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, […]
Category Archives: Crime
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 […]
White Boy Rick (2018)
“Make sure you can trust everyone around you.” It’s important to remember that even when a movie sells itself as a true story, there are still going to major manipulations […]
The Happytime Murders (2018)
“It’s their world and we just live in it.” The Happytime Murders exemplifies how looks can temporarily kill as well as how they ultimately fade. The puppetry work here […]
Mile 22 (2018)
“We’re lost.” Technically speaking, I saw Mile 22. The teen working concessions swiped my card, gave me a ticket, and I sat in the theater for about two hours. But I’m […]
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
“We had a great way of life.” One of the best films of 2018 and certain to become a controversial conversation starter, BlacKkKlansman portrays a stark and true story with a […]
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
“If we don’t remember somebody out loud, they die twice.” Oppressively bleak and occasionally downright boring, The Equalizer 2 features a fundamental misreading of violence and its rare righteous purpose. Because the film […]
Skyscraper (2018)
“It’s okay to be scared.” The quote directly above, said with great confidence by the planet’s biggest action star, is what sets Skyscraper mildly apart from the many movies which influenced its […]
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
“No rules this time. I’m turnin’ you loose.” I’m not sure it’s proper to directly compare the first Sicario film released back in 2015 to this newest installment. They’re too different. The […]
