Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
“A warrior’s spirit needs a warrior’s body.” By alloying together the futuristic dystopia of Blade Runner with the flimsy romance elements of The Hunger Games, all while styling them both […]
Monthly Archives: February 2019
The 2019 Academy Awards: Thoughts and Predictions
The 91st Academy Awards are going to be weird. Every guild has voted differently, thus giving us no definitive frontrunner, let alone even two movies duking it out between themselves. […]
Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
“What the hell is going on here?” More trial and error than it ever is thoughtfully or thoroughly executed, Happy Death Day 2U is a pitch perfect example of how to […]
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
“I didn’t think anyone noticed me.” The title alone says it all: The Perks of Being a Wallflower. So what are the advantages to being a straggler who finds a […]
Capernaum (2018)
“What do you want from your parents?” So real and so organic that it could be mistakenly classified as belonging to the Cinéma vérité style of documentary filmmaking, Capernaum tells a painful yet […]
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
“Nothing in this place makes sense.” Like a massive model set built by freehand instead of reading the careful and precise directions included with the packaging, the mostly mindless and […]
Isn’t It Romantic (2019)
“You’re blind to love.” Whether or not Isn’t It Romantic intended to actually do so, this unusual and ultimately soft-hearted fairy tale ends up becoming a love letter to the long […]
High Flying Bird (2019)
“When I get hungry, I get mean.” As an examination of the modern era’s game behind the game, with it being the busied business of basketball in this David vs. […]
What Men Want (2019)
“Time to break that glass ceiling.” Surprisingly and substantially worse than the poorly aged original What Women Want released back in 2000, and way less unwitting to boot, What Men Want shifts gender […]
Cold War (2018)
“Time doesn’t matter when you’re in love.” Is love ever really enough? Love for country, for the arts, for another soul? Can love alone salvage and save something or someone […]
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