Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is a completely soulless film that has zero idea of what actually makes these movies great. It feels like a spit in the face to the legacy of Indiana Jones.

After watching all the films back-to-back over the past few days, the lack of magic in Dial of Destiny really stands out. This is Grade-A modern Disney slop. The over-use of CGI makes the entire film look fake. Every set piece is plagued…

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a film I remembered being much worse than it actually is. Over the years I think I just convinced myself it was bad because that was the general consensus and I went along with it.

Honestly, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull really isn’t that bad. In comparison to the original three films, sure — it’s not as good, and maybe this movie shouldn’t exist at all. But I had fun…

The Wrestler is a brilliant tragedy from Darren Aronofsky. It follows Randy “The Ram” Robinson (Mickey Rourke), a broken-down, past-his-prime wrestler — or as Randy himself would say, “an old broken-down piece of meat.” I love the heavy themes of regret, knowing when to hang it up, and realizing your best days are behind you. The constant self-sabotage really hits close to home for me. It works so perfectly with wrestling because I’ve seen this story play out with so…

There Will Be Blood is one of the greatest films I have ever seen. This is one of those movies I put off watching because it had to be the “right moment.” It has such an immaculate reputation that I was honestly afraid to watch it in case it didn’t live up to the hype.

Not only did it live up to the hype — it completely exceeded it. Paul Thomas Anderson single-handedly provides the unadulterated power of cinema. There…