Just Mercy (2019)
“There’s always something that we can do.” After reading social justice warrior Bryan Stevenson’s account defending the wrongly accused in his book of the same name, I have to say […]
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Avengers: Endgame (2019)
“”I know I said no more surprises, but I was really hoping to pull off one last one.” To say that I’ve never seen another film quite like Avengers: Endgame would […]
Unicorn Store (2019)
“The most grownup thing you can do is fail at things you really care about.” Unicorn Store is the type of film I honestly hate to critique. It’s intensely personal […]
Captain Marvel (2019)
“You struggle to show your emotions.” Nowadays the origin story for a new superhero character has become an unenviable and arduous task. Most of Marvel’s mainstays have gotten the similar […]
The Glass Castle (2017)
“Talking is not trying.” Roughly halfway through Jeannette Walls’ subdued, resilient memoir, the family drives their beat-up Oldsmobile lemon through Oklahoma to mining country in Welch, West Virginia. While the […]
Free Fire (2017)
“I’m in it for myself.” Just because your movie is titled Free Fire and that its tagline is “All guns. No control.” doesn’t mean the picture can/should be made without minimal restraint […]
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
“That was an unconventional encounter.” In more ways than one, Kong: Skull Island serves as a direct counterpoint to 2014’s dark and grounded Godzilla. This is an extremely loud film, both in its levels […]
Room (2015)
“We all have the same strong.” Too often we forget that the world – our rendering and no one else’s – is seen through our eyes, at our height, at […]
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 […]
Trainwreck (2015)
“You’re clever but you’re not too brainy. You’re prettyish but you’re not too gorgeous. You’re approachable.” The thing about Trainwreck that sticks with you most is its unflinching, sometimes even strikingly nasty honesty. […]
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