The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
“Nothing in this place makes sense.” Like a massive model set built by freehand instead of reading the careful and precise directions included with the packaging, the mostly mindless and […]
Isn’t It Romantic (2019)
“You’re blind to love.” Whether or not Isn’t It Romantic intended to actually do so, this unusual and ultimately soft-hearted fairy tale ends up becoming a love letter to the long […]
High Flying Bird (2019)
“When I get hungry, I get mean.” As an examination of the modern era’s game behind the game, with it being the busied business of basketball in this David vs. […]
What Men Want (2019)
“Time to break that glass ceiling.” Surprisingly and substantially worse than the poorly aged original What Women Want released back in 2000, and way less unwitting to boot, What Men Want shifts gender […]
Cold War (2018)
“Time doesn’t matter when you’re in love.” Is love ever really enough? Love for country, for the arts, for another soul? Can love alone salvage and save something or someone […]
Beauty and the Dogs (2018)
“Why are you playing with my nerves?” A French/Tunisian film full of social justice politics in a patriarchal world, Beauty and the Dogs hits hard because it’s so harrowing and so […]
Pick of the Litter (2018)
“You are the pick of the litter.” About as simplistic and easy as documentary features get, Pick of the Litter never does too much for its own good, instead focusing its […]
Serenity (2019)
“He’s dead in the water.” Some films are incomprehensible because their great scope out distances the reach of their aim. Others are ambiguous for posterity’s sake, told in vague tongues […]
The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
“The path you choose must be your own.” Is it a bit tired and clichéd to say that they just don’t make movies like this anymore? Yeah, I think that statement’s […]
Stan & Ollie (2018)
“It’ll get a laugh.” As a piece of textbook awards bait and a surface level biopic all wrapped up into one by the numbers bore, Stan & Ollie notably shies away […]
