Skyscraper (2018)
“It’s okay to be scared.” The quote directly above, said with great confidence by the planet’s biggest action star, is what sets Skyscraper mildly apart from the many movies which influenced its […]
Tag Archives: Drama
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
“No rules this time. I’m turnin’ you loose.” I’m not sure it’s proper to directly compare the first Sicario film released back in 2015 to this newest installment. They’re too different. The […]
The Rider (2018)
“No more riding. No more rodeos.” Without relying on modern-movie magic’s epic foolery, The Rider instills in us a great sense of poetic realism. Not much happens. Even less is said by […]
Hot Summer Nights (2018)
“Sending me away for the Summer…what a cliché. It’s so appropriate for Hot Summer Nights – a personal odyssey fueled by the throes of youthful sexual relationships and the reckless excess of […]
Hereditary (2018)
“Why are you afraid of me?” Hereditary isn’t like most modern horror flicks. We’ve gotten to a point where the genre depends on gaslighting our primitive reactions to sight and sound; Lights Out and Don’t […]
Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
“When life hands you conundrums, you turn them into art.” What I’ve always admired about movies – and what I’ve long loved about all of the many forms of art […]
Adrift (2018)
“Will you sail around the world with me?” Fueled by the altruistic fate of requited love and the oceanic odyssey demanded to navigate and survive Mother Nature’s harshest elements out […]
On Chesil Beach (2018)
“I need to know your worst side.” Similar to one of those awkward sex ed high school classes, On Chesil Beach means well with its message whilst mostly fumbling the entire delivery. […]
Beast (2018)
“I need more from you.” A murder mystery. A psychological thriller. A revisionist and modern-day take on the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast. And exploding with one of the most […]
Foxtrot (2017)
“These are your demons talking.” Radically simple with its plot and emotionally exhausting with its tee-tottering tone, Foxtrot is a film which I don’t think I would advise others to revisit […]
