Cruella (2021)
“From the very beginning I always made a statement. Not everyone appreciated that.” Loosely creative, devilishly entertaining, and just a bit too predictable for its own good, Cruella tries to […]
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Love Actually (2003)
“Love is everywhere.” I find it nearly to impossible to not swoon over the sentimental beginning of Love Actually. Released at the start of 2003’s cozy holiday season, the film […]
Dolittle (2020)
“Please make it stop.” Featuring a massive and wastefully ballooned budget, Dolittle isn’t destined to become a bona fide box office bomb because it’s the worst picture of the year, although it […]
Last Christmas (2019)
“You’ve got to take care of your heart.” It’s hard to explain just how off everything about Last Christmas feels from the first scene to the last. It’s a comedy […]
Late Night (2019)
“Be careful of showing who you are.” For a largely light-hearted workplace comedy that’s determined to fight back against the longstanding male control of evening talk show hosts, Late Night […]
Men in Black: International (2019)
“I’ve been in this situation before.” As a big budget Summer tent-pole movie lacking charisma or the necessary tools to rig or to maintain a proper pitch, Men in Black: […]
Missing Link (2019)
“That creature is one of a kind.” From start to finish while watching Missing Link, and for the first time thus far during a Laika Productions stop-animated motion picture, I found […]
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)
“I sense the work is more intimate than the space.” It’s taken more than a decade, but I’ve finally arrived at the conclusion that I’ll always appreciate the laser-like focus […]
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
“Who could ever learn to love a beast?” There’s a reason that the 1991 Disney film was the only animated movie ever nominated for Best Picture up until the category […]
Burnt (2015)
“I want to make food that makes people stop eating.” To say that Burnt is bad, as most critics will probably tell you, is in poor taste. This is a movie where you […]
