Babylon (2022)
“Welcome to the wonderful world of sound.” Years ago, during my stint as a barfly, I remember my older brother once taking our local haunt’s last call special: everything that […]
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A River Runs Through It (1992)
“Someday, when you’re ready, you might tell our family story. Only then will you understand what happened and why.” Few films reflect on the mystery and the majesty of life […]
Ad Astra (2019)
“I must accept the fact I never really knew you. Nor am I you.” It’s rather remarkable that, in a time littered with small budget dramas and endless high-top tent […]
Once Upon a Time In…Hollywood (2019)
“What’s the idea of the story?” It’s so appropriate that a movie like Once Upon a Time In…Hollywood is so very open to interpretation. Even the title isn’t exact. I’ve seen […]
Meet Joe Black (1998)
“Who knows? Lightning could strike.” Meet Joe Black is a glorious, supernatural, peculiar movie. An intimate epic about love, about loss, about life and death and the many moving, interchangeable […]
Deadpool 2 (2018)
“Kids give us a chance to be better than we used to be.” It’s hard to laugh at the same joke twice. Those unexpected, ab-tigheting, stomach churning experiences really only […]
Allied (2016)
“Are you just saying this to say something, or is it real?” Spy thrillers, by their very nature, are hard to love because they’re so riddled with deceit. How can […]
The Big Short (2015)
“Does it make you feel dumb? Or stupid? Well, it’s supposed to.” Based on Michael Lewis’ book of the same name, The Big Short tells the story of the ’07-’10 financial crisis. […]
Fury (2014)
“The devil watches over his own.” What makes Fury so effective and so different from others in the war genre is its tragic sense of pointlessness. Set at the end […]
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