The Handmaiden (2016)
“What does a man really want?” I specifically remember spending a California Christmas at my grandparents’ apartment as a young boy. Walking through the courtyard, tossing pennies into the fountain, […]
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Almost Christmas (2016)
“Family is never a bother.” Like any given holiday film, Almost Christmas includes madcap humor and the drama of lost loved ones. Usually the two don’t gel. So it’s with great surprise that […]
Arrival (2016)
“We are so bound by time. By its order.” I was recently recommended a podcast called The Ezra Klein Show. Klein’s a liberal journalist and the editor-in-chief at Vox. Klein, […]
Trolls (2016)
“I think everyone deserves to be happy.” If you ever wondered what the film version of a singing birthday card would be like, then Trolls is your answer. High-pitched, unexpected, and most of […]
Doctor Strange (2016)
“Who are you in this vast multiverse, Mr. Strange?” As a response to the above quote, and with Robert Downey Jr.’s impending departure from their manger, it’s clear Marvel wants their […]
American Honey (2016)
“What’s your dream?” American Honey can only be a film that lingers with you if you take the proper time to linger in its presence. Director Andrea Arnold’s picture stands at […]
Inferno (2016)
“Humanity is the disease. Inferno is the cure.” It’s one thing for a big film to be fueled by big spending and another thing altogether if its only intention is […]
13th (2016)
“The objective reality is that virtually no one who is white understands the challenge of being black in America.” In this surprise documentary from Ava DuVernay – literally, it arrived out […]
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
“Some folks still wonder why you left.” 2012’s Jack Reacher may not be a very good film – in fact, I have trouble remembering even its most basic details – but it […]
Mr. Church (2016)
“There’s nothing like a really good story.” Disliking a movie is not hard work. To merely dislike a story, an individual, or a thing suggests the sort of distanced and […]
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