Three Trash Can Reviews

Feb 22, 2019

Paddleton

There are some movies that seem, for lack of a better term, loose. There is a broader story-like thing that is being told but the smaller…

Art K. Warren

Jul 14, 2018

Uncle Drew

There are plenty of films that star NBA players in the lead role, but you may be surprised to know that a lot of them are not very good. Films like 2012’s Thunderstruck or 1996’s Kazaam are just two examples of what happens when everything beyond “look who we got to star!” goes off of the rails. But luckily…

Art K. Warren

Jul 5, 2018

The Incredibles 2

It is hard to fathom just how long 14 years really is. Back in October 2004, an 11-year-old me was two months into 6thgrade; fat faced and wearing clothes that may just fit me today. It was in that same month that Pixar released the Brad Bird written and directed smash hit The Incredibles. Coming…

Art K. Warren

Jul 4, 2018

Set It Up

I think I was 8-years-old when I watched While You Were Sleeping for the first time with my mom. There was something about seeing 1995 New York scroll across the screen while Natalie Cole sang. Watching a fantastical story about two people meeting and then falling in love gives me a feeling that few genres…

Art K. Warren

Jun 12, 2018

Ocean’s 8

One of my biggest criticisms of 2018’s Dude (written and directed by Olivia Mulch, who has co-writing credit for Ocean’s 8), was that though it seemed to be advertised as a comedy about a group of four young women, the story really only follows Lucy Hale’s character. Everyone around her gets small quirks to…

Art K. Warren

Jun 8, 2018

Adrift

Can something be a little boring but also amazing? I didn’t know that those two things could be felt at the same time. But while watching Adrift (which is based on a true story), I felt myself drifting (get it?) off into daydreams about my weekend only to be brought back when Tami (Shailene Woodley) and Richard…

Art K. Warren

May 10, 2018

I Feel Pretty

There were two women in my viewing of “I Feel Pretty” who laughed at every single joke in the movie. Even the bad ones. Which, if I’m being honest, was maddening, considering that they were the only ones laughing. Loudly. I don’t think I could accurately describe how those laughs sounded if I tried, but…

Art K. Warren

Apr 20, 2018

A Quiet Place

I have a lot of damn questions. Questions that will never get answers because this movie shouldn’t get a sequel. Not because it doesn’t deserve one, but because “horror” movie sequels tend to be terrible, and I don’t want them to ruin a good thing. Ideas like these can only be stretched so far.

Art K. Warren

Mar 23, 2018

Red Sparrow

If she stopped acting today, Jennifer Lawrence would have a peculiar legacy. One filled with falling at award shows, being drunk, and being in love with Kris Jenner. More importantly though, her legacy would be cemented with average films.

Art K. Warren

Mar 18, 2018

Wonder

I had two questions that I needed answered before and while I watched “Wonder.” The first was if Owen Wilson is a good actor. The second was if that was Jacob Trembly’s real voice.

The first of these questions was answered by the end of the film. Owen Wilson is a damn good actor (his…