When We First Met (2018)
“Fate is a tricky lady.” Similar to a lackluster first date in desperate need of greater chemistry and a stronger curb appeal, When We First Met doesn’t exactly check all of the […]
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Annihilation (2018)
“It’s not easy to move on.” Sometimes you just have to let the dust of things settle. To resonate, to form scar tissue, to further rationalize with the wisdom and […]
A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
“You certainly don’t understand the importance of balance.” I’ll say this for A Wrinkle in Time – the film is utterly fearless. And still, like the bullied kid at the summer watering […]
Game Night (2018)
“If you want anything in this world, you have to raise the stakes or life gets boring.” Not only are there two sides to every story, there are also countless […]
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 […]
Phantom Thread (2017)
“I cannot begin my day with confrontations…I don’t have time for confrontations.” Something about Phantom Thread simply fascinates. As carefully constructed in its reckless romanticism as Hitchcock’s’ 1940 Best Picture winner Rebecca, itself a […]
The 2018 Academy Awards: Thoughts and Predictions
As the voting body expands and diversifies, and if last year was any signal of the changes to come, the 90th Academy Awards should be a confluence of predetermined victors […]
Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
“I should misbehave more often.” Most studies show that porn controls a significant percentage of all the internet’s bandwidth. There seems to be a site for every kink, every fetish, […]
Marjorie Prime (2017)
“I don’t know what’s right anymore.” Marjorie Prime is the kind of story necessary of being wrestled and contemplated with, as well as a difficult film that’s every bit as powerful […]
The 15:17 to Paris (2018)
“My Father says everyone has a story and it’s our duty to tell it.” Back in my scathing review of 2015’s American Sniper – which is, at least in my opinion, one […]
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