The Founder (2017)
“Contracts are like hearts…they’re made to be broken.” The fast food business looks to be a fraudulent industry modeled around seduction. Have you ever had a burger that actually tasted […]
Tag Archives: Drama
20th Century Women (2016)
“Wondering if you’re happy…it’s just a great shortcut to being depressed.” In the brilliant, timeless, and transcendent 20th Century Women, there is a feminist awakening found in the borrowed pages – turned […]
A Dog’s Purpose (2017)
“Lick the ones you love.” There’s little doubt in my mind that this will be among the most contentious reviews I’ve ever written for two reasons. First, the film has […]
Jackie (2016)
“Let them see what they’ve done.” Pablo Larraín’s biopic Jackie is absolutely stunning on every level. It’s not a film you watch and ask questions requiring more historical context or data or details. […]
Patriots Day (2016)
“I don’t think there’s any way they could ever win.” There is no reasonable justification for Patriots Day to recreate the Boston Marathon Bombing a mere 3 years after the deadly terrorist attack. […]
Live by Night (2016)
“It’s not enough to break the rules. You have to be strong enough to make your own.” Ben Affleck’s a good director. His first film Gone Baby Gone is about as strong […]
Lion (2016)
“I have to go home. I am lost.” Back in 2010 I went on a mission trip to Nicaragua, joining my Mother’s childhood best friend Sue and the rest of […]
A Monster Calls (2016)
“It begins like so many stories.” Somewhere inside A Monster Calls lives one of the most complex stories of the year, a love letter to mothers and an embodied depiction of coping mechanisms. But […]
Hidden Figures (2016)
“I’ve never seen a mind like the one your daughter has.” Through the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement and the paranoid landscape of the 60’s space race with Russia, Hidden Figures‘ grounded […]
Sing (2016)
“Wonder and magic don’t come easy, pal.” There’s something about Sing, despite its many miscues and lapses in judgement, that registers in a really personal way. Even when things go bad and […]
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