A JBO Reel Review of: The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)
The Last Thing He Wanted has no idea what it wants to be and we, as the audience, have no idea what it’s about. (Who the hell is the “He” from the title anyway?) Director Dee Rees can’t make sense of writer Marco Villalobos’ muddled script and, in turn,...
A JBO Reel Review of: The Hunt (2020)
In today’s politically charged cultural arena, most films and television shows attempt to either cater to one political tribe or the other or stay out of the fray altogether. Most fail miserably at both. 2020’s The Hunt, however, doesn’t care to do either and it’s...
A JBO Reel Review of: Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather Trilogy
From the title credits, with the sound of a lone trumpet rising over a black screen, you know that you’re about to watch something great. Regarded by cinephiles the world over as one of the greatest films ever made—second only, perhaps, to Citizen Kane—The Godfather,...
A JBO Reel Review of: Taxi Driver (1976)
“A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or the others crazy?” — Albert Einstein. Martin Scorsese’s 1976 film Taxi Driver, chronicles the deteriorating mental state of Vietnam War veteran Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro). Taxi Driver Is a Timeless Classic This...
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