Michael Fairbanks
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When Michael Fairbanks first saw Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film back in 2002, everything changed. The experience began a lifelong passion for cinema that has gone undeterred since. In 2009 he began reviewing movies on Youtube, which ultimately sprang into a lifelong passion for film criticism and entertainment reporting. He is currently studying screenwriting at Chapman University. Aside from seeing movies, Michael enjoys making bad puns while playing video games, going on long late night drives, and socializing over large plates of food. For more of Fairbanks' movie reviews check out: https://fairbanksonfilm.wordpress.com

Movie Review: All The Money In The World

The best parts of Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World are the ones that dive into the vast and empty void that comes with extreme wealth. The moments that explore a man who could hear coins falling out…

Movie Review: Bright

Like the majority of screenwriter Max Landis’ work, Bright has a heavenly elevator pitch. A gritty David Ayer directed Los Angles police drama inundated with enough orcs, elves, and magic to make J.R.R Tolkien consider summering in Inglewood. What a…

Movie Review: Daddy’s Home 2

Hello daddy my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again. “Alright fellas, we need to cast our new family comedy,” director Sean Anders (Daddy’s Home, Horrible Bosses 2) declared in the first Daddy’s Home 2 meeting, “Somebody that…

Movie Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer

I desperately want to love Yorgos Lanthimos’ films. His caustic, often disturbing style shows shades of Stanley Kubrick a la A Clockwork Orange and the best moments of both The Lobster and The Killing of A Sacred Deer are flat…

Movie Review: Geostorm

Oh man… Here’s a free piece of moviegoing advice from yours truly. Just…avoid films with Gerard Butler altogether (I regret my London Has Fallen review every day). Geostorm might be the dumbest film in his never-ending cascade of stink bombs.…

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 3×01 Review: “Josh’s Ex-Girlfriend Wants Revenge”

“Where’s a woman’s pride without her man?” After two seasons spent on the brink of a breakdown, Rebecca Bunch has finally snapped. Former dreamboat Josh Chan has left her at the altar and she has now made her life’s mission…

Movie Review: The Foreigner

I grew up on Jackie Chan’s American buddy movies. They may run the gamut of terrible to mediocre but Rush Hour, Shanghai Knights, The Tuxedo and The Medallion will always hold a special place in my stupid little heart. I…