Bird Box (2018)
“The end of the world makes us do things.” Bird Box begins a few sequences shy of its final ending then jumps back in time 5 whole years. That’s a […]
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Dumplin’ (2018)
“It’s hard being a diamond in a rhinestone world.” I can acknowledge that Dumplin’ isn’t a great movie; it’s far too long, so much of the script is on the nose, and the […]
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding (2018)
“Christmas spirit have overtaken the palace.” Turns out the sequel to A Christmas Prince is funnier, less deservedly dramatic, and at the end of the day, just as corny as its […]
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
“The nervous system extends through the body.” Faith, futility, and fatalism all converge in the wanton Western that is The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, the latest masterwork from the Coen Brothers […]
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
“Christmas simply must endure.” Ladies and gentlemen, boy and girls, believers and non-believers, we have ourselves a new iconic Santa Claus. The movie itself might be too derivative of The Santa […]
The Holiday Calendar (2018)
“Each day a door opens and the toy inside matches something that happens.” As festive and jolly as it is flat and hollow, The Holiday Calendar is a seriously abysmal film destined […]
Private Life (2018)
“We wanted to ask you about your eggs.” There’s an inherently uncomfortable weirdness to watching a film titled Private Life. Engaging with cinema is – whether done in a theater or […]
The Land of Steady Habits (2018)
“It’s all about communication.” I understand what The Land of Steady Habits was trying to do, quite desperately so, but I cannot understand its methodology or its lack of self-awareness. This […]
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018)
“My letters are my most secret possessions.” To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before didn’t give me a very good first impression. The opening is rather stilted, feeling less like […]
The Week Of (2018)
“Let me bail us out of this.” There’s something very clearly awry from the start in The Week Of, and it has less to do with the attempted “disaster piece theater” nature […]
