The Lobster (2016)
“Have you ever been on your own before?” It’s a bit hilarious to imagine what it’d have been like to be a fly on the wall during The Lobster’s big pitch to […]
Category Archives: Romance
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 […]
Paterson (2016)
“We have plenty of matches in our house. We keep them on hand always.” Many modern movies go for a flashy sense of pageantry, prancing around with their breasts upturned to […]
Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
“I want you back.” Slogging through Fifty Shades Darker as it blindly longs to encapsulate the kinks of a BDSM lifestyle is a lot like that scene from The 40-Year-Old Virgin where Steve Carell’s […]
The Space Between Us (2017)
“Aren’t you the clever computer stalker?” Welcome to the most ridiculous young romance you’re likely to ever see on film. The Space Between Us doesn’t stop at being utterly absurd; its aspirations aim towards […]
Passengers (2016)
“I woke up too soon.” Passengers might just be one of the most “woke” movies of 2016 (sorry if you aren’t a millennial and don’t get that slang reference for social […]
Allied (2016)
“Are you just saying this to say something, or is it real?” Spy thrillers, by their very nature, are hard to love because they’re so riddled with deceit. How can […]
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, […]
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
“It’s not killing in a war.” Hacksaw Ridge is explosive, affecting, gruesome, and most of all manipulative. We expect these hallmarks from a Mel Gibson film. He’s no friend of nuance; […]
The Hollars (2016)
“Can we cut the s*** here, for a second?” People do not experience emotions the way they are portrayed and supposedly felt in The Hollars, one of the year’s biggest disappointments and […]
