Air (2023)
“You don’t win every hand.” Going into Air, I expected most of what I had previously heard to be true. It’s a “dad” movie, the type of film that will play […]
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The Way Back (2020)
“We all have our own cross to bear.” While watching The Way Back, a poignant film about pain played out and confronted through the game of basketball, I couldn’t help but […]
Triple Frontier (2019)
“What we are about to do is criminal.” Triple Frontier has the right things going for it to succeed. A solid pedigree if you will. Talented director, a skilled cinematographer […]
Justice League (2017)
“I don’t have to recognize it. I just have to save it.” We’re officially five films into the DC Comics extended universe and things aren’t looking so good. There have […]
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 […]
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 […]
Suicide Squad (2016)
“I’m known to be quite vexing.” Not long removed from my screening and I’m still struggling to digest the unpalatable artificiality that is Suicide Squad, one of the most poorly written […]
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
“The world only makes sense if you force it to.” More often than not, film criticism is quick-witted and reactionary writing, like that swelling and bloating feeling after a big […]
Gone Girl (2014)
“What are you thinking?” Ever heard of the Nuclear family? A set of parents and their handful of children that happily live under the same economic and social ideals as […]
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