I Want You Back (2022)
“I kind of can’t believe it worked.” It’s damn near impossible to make a timeless romantic comedy these days. The genre has almost been entirely relegated to the wastelands of […]
“I kind of can’t believe it worked.” It’s damn near impossible to make a timeless romantic comedy these days. The genre has almost been entirely relegated to the wastelands of […]
“The first step of not being afraid is acting like you’re not afraid.” Rather than leaping through hoops or dancing on its hind legs, this sequel to 2016’s dreadful The […]
“Any action is often better than no action.” While I can’t allow myself to admit that it’s so bad it’s good (mostly because I don’t believe in the phrase), Venom […]
“Does no one value true art anymore?” Movies like Despicable Me 3 – alongside other recent animated films such as the insultingly stupid The Secret Life of Pets or the scattershot The Good Dinosaur […]
“She doesn’t know how to be a kid.” Gifted is a tiny movie about a lot of big things: finding balance in life, the rigors of parenting, differing from the crowd, […]
“Batman works alone.” From its impressively staged opening sequence to the final scene, The LEGO Batman Movie leaps off the high dive of hilarity and performs a cannonball into the canon […]
“I’ve got a bad situation.” When it comes to animated movies, or even just family friendly flicks appealing mostly to children, I find myself saying the same thing over and […]
“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 […]
“There was something truthful about having my own life again.” The simplest way you can describe Joe Swanberg’s career as is prolific. In the same breath, the most complex way […]
“Wait till you see my merkin.” It’s sad, the state of movies, how predictable they’ve become. We can say to ourselves such and such is going to happen next, and […]