Halloween Ends (2022)
“You should give in.” Mature and scarred on the surface yet often sullenly morose and jejune on the inside, Halloween Ends is destined to be one of the most divisive […]
Don’t Worry Darling (2022)
“There is beauty in control. There is grace in symmetry. We move as one.” Even though it so earnestly errs towards being mysterious, Don’t Worry Darling doesn’t try to hide […]
Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
“Magic has a way of uniting things that ought to be together.” Familiar and sentimental, the long awaited Hocus Pocus 2 feels like a place revisited yet renovated for the already […]
A River Runs Through It (1992)
“Someday, when you’re ready, you might tell our family story. Only then will you understand what happened and why.” Few films reflect on the mystery and the majesty of life […]
Nope (2022)
“It was a spectacle. People are just obsessed.” Nope isn’t a film directly about religion, but ultimately is one about faith and belief, and it begins with an Old Testament quote […]
Prey (2022)
“A long time ago, it is said, a monster came here.” Kinetic and thoughtful and fantastically well made from start to finish, Prey might just be the most unexpectedly great […]
Don’t Make Me Go (2022)
“You’re not gonna like the way this story ends. But I think you’re gonna like this story.” Don’t Make Me Go is an honest movie from the onset, telling us […]
Hustle (2022)
“Everybody loves a redemption story.” Average at its best and emotionally overwrought at its worst, Hustle is a mostly forgettable film about a shared redemption between a NBA scout and a […]
Nightmare Alley (2021)
“I’ll meet you on the other side.” In context with the above quote, and aligned with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s general approach to the nuances of noir that I’ve seen […]
Boiling Point (2021)
“I can’t give you what I haven’t got.” I can’t remember the last time I left a film feeling the way I did after watching Boiling Point, one of 2021’s best […]
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