Happy Death Day (2017)
“I know what is going to happen before it happens.” It’s quite appropriate that Happy Death Day takes place at the fictional Bayfield University instead of the expected horrors of the standard […]
Category Archives: Mystery
mother! (2017)
“We spend all our time here. I want to make it paradise.” I’ll just come right out and say it: mother! is one of the very best films of 2017. It’s demanding […]
Wind River (2017)
“Guns always loaded, even if it ain’t.” As Taylor Sheridan’s third produced script – and his directorial debut to boot – Wind River completes the virtuoso writer’s three-piece reinvention of the modern […]
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
“Forgive me Father, for I’m about to sin.” There’s no question that director David F. Sandberg knows what the hell he is doing. With last year’s fantastic Lights Out and now with Annabelle: […]
Atomic Blonde (2017)
“Trust no one.” While not outright ditzy or dumb or as cool as it thinks itself to be, Atomic Blonde is a whole lot more boring of a film than its […]
It Comes at Night (2017)
“Do you have any idea what’s going on out there?” It Comes at Night drills itself into your psyche with a rusty, diseased tip, unfolding in the likeness of a great Shakespearean […]
The Discovery (2017)
“Reality and fantasy are mutually exclusive.” The Discovery poses an utterly fascinating question to its audience: What would you do if you knew an afterlife existed? In this bleak and dreary […]
Before I Fall (2017)
“So much time you can bathe in it. So much time you can waste it.” The real shocking thing about Before I Fall is that unlike most movies and dissimilar from most people, […]
Get Out (2017)
“Black is in fashion.” After a shower and a neck-nicking shave while Childish Gambino’s “Redbone” plays in the background, Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) welcomes his girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams) into his […]
The Handmaiden (2016)
“What does a man really want?” I specifically remember spending a California Christmas at my grandparents’ apartment as a young boy. Walking through the courtyard, tossing pennies into the fountain, […]
