Extraction (2020)
“More like a thing than a person.” Perhaps unintentionally, Extraction succeeds as the epitome and the progeny of a first person video game brought to life, even more so than most […]
Monthly Archives: April 2020
The Willoughbys (2020)
“Change is hard.” I couldn’t help but feel tired and bored by the chaotic, noisy nature of The Willoughbys, a stunningly animated film hamstrung by a one-note script. The movie […]
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
“A positive is always a positive.” One of 2020’s best opening sequences – and in this case statements – comes from the little gem Never Rarely Sometimes Always, a stirring and occasionally […]
Tigertail (2020)
“Eventually your life together is what you’ll have in common.” There’s a soft, strategic, stumbling beauty about Tigertail. It’s a movie with a melancholic musicality and it’s methodical in its […]
Love Wedding Repeat (2020)
“I guess we just missed our moment.” Where the the hell do I start? I’d naturally say at the beginning, but Love Wedding Repeat doesn’t really have a proper open, […]
Trolls World Tour (2020)
“There are others kinds of trolls.” Despite the overwhelming feeling that Trolls World Tour – the second entry in what’s still a head-scratching series – only seems to exist and […]
Coffee & Kareem (2020)
“I just needed something worth fighting for.” Coffee & Kareem desperately tries over and over again to be a throwback to the buddy cop movies of yesteryear. Even in their […]
Vivarium (2020)
“That’s just the way things are.” From the telling opening sequence until the depressing finale, Vivarium makes a distinct point of reading then showing the complex, parasitic fine print details […]
Uncorked (2020)
“It actually kind of helps when I think of wine like barbecue.” Uncorked seems to be the byproduct of its indecisive protagonist, weighing his options between taking over the family […]
