Mission: Impossible - Fallout is a 148 minute mission to stop a plutonium nuclear bomb from detonating. The bomb’s attached to a countdown, of which must be stopped first before the wires can be cut to avoid a disaster killing over a billion people … [Continue reading]
Once, on a walk down Austin’s popular South Congress street, I stumbled into a record store. It sat behind all the storefronts, a secret passage into a time and place where vinyl records are as revered as the phones we carry in our pockets. I didn’t … [Continue reading]
In May of 2017, I went to see Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 twice in theaters - once with my movie-going friends, and then again only days later with my coworkers as part of a Teacher Appreciation Day surprise. I enjoyed it even more the second … [Continue reading]
2017 has been a long, tough one. As a country, we’ve had to grapple with a lot of hard, painful truths. Personally, I’ve learned my own lessons. But one thing we should all agree on is that it’s been a pretty great year of movies. Deeply personal … [Continue reading]
When I first saw Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in theaters, I was so taken by the quietness of it. The first twenty minutes allowed us to see a new ape civilization in its true home, deep in the woods, communicating solely through their own sign … [Continue reading]