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 […]
Monthly Archives: January 2019
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 […]
The Upside (2019)
“Don’t you see potential here?” Simple, hopeful, and surprisingly gentle, The Upside’s recipe for success rests on the coattails of its two leading actors and their charming chemistry. Granted, this movie does have some […]
Glass (2019)
“Maybe this will all make sense if I explain who I am.” As the final chapter in M. Night Shyamalan’s makeshift, stucco superhero trilogy, Glass builds an inspired and often beautiful […]
Second Act (2018)
“Subtlety doesn’t exist.” Second Act has a message worth listening to and celebrating, telling us that it’s never too late to reinvent yourself or to start writing a new chapter. […]
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
“We were a part of each other, flesh of each other’s flesh.” The poetic nature and often swelling lyricism of If Beale Street Could Talk are proof enough that there’s a […]
Holmes & Watson (2018)
“Shall we begin the autopsy?” They say you should never stand behind a horse so as to not get violently kicked, yet in the baffling case of Holmes & Watson, no […]
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
“I thought we’d never see you again.” Mary Poppins Returns claims to be a sequel, and it technically is one since it picks up where things once started, starring the […]
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