The Kitchen (2019)
“I’m taking care of myself.” It’s really a shame how very disappointing this one turned out. What wanted to be a double handed middle finger and a verbal “f*** you” […]
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Hunter Killer (2018)
“We don’t really know what’s going on up top.” Hunter Killer is like a thinly sketched, unthreatening version of the three-headed Greek monster Cerberus. It’s a beast that barks plenty […]
The Hate U Give (2018)
“It is impossible to be unarmed when our blackness is the weapon they fear.” My head turned to see a middle-aged black woman some rows back with a young man, […]
All About Nina (2018)
“You’re not familiar to me.” If comedy truly boils down to tragedy plus time, then there have been very few films of late that so stridently prove the equation to […]
Megan Leavey (2017)
“Everything you feel goes down leash.” The best films set during the war in Iraq are not exclusively about war. The Hurt Locker – a rightful Best Picture winner – deals with […]
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
“I’m not that guy anymore.” My 2014 review of John Wick was wrong. In that piece, I complained about an unexplained world where questions piled up at the rapid rate of body […]
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 […]
Selma (2014)
“Fear not. We’ve come too far to turn back now.” Everyone is afraid of change to a certain degree. Unwilling to switch up your standard order at a restaurant, reluctant […]
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