2018 Film Review: Overlord11/20/2018 Written by: Kevin Berge  Who knew Wolfenstein would have the first successful video game to movie adaptation? Wait, it's not based on Wolfenstein? (Image Courtesy of: mediastringer.com) Quick Take: Overlord is a pure blast of energy combining the most exciting elements of action, horror, and war films to make one of the best blockbuster experiences of 2018. While its simplicity makes sure it doesn't tell much of a story, it is a pure adrenaline rush of a good time.
2018 Film Review: The Hate U Give11/13/2018 Written by: Kevin Berge  When did Common become the character actor to go to for every major 2018 film? (Image Courtesy of: hollywoodreporter.com) Quick Take: The Hate U Give has the melodrama of a YA novel coupled with the intelligence and valuable insight of a movie about race relations in the aftermath of a police shooting. While emotionally manipulative in parts, it is largely a powerful, satisfying, and accessible exploration of an important topic.
Written by: Kevin Berge 2018 has been a decent year for movies. While we're still waiting for the critical darlings to arrive for their Academy Award nominee runs, the Hollywood blockbusters have almost all already been released. Marvel had arguably its best year ever on the big screen. There have been multiple smash hits outside superheroes as well. However, most of the movies I've seen this year fall into the middle bucket of quality as good enough to sit through but far from memorable. This next crop of movies all had me excited going in, and I already find myself forgetting what they contained. The four movies I will be concisely reviewing are the fine action reboot The Girl in the Spider's Web, the well-acted modern western The Sisters Brothers, the overlong modern crime drama The Old Man & the Gun, and the Disney wannabe animated musical Smallfoot.  Claire Foy seems to be taking her removal from The Crown well. (Image Courtesy of: cnet.com) Written by: Kevin Berge When you see a lot of movies in one year, they begin to blur together. As I make a more concerted effort to watch the best films of the year in theaters, I have been witness to a whole lot of completely average movies. This is especially true of these next four 2018 films. There's nothing outstandingly wrong with them. They are just held back by a few flaws that made each of these movies less than they could have been. The four films focused on today are the fictional drama on a man feeding off the work of his more talented wife The Wife, a three-part short flick about racial conflict Monsters and Men, a true story biography about a man feeding off the work of his more talented wife Collette, and a dramedy about a trouble comedian All About Nina.  Never has a film laughed at the Nobel prize more viciously. (Image Courtesy of: usatoday.com) 2018 Film Review: Halloween10/29/2018 Written by: Kevin Berge  Nothing says great sequel like just taking the name of the first film... and the terrible reboot attempt. (Image Courtesy of: inverse.com) Quick Take: Halloween (2018) may try a little too hard to emulate the past, but what it amounts to is some of the strongest horror storytelling in recent memory. With an incredible lead performance from Jamie Lee Curtis and a script that builds well to its ferocious climax, this is a slasher movie that lives up to the legacy of the first.
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