His Girl Friday (1940)
“I’m through with the newspaper business.” His Girl Friday is both an absolute sprint of a screwball comedy and a harsh rebuke of the misguided, manipulated integrity of journalistic behavior. It’s […]
The Land of Steady Habits (2018)
“It’s all about communication.” I understand what The Land of Steady Habits was trying to do, quite desperately so, but I cannot understand its methodology or its lack of self-awareness. This […]
The Predator (2018)
“It hunts people for sport.” Inspired by 80’s aesthetics and dressed from head to toe in the era’s garb, The Predator is a modern fanboy’s love letter to the kind of […]
Destination Wedding (2018)
“Anybody wanna trade seats?” A dark romantic comedy best suited for masochists, Destination Wedding celebrates the immense amount of pain that it imparts on the audience. It’s the furthest thing from romantic, […]
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (1991)
“Just do one thing at a time.” I have a hard time saying that Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead is a very good movie. Yet, at the same time, it’s […]
Flower (2017)
“I don’t care what other people think about me.” Flower doesn’t stay true to its wicked nature, and I imagine that’s because the film forgets to take the time to […]
Peppermint (2018)
“Nothing’s gonna bring your family back.” Within the first 10 seconds of Peppermint, as the camera hovers over a shaking car and eventually cuts to the inside with two people fighting […]
The Nun (2018)
“We have no other choice.” As one of the dumbest, darkest and most dim-witted movies of the year, The Nun allows us to see through the shadows because it wastes so […]
Kin (2018)
“Everything that has ever been stolen was something that was just sitting there.” There’s a surprising amount of grittiness to Kin, a movie that presents a story perfectly suitable for the […]
Searching (2018)
“We are gonna figure this out together.” Searching is a family film, just not one in the traditional sense. As it reflects the growing anonymity of the internet age and […]
