i’m thinking of ending things (2020)
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions. Their lives a mimicry. Their passions a quotation.” The wind’s chiming as I type these words. I hear the […]
Tag Archives: Jesse Plemons
The Irishman (2019)
“You don’t keep a man waiting. The only time you do is when you want to say something.” As an uneven, idle drive down a hitman’s memory lane, The Irishman […]
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
“Give up Pinkman.” Television series don’t get much better than Breaking Bad. It is, from start to finish, one of the very best of its kind. Few false notes can be […]
Vice (2018)
“The idea is to win.” In what’s sure to be one of the most divisive, experimental, imperfect yet vital films of 2018, Vice is essentially a highbrow, cinematic instructional guide to the […]
Game Night (2018)
“If you want anything in this world, you have to raise the stakes or life gets boring.” Not only are there two sides to every story, there are also countless […]
Hostiles (2017)
“You have no idea what it does to a man.” More serious than an old spaghetti Western and more grounded than one of the many revisionist takes on this al […]
The Post (2017)
“Is anybody tired of reading the news instead of reporting it?” Lifting off on the gusting winds of multiple cultural zeitgeists – of the past and of the immediate present […]
American Made (2017)
“Just don’t get caught.” My guess is that probably 9/10 moviegoers will at least enjoy American Made to some extent. I don’t blame them either. After all, how could they not? It’s extremely […]
The Discovery (2017)
“Reality and fantasy are mutually exclusive.” The Discovery poses an utterly fascinating question to its audience: What would you do if you knew an afterlife existed? In this bleak and dreary […]
Other People (2016)
“You just never know what’s gonna happen in this life.” When it comes to death you always hear the phrase, “the end is just the beginning.” The words may come […]
