Klaus (2019)
“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, […]
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Let It Snow (2019)
“You have terrible instincts.” The odd thing about Let It Snow is that the film wants to be both a romantic fantasy for young adults and a straight comedic farce, […]
Toy Story 4 (2019)
“I don’t have anything else.” Back in 2010, Toy Story 3 proved that the third time really is the charm. It was an animated delight, full of earnest and nostalgia, emotional […]
Unicorn Store (2019)
“The most grownup thing you can do is fail at things you really care about.” Unicorn Store is the type of film I honestly hate to critique. It’s intensely personal […]
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
“I didn’t think anyone noticed me.” The title alone says it all: The Perks of Being a Wallflower. So what are the advantages to being a straggler who finds a […]
Snatched (2017)
“You don’t have any direction in life.” It is not lost on me that there have been quite a few comedies I’ve loathed that some readers still managed to enjoy, or […]
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
“There’s no such thing as selling out anymore.” Comedy trio The Lonely Island, perhaps best known for their slew of uproarious SNL digital shorts, reenter the film industry with the […]
The End of the Tour (2015)
“I want precisely what he has already.” In 2005, the late David Foster Wallace famously delivered the commencement speech for Kenyon College titled This Is Water. I personally encourage any and all […]
Welcome to Me (2015)
“Not everyone is an emotional exhibitionist.” Writing about Welcome to Me, one of the most worthless and heartless movies I have ever seen, just flat-out pisses me off. Everything about this movie (I […]
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