Vice (2018)
“The idea is to win.” In what’s sure to be one of the most divisive, experimental, imperfect yet vital films of 2018, Vice is essentially a highbrow, cinematic instructional guide to the […]
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The Glass Castle (2017)
“Talking is not trying.” Roughly halfway through Jeannette Walls’ subdued, resilient memoir, the family drives their beat-up Oldsmobile lemon through Oklahoma to mining country in Welch, West Virginia. While the […]
The Book of Henry (2017)
“One little miscalculation and the whole thing fails.” I’m happy that it took a long seven months, but I have now finally seen my least favorite film of 2017, and […]
Allegiant (2016)
“Revenge doesn’t change anything.” At this point, with one more chapter still left doomed to fail, the Divergent Series feels like a set of quadruplets thrust into the hamfisted hands […]
While We’re Young (2015)
“He’s not evil…he’s just young.” To watch While We’re Young is the equivalent of spending an hour and a half at a craps table, unironically partaking in a total and utter crapshoot. […]
Insurgent (2015)
“We were never the problem. We were the solution.” Honestly, I could not tell you what Insurgent was about if I tried. It’s hard not to feel bad for these actors, forced […]
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
“Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige, my friend.” For some people, the reason for existence is relevance. The possible attainment of ubiquity gets them out of bed in […]
St. Vincent (2014)
“Who pissed in your Cheerios?” What an insanely likable and faulty movie this is. St. Vincent dishes out the humor but never makes it a buffet of comedy, missing too […]
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