Directed by Steven Spielberg I really enjoyed Ready Player One, and I'm starting there because I feel like I wasn't supposed to enjoy this movie. It's cheesy and somewhat predictable, but it's also full of that wonder Spielberg seems to have trademarked early in his career. It's that type of wide-eyed, childlike sense of awe that … Continue reading Ready Player One (2018)
rebellion
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Directed by John Frankenheimer Birdman of Alcatraz is a little too long. That's my first thought. I can only listen to the soothing musings of Burt Lancaster for so long, and with this movie I started to tune him out at around the 100 minute mark. Lancaster plays Robert Stroud, a murderer quick to anger. … Continue reading Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)