There is a fine line between an “impressive” performance and a “great” one, and I think Jamie Foxx treads that line throughout the entirety of Ray.
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Ray (2004)
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Walk the Line (2005)
Here it is — the film that sent the musical biopic to the point of no return, the ultimate distillation of the life a complex and compromised artist into a Hollywood three act structure.
I watched this movie for the second time in a week to prep for a podcast episode, but I decided to watch the theatrical cut this time, which is easily my preferred cut.
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Sometimes a movie just clicks in a way that is totally subjective. Especially comedies.
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The Swimmer (1968)
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Teen Beach Movie (2013)
I’m not sure a film has ever more steadily improved in my estimation than Teen Beach Movie, the Disney Channel musical from 2013.
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Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Dumb and Dumber is a comedy where many of the broadest, best-known gags have lost their luster, but the the stuff on the fringes absolutely slays me.
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Max Keeble’s Big Move (2001)
Max Keeble’s Big Move is 100% tween boy cheese, but it’s exactly the kind of cheese I love
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Batman Begins (2005)
Batman Begins remains one of the great comic book movies because Christopher Nolan captures a really compelling tug of war between two competing forces: gritty realism and operatic mythmaking.
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Transporter 2 (2005)
Imagine you are a seventeen year-old boy. One burden-free summer day, you and your buddies get hopped up on Dr Pepper. The sun is shining. It’s the golden era of your youth.