Ready Player One (2018)
“I never felt at home in the real world.” Like an 80’s child chomping on countless pieces of Fruit-Stripe flavored gum during a great daydream, Ready Player One is a film studies […]
Tag Archives: Adaptation
Annihilation (2018)
“It’s not easy to move on.” Sometimes you just have to let the dust of things settle. To resonate, to form scar tissue, to further rationalize with the wisdom and […]
Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
“I should misbehave more often.” Most studies show that porn controls a significant percentage of all the internet’s bandwidth. There seems to be a site for every kink, every fetish, […]
Wonder (2017)
“If you don’t like where you are, just picture where you want to be.” After exiting the theater – a surprisingly crowded Monday matinée that rightfully concluded with a clapping […]
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
“It’s okay to be vulnerable sometimes.” It’s hard to describe Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets without imitating Bill Hader’s famous SNL character Stefon as he hyped up a New York night […]
Silence (2016)
“It fascinates me. I feel such great love for it.” Martin Scorcese’s long-gestating latest is a film experience quite unlike any other I’ve ever had. It’s grueling, unshakably powerful and spiritually […]
Before I Fall (2017)
“So much time you can bathe in it. So much time you can waste it.” The real shocking thing about Before I Fall is that unlike most movies and dissimilar from most people, […]
A Dog’s Purpose (2017)
“Lick the ones you love.” There’s little doubt in my mind that this will be among the most contentious reviews I’ve ever written for two reasons. First, the film has […]
Live by Night (2016)
“It’s not enough to break the rules. You have to be strong enough to make your own.” Ben Affleck’s a good director. His first film Gone Baby Gone is about as strong […]
Lion (2016)
“I have to go home. I am lost.” Back in 2010 I went on a mission trip to Nicaragua, joining my Mother’s childhood best friend Sue and the rest of […]
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