The King (2019)
“You must first draw them all in. All of them.” From the very first shot, tracking across and pushing forward through yet another muddied wasteland of bodies pointlessly slaughtered in […]
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Boy Erased (2018)
“Our family is so normal.” The film has great performances, sheds light on the shocking longevity of its true life story, and it pleads with us to accept change. Boy Erased […]
Red Sparrow (2018)
“Don’t give him all of you.” More like a slow, suggestive death knell than the flurry of frenzied action you’re likely to expect, Red Sparrow is the sort of film that simultaneously […]
Bright (2017)
“Ghetto fairy tales.” Within the first 10 minutes of Bright – a lazy buddy cop movie set in an alternate reality of the most fantastical extremes, masquerading around with great ideals of […]
It Comes at Night (2017)
“Do you have any idea what’s going on out there?” It Comes at Night drills itself into your psyche with a rusty, diseased tip, unfolding in the likeness of a great Shakespearean […]
Loving (2016)
“It’s God’s law.” There’s about as much to like about Loving as is there is to shudder away from and turn a cold shoulder towards. Strangely, the film seems to be in […]
Midnight Special (2016)
“Ya’ll have no idea what you’re dealing with, do you” Let me get this out of the way first; Midnight Special is not a perfect movie. There are multiple character development issues, […]
Life (2015)
“You’re doing something else. It’s not Hollywood.” Life recounts the unearthly existence of James Dean the actor and James Dean the Indiana farm boy as a tale of two men living […]
Black Mass (2015)
“It’s not what you do, it’s when and where you do it, and who you do it to or with.” When will film distributors learn to stop selling us scenes […]
The Gift (2015)
“Seemed like a nice guy.” Home is where the heart is, supposedly. Also in house is the resident fear, tucked away in the shadows, creeping and creaking along the floors […]
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