The Nice Guys (2016)
“Well, look who decided to show up to class.” To understand all of the uniquely little things The Nice Guys does right means one must compare the work to its creator’s first cinematic foray. […]
“Well, look who decided to show up to class.” To understand all of the uniquely little things The Nice Guys does right means one must compare the work to its creator’s first cinematic foray. […]
“I am the architect of my own accident.” As a precursor to the following paragraphs, readers must know that I have yet to experience author J.G. Ballard’s 1975 novel High-Rise. Hopefully someday […]
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“Remember, this is a movement. Not a party.” Fear is a hard concept to define outside of physical responses. Wide eyes, sweaty palms, clenched teeth, racing hearts. They’re all unsummoned reactions […]
“If you’re in control, then the chaos will happen around you and not to you.” After sitting through Jason Bateman’s previous directorial effort, 2013’s slandering and loud-mouthed Bad Words, I came into […]
“It always sounds so simple and yet so moronic.” For all intents and purposes, Money Monster positions itself as a movie of the here and the now. Big stars matched by big […]
“It makes me happy…I love getting high.” Few terms in the English lexicon match the shapeshifting f-bomb as much as the word high. Not because of an expansive list of […]
“Say something. If you don’t you’ll regret it.” In recent years, comic books adaptations have taken the path of big bank bailouts. Greedy and heartless. Too big to fail. Marvel […]
“Finding the tangents in the framework; therein lies the artistry.” I remember my first day on a college campus as clearly as I do the last. Arrived as an angelic […]
“What is the truth?” Louder Than Bombs poses a lot of dinner table questions relating to honesty. What, why, and how something happened. And for all of its prodding, the film’s […]