Maedo Movie Minutes

This is going to be an “Alan Rant,” so bear with me. Recently, my friend and I watched a movie called Strange Darling at our local AMC theater in Santa Monica. It is a small indie film, so if you are looking for something niche and fresh, I highly recommend it. My only issue? Two […]

📖 Synopsis Godzilla Minus One, directed by Takashi Yamazaki, unfolds in post-WWII Japan, portraying the nation’s struggles after the war. With the country at its lowest point, a new crisis emerges in the form of a colossal monster that brings the country from ground zero to… MINUS ONE. See what I did there.  💭 My

Welcome to part dos. Beau is Afraid What the frick is this movie?!?! If you do not know who Ari Aster is, he is the director of the highly polarizing films Hereditary and Midsommar. If you hate these films, you probably should not watch this one. If you love these films, or if you love

I moved in April from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, so that took up a lot of time in my life, and I did not maintain keeping up with these blog posts. Well, I am back now, for better or for worse, depending on how much you love me. I saw a handful of movies during

March is going to be a wonderful time for movies, and the month kicks off with Michael B Jordan’s directorial debut of Creed III, the third installment of the Creed series, and the ninth movie overall in the Rocky/Creed franchise. The movie stars a returning cast of Michael B. Jordon, Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris, Florian

So, I am in Kansas City right now hanging out with my good college friend Dan, and we checked out Marvel’s thirty-first MCU film this past weekend Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which kicks off Phase Five of the Multiverse Saga. Peyton Reed returns to direct the third installment in the Ant-Man film series with

With Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania coming out this week to kick off Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I would like to look back at all the Phase Four movies. Well, almost all of them. I did not see Black Widow when it came out, and I forgot it was even a thing

Happy post-Super Bowl Monday! Great game with a weird ending in which the Chiefs ultimately topped the Eagles. Good for Patty Mahomes. Anyways, I caught M. Night Shyamalan’s latest movie this past Saturday at my favorite Alamo Drafthouse theater. The movie is based on Paul Trembley’s book The Cabin at the End of the World,

So, I never thought I would say this, but you should go watch Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. I cannot really understand how great this film is. Puss and Boots: The Last Wish has no business being as good as it is. It is funny, exciting, emotional, and visually beautiful. If you do not

To keep these posts shorter, I will be splitting my thoughts on The Batman into two posts: (1) A non-spoiler post of my overall thoughts of the film, which is this one that you are reading, and (2) a SPOILER post about a specific theme of The Batman that I would like to go more