Serenity (2019)
“He’s dead in the water.” Some films are incomprehensible because their great scope out distances the reach of their aim. Others are ambiguous for posterity’s sake, told in vague tongues […]
Category Archives: Drama
Stan & Ollie (2018)
“It’ll get a laugh.” As a piece of textbook awards bait and a surface level biopic all wrapped up into one by the numbers bore, Stan & Ollie notably shies away […]
The Upside (2019)
“Don’t you see potential here?” Simple, hopeful, and surprisingly gentle, The Upside’s recipe for success rests on the coattails of its two leading actors and their charming chemistry. Granted, this movie does have some […]
Glass (2019)
“Maybe this will all make sense if I explain who I am.” As the final chapter in M. Night Shyamalan’s makeshift, stucco superhero trilogy, Glass builds an inspired and often beautiful […]
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 […]
Vice (2018)
“The idea is to win.” In what’s sure to be one of the most divisive, experimental, imperfect yet vital films of 2018, Vice is essentially a highbrow, cinematic instructional guide to the […]
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 […]
The Holiday (2006)
“You’re supposed to be the leading lady of your own life.” Split into two sorely different halves – one of which is delightfully grounded and the other stuck with its […]
The Family Stone (2005)
“Of course it’s about Mom.” The Family Stone is one of those rare, perceptive holiday movies with the ability to gift us merriment, frustration, as well as a great deal […]
Bird Box (2018)
“The end of the world makes us do things.” Bird Box begins a few sequences shy of its final ending then jumps back in time 5 whole years. That’s a […]
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