I honestly let Moneyball slip under my radar since its release. I honestly hadn’t heard of the film until it started picking up all those Oscar nominations. When it hit DVD I put on my rent list. The story of Moneyball revolves around the Oakland’s Athletics’ General Manager Billy Beane’s 2002 season and its true…
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Things I Hate: The Tree of Life (2011 Film)
When The Tree of Life came out in 2011, I had no idea it even existed. Though I heard later on that it was well-received critically, so I put on my rental list. Usually I like critically approved movies, but this one not so much. The movie in short is about a guy named Jack…
Things I Like: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008 Film)
My mom told me about this movie a few years ago. Her plot synopsis kinda freaked me out so I wasn’t in the mood to watch it. The movie is about a baby that was born like an old man. His father leaves him on the doorstep of a black couple who raise him. After…
Things I Like: Ocean’s Eleven (2001 Film)
I remember this film making a big splash two decades ago, but never watched it until now. I guess at my age I wasn’t interested, but my mom loved the movie so I just grabbed her DVD of it. I’ve never seen the original 1960 film Ocean’s 11 starring Frank Sinatra so I can’t make…
Ad Astra (2019 Film) Review
I remember hearing about Ad Astra a few months ago when it was a trivia question on some game show. I was shocked I had no idea that the movie came out because it’s fairly new. My local library had a copy on Blu-ray, and eventually came my turn to watch it. The movie’s main…