Directed by David Gordon Green Joe is a grim, coming-of-age melodrama set in a small dying town, like that of The Last Picture Show. How anyone survives there is a mystery. For fifteen year-old Gary (Tye Sheridan), his survival will depend on an ex-con named Joe (Nicolas Cage). In so many coming-of-age movies we meet an … Continue reading Joe (2013)
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Ready Player One (2018)
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)
