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 […]
“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 […]
“I can’t give you what I haven’t got.” I can’t remember the last time I left a film feeling the way I did after watching Boiling Point, one of 2021’s best […]
“They think I’m hiding in the shadows.” A grueling labor of love in its conception but mostly unfulfilling in its delivery, The Batman is a grandiose film made on a […]
“Dreams are messages from the deep.” Dense but never dull, careful but never too cautious either, and every bit the sci-fi epic that it paints itself to be, Dune is a […]
“I have absolutely no idea where I am.” Cool, calm, collected. We first see Diana, Princess of Wales (Kristen Stewart, delivering one of the best performances of her still youthful […]
“There are no grudges in the afterlife.” Silly, surprisingly sad, and seemingly pulled straight out of the neon 80’s, Afterlife of the Party is the kind of fleeting film that […]
“Now we can both pretend we have friends.” Dear Evan Hansen is a novel concept…I think. It’s a musical about a loner who makes song out of situations when he […]
“Do you have something to say?” It’s not often that both the funniest and the most heartfelt pictures of the year coalesce as one, but I think that might end […]
“We had our chance.” Well crafted, well acted, and very well written, the unabashedly and hopelessly romantic The Last Letter From Your Lover tells a tale that’s both universal and singular […]
“It’s hard to explain.” There’s been a clear, consistent, and blatantly obvious issue with the last few movies from the self-proclaimed visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, and it’s that the […]