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It's Just Like in the Movies
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image courtesy of thehollywoodreporter.com I love movies. Well, I like movies. But there are a lot of movies I do love. After years of having my own film blog (The Film Minion) and then writing for a local newspaper (The Troy Record), then writing for an entertainment website (Sound on Sight, now Goomba Stomp, now I don't really know), I took some time off to focus on my full time job and my family. I just didn't have the time to write on the regular basis I needed to in or
Joshua Gaul
Jun 172 min read
Havoc (2005)
image courtesy of eyeforfilm.co.uk It’s a Wonderful Life is my favorite movie. All most people remember about it is the “seeing the world without you in it” alternate reality, though that’s barely any of the film. The real power of the film is the trajectory of George Bailey’s life and how all the pieces lead to the inciting incidents that make Clarence’s arrival so important. As I stumble through Anne Hathaway’s filmography, this film feels like the start of a different care
Joshua Gaul
3 days ago3 min read
Armageddon Time (2022)
image courtesy of avclub.com Paul Graff (Banks Repeta) is an eleven-year-old Jewish kid growing up in Queens in 1980 who just wants to draw and be friends with Johnny (Johnny David), the Black kid in his class who gets treated way worse by their teacher for the exact same troublemaking. Paul’s grandpa Aaron (Anthony Hopkins) is the one person who actually believes in his art and tries to teach him to notice injustice instead of looking away from it, but after Paul and Johnny
Joshua Gaul
4 days ago3 min read
Mother's Instinct (2024)
image courtesy of variety.com When I discuss parenting with anyone, my line is typically that is both the greatest and worst thing you will ever do. Raising a child (or two in my case) is incredibly rewarding, especially when you see them learn and grow, taking lessons you've given them and becoming their own little people. But along with that pride and joy comes unending stress, anxiety, and panic that you will ruin your child, your child will become a terrible person (and i
Joshua Gaul
6 days ago4 min read
The Idea of You (2024)
image courtesy of gq-magazine.co.uk Making a good romantic comedy is incredibly difficult - way harder than people give the genre credit for. You need chemistry that actually sparks on screen, a plot that doesn't collapse the second you poke at it, jokes that land without undercutting the emotional stakes, and an ending that feels earned instead of just contractually obligated. Most attempts flame out on at least one of those fronts. Think about how many romcoms lean on a "bi
Joshua Gaul
6 days ago4 min read
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