The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)
“Gestures are all that I have.” Emotionally hollow, excessively cloying, and brimming with unearned melodrama from clumsy start to lousy finish, The Art of Racing in the Rain is the type […]
Category Archives: Comedy
Otherhood (2019)
“I was a girl before I was your mother.” What’s most disappointing about Otherhood – besides wasting the time of its three talented leading ladies – is that the film has […]
Once Upon a Time In…Hollywood (2019)
“What’s the idea of the story?” It’s so appropriate that a movie like Once Upon a Time In…Hollywood is so very open to interpretation. Even the title isn’t exact. I’ve seen […]
Stuber (2019)
“What do I need to do to make this all end?” Technically speaking, Stuber is an action / buddy comedy by definition, although the lackluster execution might suggest otherwise. There […]
Yesterday (2019)
“I’m trying to live outside the conventional concept of time.” For all of the messiness and the massive lapses in logic that occur early and often and throughout the entirety […]
Toy Story 4 (2019)
“I don’t have anything else.” Back in 2010, Toy Story 3 proved that the third time really is the charm. It was an animated delight, full of earnest and nostalgia, emotional […]
Plus One (2019)
“It’s nice to tell someone that you’re in.” As a single man who’s coasted on the last legs of his late twenties as long as humanly possible, I can personally […]
Men in Black: International (2019)
“I’ve been in this situation before.” As a big budget Summer tent-pole movie lacking charisma or the necessary tools to rig or to maintain a proper pitch, Men in Black: […]
Murder Mystery (2019)
“I know all the answers, I just freeze under pressure.” Let me start by saying that Murder Mystery is, for the most part, as run-of-the-mill as its factory-farmed, plug and play […]
The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
“The first step of not being afraid is acting like you’re not afraid.” Rather than leaping through hoops or dancing on its hind legs, this sequel to 2016’s dreadful The […]
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