Don’t Worry Darling (2022)
“There is beauty in control. There is grace in symmetry. We move as one.” Even though it so earnestly errs towards being mysterious, Don’t Worry Darling doesn’t try to hide […]
Category Archives: Drama
A River Runs Through It (1992)
“Someday, when you’re ready, you might tell our family story. Only then will you understand what happened and why.” Few films reflect on the mystery and the majesty of life […]
Prey (2022)
“A long time ago, it is said, a monster came here.” Kinetic and thoughtful and fantastically well made from start to finish, Prey might just be the most unexpectedly great […]
Don’t Make Me Go (2022)
“You’re not gonna like the way this story ends. But I think you’re gonna like this story.” Don’t Make Me Go is an honest movie from the onset, telling us […]
Hustle (2022)
“Everybody loves a redemption story.” Average at its best and emotionally overwrought at its worst, Hustle is a mostly forgettable film about a shared redemption between a NBA scout and a […]
Nightmare Alley (2021)
“I’ll meet you on the other side.” In context with the above quote, and aligned with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s general approach to the nuances of noir that I’ve seen […]
Boiling Point (2021)
“I can’t give you what I haven’t got.” I can’t remember the last time I left a film feeling the way I did after watching Boiling Point, one of 2021’s best […]
The Batman (2022)
“They think I’m hiding in the shadows.” A grueling labor of love in its conception but mostly unfulfilling in its delivery, The Batman is a grandiose film made on a […]
Dune (2021)
“Dreams are messages from the deep.” Dense but never dull, careful but never too cautious either, and every bit the sci-fi epic that it paints itself to be, Dune is a […]
Practical Magic (1998)
“Be careful what you wish for.” It seems that part of the human condition is to want – to crave – that which we cannot have. Even The Rolling Stones […]
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