FRANKLY SPEAKING

I rank the Best Picture nominees of the Oscar 2020 season!

Today I talk about Sem Mendes' 1917, and the broader role & effect of the modern war movie.

I talk about Little Women (2019) and Greta Gerwig's incredibly powerful and intimately lifelike characters.

I try my best to explain why I adore this fever-dream of a movie. It's confidently insane, and that's hypnotically endearing to me.

Rian Jonson delivers a fantastic, compelling murder mystery that never loses your interest - but has even more brewing below the surface.

Ford v Ferrari is a visceral, heart-pounding ride the blends high-stakes action with deep-hearted storytelling.

Jojo Rabbit nails this perfect balance between hilarity and striking humanity, and that's the sort of thing I adore.

Joker is a deeply problematic movie that tries to be transgressive but ends up just feeling tone-deaf and boring.

Ad Astra goes to the stars with a surprisingly understated and nuanced look into its themes and protagonist, despite genre expectations.

The X-Men finale burns up on entry, now we wait to see if the once-beloved franchise finds new life under Disney.

"This movie isn't about Lord of the Rings, so much as it's about what Lord of the Rings is about."

(Original article posted on Facebook; March 9, 2018) It's long past time we talked about Captain Marvel. As always, I'm going to keep...