Tinseltown Reviews

Game Night  is a thriller comedy directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, starring Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Billy Magnussen, Sharon Horgan, Lamorne Morris, Kylie Bunbury, and Jesse Plemons. The movie follows a highly competitive, game-loving couple Max and Annie who are having trouble conceiving, which they believe is due to Max's feelings of inferiority towards his highly successful brother, Brooks. They and their friends have a tradition of weekly game nights, and when one game night hosted by Brooks spirals out of control, the friends are swept into a real-life murder mystery filled with conspiracies, plot twists, and a whole lot of laughs. This movie was something of a surprise hit, and I'm sure most people haven't even heard of it, which is a shame considering how funny it is. We all knew Jason Bateman (of Arrested Development  fame) is a comedy genius, but Rachel McAdams shines as his costar with just as great a performance.

Black Panther is a Marvel superhero film directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Daniel Kaluuya, and Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis as the only white characters in the entire movie. The film follows T'Challa as he officially takes on the mantle of the Black Panther and the king of Wakanda, and having to learn to deal with the hardships of being a king, especially when a secret from his father's past starts to become unveiled and a new man rises to challenge his position on the throne. It's hard to deny the amount of hype that came with the release of Black Panther , one that I was worried might damage the movie's reputation like it did with The Last Jedi just a few months ago. There was also a part of me that was afraid that a large portion of the movie's praise would be due to white guilt (the "if you didn't like it you're a racist" effect, AKA the only r