Lady Bird (2017)
“I’m from the wrong side of the tracks.” More often than not in serious relationships (as well as the inevitable mistakes along the way), most of us experience the moment. The memory […]
Monthly Archives: November 2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
“My lamp’s gone out. I’ve run out of ideas.” With its egregiously overlong title, some rather clumsy direction, and a script seriously lacking in thematic consistency, The Man Who Invented Christmas has […]
Coco (2017)
“All of this work to bring the family together.” I’m not sure what to make of Coco. Its tedious and at times benign beginning is riddled with Chatty Cathy exposition right […]
Wonder (2017)
“If you don’t like where you are, just picture where you want to be.” After exiting the theater – a surprisingly crowded Monday matinée that rightfully concluded with a clapping […]
Justice League (2017)
“I don’t have to recognize it. I just have to save it.” We’re officially five films into the DC Comics extended universe and things aren’t looking so good. There have […]
The Top 50 Films of 2016
What a year for the movies. It seems like I’m always having to defend the integrity and the quality of what’s actually available out there to curious family members and […]
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
“Who stands to benefit from the crime?” Despite how visually resplendent and beautifully captured Murder on the Orient Express looks – especially considering these lavish images were shot on celluloid – I […]
Daddy’s Home 2 (2017)
“We’re back, with more Daddies.” Not to sound all woe is me, but reviewing a film like Daddy’s Home 2 is hard. How do you unequivocally pan a movie that you know […]
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
“This is madness.” You’d be hard-pressed to ever watch a Marvel film that’s not about putting a stop to another bland worldwide catastrophe. Even then, it’s better than painfully sitting […]
A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
“Christmas is an insane amount of work.” Just days after Halloween and still weeks before Thanksgiving, I’m able to finally single out the one movie that I can confidently call […]
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