Nightmare Alley (2021)
“I’ll meet you on the other side.” In context with the above quote, and aligned with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s general approach to the nuances of noir that I’ve seen […]
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
“This is no place for a kid.” Ghoulish, garish, and just goofy enough to get by, The House with a Clock in Its Walls doesn’t really appeal to any single broad audience. […]
Ocean’s 8 (2018)
“For once we want to be ignored.” Fun, fast, and refreshingly feminine, Ocean’s 8 thoroughly entertains while it also diminishes its own originality by relying on what preceded its path. The story […]
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
“This is madness.” You’d be hard-pressed to ever watch a Marvel film that’s not about putting a stop to another bland worldwide catastrophe. Even then, it’s better than painfully sitting […]
Carol (2015)
“Everything comes full circle.” Movies have to inspire belief. For us to need and to crave whatever it is that they’re emanating. And that’s where Carol falls short. The story itself has […]
Cinderella (2015)
“I am no princess.” Originally published in 1634 by Giambattista Basile and revisited by The Brothers Grimm in 1812, the tale of Cinderella is one not as old as time, […]
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