Practical Magic (1998)
“Be careful what you wish for.” It seems that part of the human condition is to want – to crave – that which we cannot have. Even The Rolling Stones […]
“Be careful what you wish for.” It seems that part of the human condition is to want – to crave – that which we cannot have. Even The Rolling Stones […]
“I have absolutely no idea where I am.” Cool, calm, collected. We first see Diana, Princess of Wales (Kristen Stewart, delivering one of the best performances of her still youthful […]
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“Can’t tell a fool nothin’.” Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom gives us so much to reconcile, to consider, to wrestle with. The co-leading duo of quite literal masterful performances both sport […]
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions. Their lives a mimicry. Their passions a quotation.” The wind’s chiming as I type these words. I hear the […]
“Is anyone out there?” So very stagnant and stationary, so tragic and so stifling, The Midnight Sky is a textbook example of a film that begs to be felt but […]
“It’s where my people come from.” A few years back I literally bought into the hype of J.D. Vance’s memoir Hillbilly Elegy. Despite shelling out the money and having the […]
“Could be worse.” Yes, it’s too quirky. And again, yes, it’s nothing new. But there’s a goodness and a rich soulfulness to All Together Now that makes it more than […]
“Get the four leaf clover out of here.” Maddening, gaudy, and downright confusing from the awkward start to the clumsy finish, Artemis Fowl seems to have been a failed endeavor […]