Leave the World Behind (2023)
“There is no going back to normal.” We’re not immediately sure why Amanda (Julia Roberts) casts open the New York apartment curtains to waken her husband Clay (Ethan Hawke), an […]
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Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
“A warrior’s spirit needs a warrior’s body.” By alloying together the futuristic dystopia of Blade Runner with the flimsy romance elements of The Hunger Games, all while styling them both […]
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
“Alright, let’s do this one last time.” I’ve only read one comic book in my life. Pretty sure it came with a Happy Meal, now that I think of it. […]
Green Book (2018)
“It takes courage to change people’s hearts.” Here’s the thing: for all of the troubling subtext and the endless pandering of this picture, Green Book means well and, for the most […]
Hidden Figures (2016)
“I’ve never seen a mind like the one your daughter has.” Through the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement and the paranoid landscape of the 60’s space race with Russia, Hidden Figures‘ grounded […]
Moonlight (2016)
“Who the hell you think you is?” The illustrious autobiography A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah was required summer reading heading into my freshman year of college. […]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
“Mockingjay, may your aim be as true as your heart is pure.” In my review of the previous installment in The Hunger Games franchise, I applauded its technical prowess while deriding its […]
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