I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
“We made a pact and we’re going to keep it.” I Know What You Did Last Summer pulls off a feat very few genre pictures have proven to be capable […]
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Assassination Nation (2018)
“It’s not explicit…it’s extreme.” A sociological, invasive thriller verging on the edges of madness, Assassination Nation is both brilliant and blunt, obtuse and acute, and a paradox of its own satirical creation. […]
Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
“Which side are you on?” Some movies are short but linger like zombies who just won’t quit. Others feel long because the road they travel is far too ambitious and […]
First Man (2018)
“We need to fail down here so we don’t fail up there.” You don’t fall in love with a picture like First Man. It’s a cold, hostile, largely introspective endeavor, the […]
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
“Who would lock a book?” Packing humor that’ll sail right over the heads of very young children and sticking to a plot that’ll bore most grownups, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween finds […]
The Wife (2018)
“Without this woman I am nothing.” A modest, above average film with a few exceptional performances, The Wife proves to be forgettable and only faintly rewarding. It has a natural look […]
Venom (2018)
“Any action is often better than no action.” While I can’t allow myself to admit that it’s so bad it’s good (mostly because I don’t believe in the phrase), Venom […]
A Star Is Born (2018)
“It has a magical quality to it.” Romantic in that special way a potential lover can absolutely level you with their eyes. Comedic in the sense that all great tragedies […]
Night School (2018)
“The issue is you’re clinically dumb.” Night School doesn’t fail because it ever lacks for effort, but more so because it exerts that effort in all of the wrong places. […]
Pleasantville (1998)
“You want something that’ll put you right in the show.” It is by no mistake, and quite tellingly so, that Pleasantville – a film about the scales of human emotion and […]
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