Suspiria (2018)
“I didn’t think it was gonna be like this.” You don’t have to love a movie to appreciate its greatness. To be quite honest, I’m not sure I really even […]
Category Archives: Fantasy
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
“Everything looks different from the realms.” As a multi-million dollar costume party largely set against some lavish set designs and innumerable CGI filled backdrops, Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms […]
Pleasantville (1998)
“You want something that’ll put you right in the show.” It is by no mistake, and quite tellingly so, that Pleasantville – a film about the scales of human emotion and […]
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
“This is no place for a kid.” Ghoulish, garish, and just goofy enough to get by, The House with a Clock in Its Walls doesn’t really appeal to any single broad audience. […]
Mac and Me (1988)
“Just trust them.” There was something so strange about revisiting Mac and Me so many years later. I spent nearly 20 minutes rewinding the old, used, grainy VHS tape; as a […]
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
“What have I done that really matters?” Sorry to Bother You calls homes to an intrusive, imaginary world that’s a lot like a fish bowl prison; this might look like its […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
“Do not improvise.” Before the picture begins and the origin of all things Han Solo starts to knock us over the head, Solo: A Star Wars Story wisely and sensibly brands […]
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
“The fate of the universe is at stake.” Too many moviegoers are too easily appeased by what they simply want, and to remedy this epidemic of the mostly unearned praise […]
When We First Met (2018)
“Fate is a tricky lady.” Similar to a lackluster first date in desperate need of greater chemistry and a stronger curb appeal, When We First Met doesn’t exactly check all of the […]
Annihilation (2018)
“It’s not easy to move on.” Sometimes you just have to let the dust of things settle. To resonate, to form scar tissue, to further rationalize with the wisdom and […]
