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 […]
Tag Archives: Adaptation
Spencer (2021)
“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 […]
Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
“Now we can both pretend we have friends.” Dear Evan Hansen is a novel concept…I think. It’s a musical about a loner who makes song out of situations when he […]
The Woman in the Window (2021)
“I just don’t know what you’re going for.” Delirious, derelict, and practically deranged during the unhinged and mismanaged opening chapter, The Woman in the Window is somehow one of the few […]
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)
“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 […]
i’m thinking of ending things (2020)
“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 […]
The Midnight Sky (2020)
“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 […]
Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
“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 […]
All Together Now (2020)
“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 […]
Artemis Fowl (2020)
“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 […]
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