Eighth Grade (2018)
“Growing up can be a little bit scary and weird.” To cringe while watching another person gloriously fail is almost enough to make you feel inherently guilty. You shouldn’t, though. […]
“Growing up can be a little bit scary and weird.” To cringe while watching another person gloriously fail is almost enough to make you feel inherently guilty. You shouldn’t, though. […]
It should go without saying that this list has plenty of spoilers for the movies included. If you haven’t seen the films and want to one day, I’d suggest reading […]
“There has never been peace without first a great suffering.” One of the best action films of the 21st Century and perhaps one of the greatest ever made, Mission: Impossible – […]
“That’s the best kind of party, little girl.” Essentially “Karaoke: The Movie,” Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again takes a turn towards dramatic territory that its campy, zany predecessor wisely never […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
“No more riding. No more rodeos.” Without relying on modern-movie magic’s epic foolery, The Rider instills in us a great sense of poetic realism. Not much happens. Even less is said by […]
“Sending me away for the Summer…what a cliché. It’s so appropriate for Hot Summer Nights – a personal odyssey fueled by the throes of youthful sexual relationships and the reckless excess of […]
“Why are you afraid of me?” Hereditary isn’t like most modern horror flicks. We’ve gotten to a point where the genre depends on gaslighting our primitive reactions to sight and sound; Lights Out and Don’t […]
“When life hands you conundrums, you turn them into art.” What I’ve always admired about movies – and what I’ve long loved about all of the many forms of art […]