Movie Reviews

Last year's Ray set the bar pretty high for musician-based biopics. It was a serious film that treated its subject with as much brutal honesty as adulation. It held back no punches regarding the dark side of its 'anti-hero', which made all the more intriguing.

I admit I don't know much about either Ray Charles or Johnny Cash, but be it either the writing, the filmmaking, or simply the lives that those two men lived, I consequently found Johnny Cash and Walk the Line to be a slightly more interesting person and a more interesting film, respectively. And as good as Jamie Foxx was as Ray Charles, I thought Joaquin Phoenix disappeared even more into Johnny Cash. To top it off, Reese Witherspoon is great as well, and the music is wonderful.