Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
“Which side are you on?” Some movies are short but linger like zombies who just won’t quit. Others feel long because the road they travel is far too ambitious and […]
Category Archives: Mystery
A Simple Favor (2018)
“Most times when a woman vanishes, she has a reason.” A classier take on the old mismatched sitcom The Odd Couple with a mystery mindset, A Simple Favor tosses genre identification straight out […]
The Nun (2018)
“We have no other choice.” As one of the dumbest, darkest and most dim-witted movies of the year, The Nun allows us to see through the shadows because it wastes so […]
Searching (2018)
“We are gonna figure this out together.” Searching is a family film, just not one in the traditional sense. As it reflects the growing anonymity of the internet age and […]
Hereditary (2018)
“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 […]
Gemini (2018)
“You’re the one who remembers things.” Unknowingly retailing itself as a cheap alternative and derivative take on the classic noir genre, Gemini has all of the right looks and hardly any of […]
Game Night (2018)
“If you want anything in this world, you have to raise the stakes or life gets boring.” Not only are there two sides to every story, there are also countless […]
Red Sparrow (2018)
“Don’t give him all of you.” More like a slow, suggestive death knell than the flurry of frenzied action you’re likely to expect, Red Sparrow is the sort of film that simultaneously […]
Marjorie Prime (2017)
“I don’t know what’s right anymore.” Marjorie Prime is the kind of story necessary of being wrestled and contemplated with, as well as a difficult film that’s every bit as powerful […]
Personal Shopper (2017)
“You could call it that; you could call it a million things.” Personal Shopper will likely not be of much interest to most moviegoers, which if I’m being honest, is a […]
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