Ticket to Paradise (2022)
“I’m so out of balance.” Cheesy, silly, and sentimental to its core, Ticket to Paradise is a simple movie about the most complex human emotion of them all. It explores […]
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Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
“Now we can both pretend we have friends.” Dear Evan Hansen is a novel concept…I think. It’s a musical about a loner who makes song out of situations when he […]
Booksmart (2019)
“What took them four years, we are doing in one night.” Bad comedies are often too mean, good comedies are funny yet too predictable, and great comedies infuse a little […]
The Front Runner (2018)
“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 […]
Detroit (2017)
“I’m as real as real can get.” Police brutality has long been a touchy subject in cinema and culture. How do you condemn the worst without offending the rest of […]
Laggies (2014)
“You can’t keep putting aside what you want for some imaginary future.” Laggies is the perfect example of why film’s must have a point. It reminded me a lot of the […]
Men, Women & Children
“Before you go I want to give you a pamphlet on the danger of selfies.” Technological advancements are inevitable. We’re a species that survives off of discovery, of finding out […]
Short Term 12 (2013)
“I take good care of everyone.” Most great films, and even just stories, begin and end in the same place. It’s a useful vehicle for storytellers, and one that allows […]
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