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 […]
Category Archives: Crime
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 […]
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 […]
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