Pleasantville (1998)
“You want something that’ll put you right in the show.” It is by no mistake, and quite tellingly so, that Pleasantville – a film about the scales of human emotion and […]
Monthly Archives: September 2018
Life Itself (2018)
“Life brings you to your knees.” What are we to do when we experience a tragic, untimely, shattering loss of love? How do we fill the empty void, mend the […]
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
“This is no place for a kid.” Ghoulish, garish, and just goofy enough to get by, The House with a Clock in Its Walls doesn’t really appeal to any single broad audience. […]
A Simple Favor (2018)
“Most times when a woman vanishes, she has a reason.” A classier take on the old mismatched sitcom The Odd Couple with a mystery mindset, A Simple Favor tosses genre identification straight out […]
White Boy Rick (2018)
“Make sure you can trust everyone around you.” It’s important to remember that even when a movie sells itself as a true story, there are still going to major manipulations […]
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 […]
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