Palm Springs (2020)
“It’s one of those infinite time loop situations you might’ve heard about.” I have to be candid and admit that I simply do not understand the praise being lopped onto […]
“It’s one of those infinite time loop situations you might’ve heard about.” I have to be candid and admit that I simply do not understand the praise being lopped onto […]
“No one seems to wonder how the whole thing got started in the first place.” Tailor-made for busybody elves who absentmindedly throw on a new holiday film while wrapping presents, […]
“Ideas have power.” Covering the swift hero-to-zero demise of the all but once guaranteed Democratic Presidential nominee Gary Hart during his 1988 campaign, The Front Runner wastes no time in sending this […]
“I don’t have to recognize it. I just have to save it.” We’re officially five films into the DC Comics extended universe and things aren’t looking so good. There have […]
“I can’t keep covering for you.” In order to understand what it’s like to watch The Snowman, imagine yourself in the following circumstance. You’re an eager house hunter, blind-folded and walked to […]
“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. […]
“Sooner or later, different scares people.” I suspect crowds will be drawn to The Accountant because they either know real accountants or bear the job title. Surely, most pilots saw Sully, soldiers went to American […]
[This is a review from the 2016 Chicago International Film Festival. La La Land opens nationwide December 16th.] “I’m a phoenix rising from the ashes.” Perhaps the best way to describe the […]
“Am I asking too many questions?” In recent years, there have been a number of movies centered on older women still possessing the energy, attachment, and fondness for a life […]
“Anyone can be anything.” Not enough movies try to be socially relevant. Even less do it in a way that doesn’t come across as grating or forceful. Surprisingly though, Zootopia feels purposefully […]