A JBO Reel Review of: Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Where many of the other critically acclaimed films of 2019 were decidedly bleak, Jojo Rabbit is unabashedly happy. Director Taika Waititi’s caustic and playful sense of humour strikes just the right tone to pull off this “anti-hate satire”....
A JBO Reel Review of: Little Women (2019)
Little Women is just the latest screen adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel of the same name. It’s a more than respectable addition to a long list of adaptations spanning decades and dozens upon dozens of stars from the likes of silent film legends to...
A JBO Reel Review of: Joker (2019)
Sure, it’s dark—as in woe-is-the-world, suicide-inducing blackness—but Joker is an experimental project that, if we’re lucky, marks a quantum leap forward in the sub-genre of dramatic comic book inspired films. Arthur Fleck is an aspiring stand-up comedian who works...
A JBO Reel Review of: Hollywood (2020)
What do you get if you put together gratuitous nudity and sex, shameless self-righteousness, pseudo intellectualism and sickening sycophancy? You get a Ryan Murphy/Netflix miniseries that would never have been greenlit in the studio/network system it criticizes so...
A JBO Reel Review of: Extraction (2020)
There’s nothing original about Extraction but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t a bloody well entertaining film and that you can’t bloody well enjoy it. Mercenary Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) is hired to recover the kidnapped son of an Indian drug lord. When the deal...
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