Field of Dreams (1989)
“Until I heard the voice, I’d never done a crazy thing in my whole life.” A pitch perfect opening montage introduces us to Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) as he briefly […]
Category Archives: Drama
Air (2023)
“You don’t win every hand.” Going into Air, I expected most of what I had previously heard to be true. It’s a “dad” movie, the type of film that will play […]
Rye Lane (2023)
“Everyone has a mess.” Breaking up is hard to do, especially when you’re the unwilling and unwitting recipient. It’s messy, confusing, sometimes even literally debilitating. Rye Lane understands these push […]
Babylon (2022)
“Welcome to the wonderful world of sound.” Years ago, during my stint as a barfly, I remember my older brother once taking our local haunt’s last call special: everything that […]
The 2023 Academy Awards: Thoughts and Predictions
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: The Oscars love a comeback story, and I’m not sure there’s one more indicative of the Academy’s push for more racial inclusion than Ke […]
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
“Maybe he just doesn’t like you anymore.” The first shot of The Banshees of Inisherin is intentional, and it has more soul and purpose than the rest of this picture does […]
The Whale (2022)
“What are you sorry about?” The Whale is a film that’s packed full of feeling. Sadness and regret, hatred and sorrow, love and longing. It’s all in there front and […]
The Wonder (2022)
“Prove it’s nonsense.” To watch The Wonder is to step into a confessional only to find no divider between the priest and the penitent; here seeing is part of the believing, […]
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
“Your brother is with the ancestors.” Intimate and epic. Bold, colorful, otherworldly, built with great scale and by a collective of inspired eyes. This flawed yet grieving film is rich […]
Aftersun (2022)
“You know I want you to know that you can talk to me about anything.” We hear an old camcorder against a black screen. The film is rewound and rewatched, […]
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