The Curse of La Llorona (2019)
“She wants us to be hers.” Incoherent, innocuous, and borderline lifeless, The Curse of La Llorona takes a classic folk tale and dooms it to hell with talented, lost actors trying […]
Monthly Archives: April 2019
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
“”I know I said no more surprises, but I was really hoping to pull off one last one.” To say that I’ve never seen another film quite like Avengers: Endgame would […]
Teen Spirit (2019)
“Luck has nothing to do with it.” You don’t really know what to expect going in with a film titled Teen Spirit. You might predict a grunge riff on Nirvana’s […]
Someone Great (2019)
“When something breaks, if the pieces are large enough, you can fix it.” Someone Great knows how to have fun and how to work hungover. The script fears its presumptuously […]
After (2019)
“We’re all hardwired to desire.” After is a film that almost feels like a naive before, at times even a simple and virginal prelude, to the learned and kinky eroticism […]
Missing Link (2019)
“That creature is one of a kind.” From start to finish while watching Missing Link, and for the first time thus far during a Laika Productions stop-animated motion picture, I found […]
Hellboy (2019)
“Something terrible happens here.” There’s so little to like about the rougher, rowdier, and altogether disappointing Hellboy that it’s hard to even stomach how the few parts that function well […]
The Silence (2019)
“This is how it happened for us. This is our story.” An intriguing story until it isn’t. A likable apocalyptic vision until convention overtakes invention. And a well acted family […]
The Perfect Date (2019)
“I don’t know which version of myself I’m supposed to be right now.” Instantly, and in the spirit of the film Jerry Maguire, Netflix’s latest Rom-Com The Perfect Date quite […]
Unicorn Store (2019)
“The most grownup thing you can do is fail at things you really care about.” Unicorn Store is the type of film I honestly hate to critique. It’s intensely personal […]
