Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
“I can’t think of anyone more outrageous than me.” Back in 2007, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story served up a brilliant deconstruction of the musical biopic. Fast rise, inevitable fall, […]
Hunter Killer (2018)
“We don’t really know what’s going on up top.” Hunter Killer is like a thinly sketched, unthreatening version of the three-headed Greek monster Cerberus. It’s a beast that barks plenty […]
The Hate U Give (2018)
“It is impossible to be unarmed when our blackness is the weapon they fear.” My head turned to see a middle-aged black woman some rows back with a young man, […]
Private Life (2018)
“We wanted to ask you about your eggs.” There’s an inherently uncomfortable weirdness to watching a film titled Private Life. Engaging with cinema is – whether done in a theater or […]
Night of the Comet (1984)
“I hate days that start like this.” An ultra low-budget B-movie that doesn’t pretend to be anything other than an ultra low-budget B-movie, Night of the Comet stands out as both […]
Halloween (2018)
“He’s waited for me. I waited for him.” Released almost exactly 40 years after John Carpenter’s iconic original – and after ditching all of the loose consequences and false avenues […]
All About Nina (2018)
“You’re not familiar to me.” If comedy truly boils down to tragedy plus time, then there have been very few films of late that so stridently prove the equation to […]
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
“We made a pact and we’re going to keep it.” I Know What You Did Last Summer pulls off a feat very few genre pictures have proven to be capable […]
Assassination Nation (2018)
“It’s not explicit…it’s extreme.” A sociological, invasive thriller verging on the edges of madness, Assassination Nation is both brilliant and blunt, obtuse and acute, and a paradox of its own satirical creation. […]
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 […]
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