If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
“We were a part of each other, flesh of each other’s flesh.” The poetic nature and often swelling lyricism of If Beale Street Could Talk are proof enough that there’s a […]
Category Archives: Crime
Holmes & Watson (2018)
“Shall we begin the autopsy?” They say you should never stand behind a horse so as to not get violently kicked, yet in the baffling case of Holmes & Watson, no […]
The Mule (2018)
“I’ve never been a plan B kind of guy.” The Mule owns a peculiar, engrossing true story buried somewhere in its great wealth of cinematic nothingness. Somewhere inside there’s an honest depiction […]
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
“Name your price.” Some people are more willing to put in the extra effort to cheat than they are to do a little bit of hard work. That tends to […]
Widows (2018)
“I don’t own anything.” Widows cleverly uses the spirit of the legendary Nina Simone, imparting her collected calm and jazzy timbre from “Wild is the Wind” into a picture that pairs […]
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 […]
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 Hate U Give (2018)
“It is impossible to be unarmed when our blackness is the weapon they fear.” My head turned to see a middle-aged black woman some rows back with a young man, […]
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. […]
A Simple Favor (2018)
“Most times when a woman vanishes, she has a reason.” A classier take on the old mismatched sitcom The Odd Couple with a mystery mindset, A Simple Favor tosses genre identification straight out […]
