Stowaway (2021)
“We didn’t make mistakes like this.” Featuring a quick, effective open that introduces us to this world with a great deal of authenticity, Stowaway proves to be one of the rare […]
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Trolls World Tour (2020)
“There are others kinds of trolls.” Despite the overwhelming feeling that Trolls World Tour – the second entry in what’s still a head-scratching series – only seems to exist and […]
Noelle (2019)
“I would like to do what you do.” Noelle, for better and more so for worse, unintentionally captures what it’s like to open gifts from slightly distant relatives during the […]
A Simple Favor (2018)
“Most times when a woman vanishes, she has a reason.” A classier take on the old mismatched sitcom The Odd Couple with a mystery mindset, A Simple Favor tosses genre identification straight out […]
Trolls (2016)
“I think everyone deserves to be happy.” If you ever wondered what the film version of a singing birthday card would be like, then Trolls is your answer. High-pitched, unexpected, and most of […]
The Accountant (2016)
“Sooner or later, different scares people.” I suspect crowds will be drawn to The Accountant because they either know real accountants or bear the job title. Surely, most pilots saw Sully, soldiers went to American […]
The Hollars (2016)
“Can we cut the s*** here, for a second?” People do not experience emotions the way they are portrayed and supposedly felt in The Hollars, one of the year’s biggest disappointments and […]
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)
“Who are these girls?” Yeah, the title Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates is up there with the worst of ’em. And yeah, it’s a pretty poorly crafted movie. Although, there is […]
Get a Job (2016)
“I need you to step up.” Thanks to the footprint of the internet, we live in a time where nothing really ever dies; instead they’re simply forgotten. That’s what makes Get […]
Digging for Fire (2015)
“There was something truthful about having my own life again.” The simplest way you can describe Joe Swanberg’s career as is prolific. In the same breath, the most complex way […]
