Assassination Nation (2018)
“It’s not explicit…it’s extreme.” A sociological, invasive thriller verging on the edges of madness, Assassination Nation is both brilliant and blunt, obtuse and acute, and a paradox of its own satirical creation. […]
Category Archives: Comedy
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
“Who would lock a book?” Packing humor that’ll sail right over the heads of very young children and sticking to a plot that’ll bore most grownups, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween finds […]
Night School (2018)
“The issue is you’re clinically dumb.” Night School doesn’t fail because it ever lacks for effort, but more so because it exerts that effort in all of the wrong places. […]
Pleasantville (1998)
“You want something that’ll put you right in the show.” It is by no mistake, and quite tellingly so, that Pleasantville – a film about the scales of human emotion and […]
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
“This is no place for a kid.” Ghoulish, garish, and just goofy enough to get by, The House with a Clock in Its Walls doesn’t really appeal to any single broad audience. […]
His Girl Friday (1940)
“I’m through with the newspaper business.” His Girl Friday is both an absolute sprint of a screwball comedy and a harsh rebuke of the misguided, manipulated integrity of journalistic behavior. It’s […]
The Land of Steady Habits (2018)
“It’s all about communication.” I understand what The Land of Steady Habits was trying to do, quite desperately so, but I cannot understand its methodology or its lack of self-awareness. This […]
Destination Wedding (2018)
“Anybody wanna trade seats?” A dark romantic comedy best suited for masochists, Destination Wedding celebrates the immense amount of pain that it imparts on the audience. It’s the furthest thing from romantic, […]
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (1991)
“Just do one thing at a time.” I have a hard time saying that Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead is a very good movie. Yet, at the same time, it’s […]
Flower (2017)
“I don’t care what other people think about me.” Flower doesn’t stay true to its wicked nature, and I imagine that’s because the film forgets to take the time to […]
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