Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
“Do not improvise.” Before the picture begins and the origin of all things Han Solo starts to knock us over the head, Solo: A Star Wars Story wisely and sensibly brands […]
Monthly Archives: May 2018
Beast (2018)
“I need more from you.” A murder mystery. A psychological thriller. A revisionist and modern-day take on the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast. And exploding with one of the most […]
Book Club (2018)
“We are too old.” In the effervescent and reflective Book Club, we get to watch four wise women reluctantly or openly allow themselves to live their lives with a bit of uncertainty. […]
Deadpool 2 (2018)
“Kids give us a chance to be better than we used to be.” It’s hard to laugh at the same joke twice. Those unexpected, ab-tigheting, stomach churning experiences really only […]
Foxtrot (2017)
“These are your demons talking.” Radically simple with its plot and emotionally exhausting with its tee-tottering tone, Foxtrot is a film which I don’t think I would advise others to revisit […]
Life of the Party (2018)
“This is not helping our process.” About 15 minutes too long, full of a few characters/scenes which truly don’t matter, and too inconsistent with its laughs – a symptom that […]
Tully (2018)
“She seems really awake.” Even with its surprising narrative twists and turns and shocking revelations, there are few false truths orchestrated throughout Tully, only a reality where blemishes and pain and anxiety […]
Overboard (2018)
“Most of us only know the world we’re born into.” Better than you might expect while just as easily forgettable, Overboard seeks to reinvent a formula that never went stale or got […]
The Week Of (2018)
“Let me bail us out of this.” There’s something very clearly awry from the start in The Week Of, and it has less to do with the attempted “disaster piece theater” nature […]
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