The Suicide Squad (2021)
“Nothing like a bloodbath to start the day.” Funny until it becomes crass and gross and vulgar, and action-packed to the point of being overloaded with bloods and guts in […]
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Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey (2020)
“It was time for Gotham to meet the new Harley Quinn.” Ever the true New Yorker (or, in this comic inspired setting, the quintessential Gothamite), Harley Quinn (a dynamite Margot […]
Bombshell (2019)
“News is like a ship. You take your hands off the wheel and it pulls hard to the left.” Bombshell is a precise film. The blocking has been staunchly rehearsed, […]
Once Upon a Time In…Hollywood (2019)
“What’s the idea of the story?” It’s so appropriate that a movie like Once Upon a Time In…Hollywood is so very open to interpretation. Even the title isn’t exact. I’ve seen […]
I, Tonya (2017)
“I thought being famous was gonna be fun.” As Tonya Harding hurried to the Lillehammer rink at 1994’s Winter Olympics in Norway, racing against the clock for fear of expulsion […]
Suicide Squad (2016)
“I’m known to be quite vexing.” Not long removed from my screening and I’m still struggling to digest the unpalatable artificiality that is Suicide Squad, one of the most poorly written […]
The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
“My husband is no ordinary man.” The Legend of Tarzan whelms us with a turbulent case of the overs and the unders, depicting a stunningly photographed story that’s scantily told, becoming […]
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
“I like your mouthiness.” Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is a lot of things. First: the disfigured offspring of last year’s dreadfully apolitical Our Brand Is Crisis and the bleached dramedy Aloha. Second: a surprisingly offensive film that […]
Z for Zachariah (2015)
“It’s just crazy this is still here.” Z for Zachariah is a lesson, both good and bad, in the importance of brevity. Its shot choices early on are inspiring, relying on […]
Focus (2015)
“There’s no room for heart in this game.” And neither is there in Focus, a film so bogged down with convoluted side stories and bends in the road that you’ll eventually stop […]
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