Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
“The attention to detail is pretty impressive.” Ralph Breaks the Internet has earned laughs and plenty of forced drama and some entertaining set pieces to boot. It’s a good movie that’s […]
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Maria by Callas (2018)
“One will find all of myself in there.” How had I never heard of Maria Callas until now? To not know her name is a criminal offense against the art […]
The Front Runner (2018)
“Ideas have power.” Covering the swift hero-to-zero demise of the all but once guaranteed Democratic Presidential nominee Gary Hart during his 1988 campaign, The Front Runner wastes no time in sending this […]
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
“The nervous system extends through the body.” Faith, futility, and fatalism all converge in the wanton Western that is The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, the latest masterwork from the Coen Brothers […]
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
“Christmas simply must endure.” Ladies and gentlemen, boy and girls, believers and non-believers, we have ourselves a new iconic Santa Claus. The movie itself might be too derivative of The Santa […]
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
“It’s clear you’re frustrated and so are we.” Like one of those stale, one-man restaurant magic acts that accosts your dinner table during a family vacation, The Crimes of Grindelwald overstays its […]
The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
“He was sort of a gentleman.” Clocking in with a run-time just over 90 minutes long, The Old Man & the Gun is both charming and surprisingly languid, going nowhere and […]
Home for the Holidays (1995)
“Are you losing your mind yet?” Traditions are supposed to have deep, significant meaning, passing beliefs from one generation onto the next. They’re an immortal lifeline simultaneously linking the present […]
The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018)
“I realized too late that I committed an abomination.” From the opening title sequence that oozes with James Bond’s spy sensibilities, it’s quite clear The Girl in the Spider’s Web wants to […]
The Holiday Calendar (2018)
“Each day a door opens and the toy inside matches something that happens.” As festive and jolly as it is flat and hollow, The Holiday Calendar is a seriously abysmal film destined […]
