THE OPTIMIST - MOVIE REVIEWS

     It is without question that Steven Spielberg is a living embodiment of a master filmmaker. As a kid of the 80s and 90s, I grew up on the adventures of Indiana Jones and the Goonies, I learned the importance of friendship with E.T. and experienced the characteristic whimsy of Hook and many others that helped to shape my love of movies and stories. Steven Spielberg has been behind some of the greatest films of all time, and even though his filmography over the last handful of years has been mediocre at best, his work will forever stand the test of time and continue to amaze and excite viewers young and old. His latest film Ready Player One , an adaptation of a beloved book by the same title, has been hailed as a return-to-form, a masterful epic, and a joyous time at the cinema. I stand here before you, having seen and experienced Ready Player One , as a witness that these claims are indeed true. People...this movie is straight up awesome!    ...

     From the moment I first laid eyes on the trailer for A Quiet Place , I was immediately hooked. This idea that silence is life-saving is really quite ironic when you consider the time in which we live, where the world is a constant buzz. So, once you grasp that idea, throw in a couple of monsters, and you've got yourself a fun time, am I right? Well, let me just shake off this loosy-goosy perspective, because I finally got to see A Quiet Place and it was riveting! Honestly, this film is one of the most original thrillers I've seen in a long time. It's heart-pounding, gut-wrenching, edge-of-your-seat fun that hearkens back to an age where horror films were just as much about the quality of their stories as they were about their scares. Writer/director/actor John Krasinski has created a film that I want, more than ever, to become a sensational phenomenon, because it deserves to be.    The premise is simple: a family is forced to live in silence whil...