I need you to know there are already 14 TOM & JERRY movies
by Alex Rudolph, Staff Writer.
I honestly don't know why "cat chases mouse" is the premise multiple giant studios have decided to exploit.
Split Decision: I always wanted to be a Tenenbaum
In honor of Bottle Rocket’s 25th anniversary, who is your favorite character in any Wes Anderson movie?
BAD ATTITUDE: THE ART OF SPAIN RODRIGUEZ is a surprisingly cohesive look at a true eccentric
by Alex Rudolph, Staff Writer
Pioneering comix artist Manuel "Spain" Rodriguez would have received a documentary before now, but he isn't a lunatic.
Split Decision: Date Night
This week’s question: What is a film you love that premiered at any year's Sundance Film Festival?
PVT CHAT doesn't objectify for vilify, making a rare erotic thriller
by Alex Rudolph, Staff Writer
“Intimacy" is thrown around so often in movies about sex, but Hozie, Vack and Fox have made a truly intimate movie.
Sundance 2021: A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX offers a glimpse into the unknown and ourselves
by Alex Rudolph, Staff Writer
A Glitch in the Matrix is about people who think about the simulation every day. They read academic papers, lead normal lives, try to find the seams in the fabric and wonder what finding those seams would mean.
Split Decision: Charlie Chaplin's Films
Each week, Ryan will pose a question to our staff of knowledgable and passionate film lovers and share the responses! This week’s question: In honor of the recent centennial for The Kid, what is your favorite film directed by Charlie Chaplin?
Read MoreStallone: Frank, That Is
Directed by Derek Wayne Johnson
Running Time: 1 Hour and 13 Minutes
By Alex Rudolph, Staff Writer
Frank Stallone is an extremely uncomplicated man. Stallone: Frank, That Is shows that doesn't mean he isn't also extremely interesting.
Read MoreMJ's Top Ten of 2020
by Benjamin Leonard, Best Boy
A couple weeks before the end of the year (and what a year it’s been), I asked everybody to list their top five movies that they’d seen so far. This is always a tough chore because people are trying to cram in the films they’d heard about but missed throughout the year and then there’s the Christmas Day releases that only a few people have seen by that point. This means that people will always look back at their list in a year or two and find things that they wish they would've included, but just hadn’t seen yet. I feel like this year has exacerbated that situation because everyone has had to settle into finding films through different avenues.
Here, I’ve compiled everyone’s rankings and responses to give the MovieJawn Top Ten for 2020.
Read MoreTommy C. Appreciation Club: Eyes Wide Shut
Written by Stanley Kubrick and Frederic Raphael (screenplay) and Arthur Schnitzler (inspired)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Todd Field
Running time: 2 hours and 39 minutes
MPAA rating: R for language, nudity, some drug related material strong sexual content
by Matthew Crump, Alex Rudolph, Ashley Jane Davis, Audrey Callerstrom and Matthew McCafferty
The Tommy C. Appreciation Club, or TCAC, solemnly swears to watch and appreciate all theatrical performances by Tom Cruise then recap them, round-table style. In this edition, the Moviejawn crew embarks on a bonkers holiday adventure with our pal Tommy in Eyes Wide Shut.
Read MoreShortcut
Written by Daniele Cosci
Directed by Alessio Liguori
Starring Jack Kane, Zak Sutcliffe, Andrei Claude, Sophie Jane Oliver and Terence Anderson
Running time: 1 hour and 20 minutes
MPAA rating: R for language throughout and some bloody images
by Alex Rudolph
At the beginning of the new British horror film Shortcut, five teens and an adult driver take a bus on a ride that will change their fates forever. We know this because one of them literally says, in voiceover, "Nobody could imagine that [the ride] would change our fates forever." I don't need horror to be subtle, but I'd rather it not tell me its plot via "In a world..." auto-complete cliches.
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