Movies, Music, and Food Through the Lens of Ryan Thompson
AN ANONYMOUS ACADEMY MEMBER: John Bailey, we have a problem. JOHN BAILEY: What? (bored out of his mind) AN ANONYMOUS ACADEMY MEMBER: Not only did we upset many film fans by excluding live action short, makeup, cinematography and film editing awards, firing Kevin Hart as host, and adding a popular film category, but guess what? […]
Every time early this year, the “decent but not great” low-budget horror films that people want to kind of revisit come to play. It happened once back in January of 2016 with “The Boy” where audiences and critics were split. I can tell and guarantee you that the whole idea and concept of Nicholas McCarthy’s […]
Everyone loves the first “LEGO Movie” for its creative humor and imagination, while incorporating a strong, relatable message about creating your own imagination without any boundaries possible. I remember myself of course 5 years ago when the first film came out not just admiring the film, but also being obsessed with the LEGO sets which […]
Has anyone thought someone had the potential to restore 100-year old footage from World War I? Well, the lord of the rings and hobbits himself Peter Jackson made a broadening, grand technical achievement with an authentic and very realistic touch of what clearly World War I was perceived as in his documentary, “They Shall Not […]
2018 has been a year that spoke the languages of race, directorial debuts, and integrity in bold and passionate film making. It for sure makes a difference compared to 2017 because of all the clatter with such disappointments like “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” and Oscar-bait like “The Post” (still a good movie). Last year focused […]
With the year of 2019 still feeling young like a baby pea pod, we always got to have the heartwarming, cute film that has to relate to somewhat of a pet. In 2017, people wanted to see a dog in different characteristics in “A Dog’s Purpose”. Last year, people wanted to see a rabbit voiced […]
Adam McKay has so far been proud of himself avoiding such overrated comedy slush like “Step Brothers” even though through his comedic track record, he actually directed the first “Anchorman”, it’s decent sequel, and “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby”, which are creative-enough satires to say the least. Now the completely revolting and mind-bending […]
Once upon a February of 2018, Clint Eastwood didn’t live happily ever after in my brain when I saw his utter disaster called “The 15:17 to Paris”. It was a garbage attempt to honor three men fighting for terrorism on a train that instead consists of useless life sequences that usually took place in school. […]
SONY PRESIDENT: Hey, folks! After what made us mess up with Venom from all the horrendous reviews from both critics and audiences, let’s actually make a Spider-Man film that is actually flawless and can actually top Spider-Man 2 back in 2004. SONY EMPLOYEE: Yes. I can agree with that. Can we make it animated instead […]
From what I have encountered in the grand city of Evanston, the movie selection is flawless and the atmosphere is beyond memorable. What I can never forget and will always look forward to before or after I see a movie there is their food. My personal favorite restaurant will always be their burger joint, “Bat […]