Bad Education (2020)
“It’s only a puff piece if you let it be a puff piece.” Bad Education has a lot to grapple with. A lot of multiple choice questions. On one hand, […]
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Bombshell (2019)
“News is like a ship. You take your hands off the wheel and it pulls hard to the left.” Bombshell is a precise film. The blocking has been staunchly rehearsed, […]
The Addams Family (2019)
“This is my new look.” Once a comic strip, then a TV show, followed by two film adaptations, and now an animated movie, The Addams Family has transcended time and format […]
Ma (2019)
“Now you know where the party is.” There’s really no reason to go see Ma when you can pretty much watch the entire movie in less than 3 minutes. The […]
I, Tonya (2017)
“I thought being famous was gonna be fun.” As Tonya Harding hurried to the Lillehammer rink at 1994’s Winter Olympics in Norway, racing against the clock for fear of expulsion […]
The Girl on the Train (2016)
“We were the saddest people we knew.” The abundant stories in The Girl on the Train are the products of pretty people who get bored too easily. Their lives look well-manicured, but the […]
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
“This isn’t even the fun part.” Like so many YA fantasies being brought to the screen of late, Miss Peregrines’s Home for Peculiar Children has too much scope to be understood in […]
Finding Dory (2016)
“The best things happen by chance.” Finding Dory is the identical twin to Finding Nemo, the film equivalent of the Parent Trap sisters. While inherently different in personality, they’re both incredibly similar in most respects, at […]
Minions (2015)
“Doesn’t it feel so good to be bad?” Did we need a Minions movie? Absolutely not. If the current Hollywood model was around years ago, creating full length films based on memorable […]
Spy (2015)
“I would accept that with an open mouth.” Spy is a brilliantly stupid movie, weaving together a story of Peter Sellers type farcical exaggeration and equal parts action driven set pieces. […]
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