The Book of Henry (2017)
“One little miscalculation and the whole thing fails.” I’m happy that it took a long seven months, but I have now finally seen my least favorite film of 2017, and […]
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Baby Driver (2017)
“That’s how you do it, Baby.” Ask me to describe Baby Driver in one line and you’ll get a different response every time. “Take True Romance’s Bonnie and Clyde love affair and splash in some […]
Free Fire (2017)
“I’m in it for myself.” Just because your movie is titled Free Fire and that its tagline is “All guns. No control.” doesn’t mean the picture can/should be made without minimal restraint […]
Going in Style (2017)
“A shootout never has a happy ending.” Blake Snyder’s popular book Save the Cat should be administered like a vaccine to every film student and to all movie geeks. It’s a 15 […]
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
“He knows it doesn’t matter what’s under the hood. The only thing that matters is who’s behind the wheel.” What better way to follow-up Furious 7’s side-splitting case of cinematic appendicitis than […]
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
“She’s no longer a viable asset.” Whether it be a person, a film, a book, or a business, names bring personal and irrelevant associations. My favorites are those that plainly […]
CHIPS (2017)
“I’d rather crash and die than talk to you.” Although there’s only slightly more good than there is bad to be found in all of CHIPS, audiences need to admire its dogged dedication […]
Tower (2016)
“It was just a whole different world.” Not only do history books serve as a memory bank and an archive of the past, but more often than not they also […]
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
“I’m not that guy anymore.” My 2014 review of John Wick was wrong. In that piece, I complained about an unexplained world where questions piled up at the rapid rate of body […]
Sleepless (2017)
“You’ve gotta figure it out.” Before you even think about paying to see Sleepless – be it at regular ticket price or for a discounted matinée – I strongly urge you to first […]
