7500 (2020)
“Nice airplane. Two wings, two engines.” There’s an immediacy to the filmmaking on display throughout 7500 which makes up for the fractured picture’s intentionally muted storytelling, at least long enough […]
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My Spy (2020)
“This is your last shot.” It should come as no surprise that My Spy is the hokey, ham-fisted, and dated picture the material presents itself as from the outside. But […]
Summer Catch (2001)
“I’m just trying to figure out what inning you’re going to self-destruct.” Upon revisiting Summer Catch, a mediocre film I admittedly fell asleep to nearly every night during the break of 2002, […]
The Vast of Night (2020)
“Stick with our station and get lost in our sounds.” Deeply inspired by the past while being privy to futuristic predictions, The Vast of Night is the kind of low-budget, micromanaged, […]
You Should Have Left (2020)
“I just had a really bad dream.” As is the case for most middling movies, there’s as much to like about You Should Have Left as there is to wag […]
The King of Staten Island (2020)
“Your work is mad inconsistent.” More a string of half-baked, high-as-a-kite SNL sketches cut for time than it ever is a cohesive, insightful depiction of grief cloaked by the theatrics […]
Spaceship Earth (2020)
“We were making it up as we went.” Having only been a 1-year-old during the course of this uninspired, unfocused documentary’s events, there was no nostalgia factor for me heading […]
The High Note (2020)
“Do not sell yourself short.” Like a greatest hits collection from the vast majority of past their prime artists, The High Note doesn’t bring anything new to the table. That’s […]
The Lovebirds (2020)
“It’s all kissy and huggy now but it all comes crashing down.” It makes so much sense that The Lovebirds – a clunky, occasionally charismatic and romantic crime comedy – found […]
Scoob! (2020)
“The gang’s finally back together.” Desperate to be current and hip whilst also honoring its old, animated inspiration, Scoob! lands with the kind of heavy thud felt after hearing a […]
