice League universe. The Caped Crusader is my all-time favorite superhero. I even donned the cape and cowl for Halloween one year when I was a kid. I thought I would take a look back at the many iterations we’ve seen of the character. We’ve seen a variety of Oscar winners, villains, styles, themes, bat logos, and nipples in the eight movies that have come before. Let’sRead More →

13 July
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SUICIDE SQUAD Director: David Ayer Starring: Margot Robbie, Will Smith, Jared Leto, Jai Courtney, Scott Eastwood, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis,Cara Delevingne, Common, Ben Affleck               San Diego Comic Con 2015 was chock full of goodness this year. DC Comics had a few panels regarding their upcoming projects including their two big movies next year. Frankly, I am more excited about Suicide Squad than I am for Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. A majority of these characters will be new to moviegoers, and I think that this is the first comic book movie that focuses on theRead More →

17 April
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BATMAN V. SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE Director: Zack Snyder Starring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Amy Adams, Jeremy Irons, Jesse Eisenberg, Holly Hunter, Diane Lane, Scoot McNairy, Laurence Fishburne The trailer for Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice has finally been released. It feels like we have been waiting for this for awhile as production wrapped months ago. The movie won’t even hit theaters until March 2016. It does seem odd that a film this huge has a March release when this reads summer blockbuster. Does this mean the studio internally knows it will bomb or do they fear that it couldRead More →

28 January
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DAZED AND CONFUSED (1993) Writer/Director: Richard Linklater Starring: Jason London, Shawn Andrews, Rory Cochrane, Joey Lauren Adams, Parker Posey, Anthony Rapp, Adam Goldberg, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Sasha Jenson, Matthew McConaughey, Wiley Wiggins, Marissa Ribisi Truth be told I watched Dazed and Confused for the first time just a few weeks ago. The film has received a cult classic status, yet somehow I let it slip through the cracks. One of the first questions I had was that if I watch a movie in 2015 that was made in 1993 that was set in 1976, does it at all feel dated? Absolutely not! There isRead More →

03 October
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GONE GIRL Director: David Fincher Starring: Rosamund Pike, Ben Affleck, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon, Patrick Fugit, Kim Dickens, Missi Pyle, Sela Ward When I heard that David Fincher was going to tackle the big screen adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s hot bestseller Gone Girl, I knew that he was the perfect choice. I have proclaimed my love and adoration for the guy many times before. With films like Zodiac, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Se7en under his belt, he has tackled his fair share of thrillers, mysteries, and devious crimes. Amy (Pike) and Nick (Affleck) Dunne seem like the perfect couple.Read More →

05 September
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FALL 2014 MOVIE PREVIEW 1. INTERSTELLARDirector: Christopher NolanStarring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, John Lithgow, Michael CaineI am a huge fan of Christopher Nolan, the visionary director of Inception and The Dark KnightTrilogy. This film may be his biggest challenge to date. It is still shrouded in secrecy, but a couple of trailers have been released.  I am stunned and awed by everything I am seeing so far. It has been in the works for the past few years and was originally inspired by physicist Kip Thorne and his theories behind using wormholes in space to time travel. Matthew McConaughey continues his hot streak by leading this ensembleRead More →

14 April
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GONE GIRL Director: David Fincher Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Missi Pyle, Tyler Perry, Patrick Fugit, Scoot McNairy, Sela Ward When it was first announced that David Fincher would tackle Gillian Flynn’s bestseller novel “Gone Girl”, I got a giddy excitement inside of me. I am a huge fan of Fincher’s work, and he is perfect at those dark, mysterious stories. He completely nailed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. If you have read the book, you know you will be in for one hell of a ride. Amy (Pike) and Nick (Affleck) Dunne seem like the perfect gorgeous couple. On theirRead More →

25 April
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TO THE WONDERDirector: Terrence MalickStarring: Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Javier Bardem, Rachel McAdamsDirector Terrence Malick is known to be a reclusive, artistic, mysterious type of director. Over a span of his forty year career he has made six movies clearly taking time in between each artistic endeavor. It comes as somewhat of a surprise that his latest, To the Wonder, has been released just two years after his Oscar nominated The Tree of Life. This internal look into life, love, and happiness feels very much like a companion piece to The Tree of Life in tone, style, mystery, and artistry. Unlike some of his other films, the story isRead More →

01 April
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THE LSO VOICE: THE WORST MOVIE EVER?In a perfect world I could get paid for writing movie reviews and consider it my full time career along with some acting gigs on stage or on camera. That is not happening right now, so I have your standard full time job sitting in a cube all day. I have had the pleasure of being the movie critic and guest columnist for my work department newsletter for the past year. I have not typically added them to the blog, but I am going to start with this one. For the April Fool’s Day issue of the newsletter, IRead More →

14 January
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THE 70th GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD WINNERS It was a big night in Hollywood as the 2013 Golden Globes were handed out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. While it usually is a precursor to the Oscars, there is no overlap in members of the Academy and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Ben Affleck won for Best Director and he was completely left off the Oscar nomination list. Here are the winners of the Motion Picture portion of the evening: Best Motion Picture-Drama ARGO Best Motion Picture-Musical/Comedy LES MISERABLES Best Director BEN AFFLECK Best Actor-Drama DANIEL DAY-LEWIS, Lincoln Best Actress-Drama JESSICA CHASTAIN, Zero Dark Thirty BestRead More →