Wine Country (2019)
“Age is truly just a number.” Headlined by a murderer’s row of legendary SNL ladies who worked both in front of and behind the camera on NBC, it’s easy to […]
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Extremely Wicked, Shocking Evil and Vile (2019)
“Show no emotion at all.” Let me just get this out the way: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (which I’ll simply refer to as “Extremely Wicked” to avoid my own […]
The Last Summer (2019)
“It’s the last Summer after High School ends.” The first ten minutes of The Last Summer were some of the worst I’ve seen this entire year. They felt like I was […]
Knock Down the House (2019)
“We don’t care about party. We just wanna get stuff done.” Plenty of people will prematurely judge and blindly dismiss Knock Down the House based on personal party lines. That’s […]
Someone Great (2019)
“When something breaks, if the pieces are large enough, you can fix it.” Someone Great knows how to have fun and how to work hungover. The script fears its presumptuously […]
The Silence (2019)
“This is how it happened for us. This is our story.” An intriguing story until it isn’t. A likable apocalyptic vision until convention overtakes invention. And a well acted family […]
The Perfect Date (2019)
“I don’t know which version of myself I’m supposed to be right now.” Instantly, and in the spirit of the film Jerry Maguire, Netflix’s latest Rom-Com The Perfect Date quite […]
Unicorn Store (2019)
“The most grownup thing you can do is fail at things you really care about.” Unicorn Store is the type of film I honestly hate to critique. It’s intensely personal […]
The Dirt (2019)
“We weren’t a band. We were a gang.” With the gaudy packaging of a Girls Gone Wild VHS tape told through the investigative style of VH1’s old Behind the Music […]
The Highwaymen (2019)
“Maybe it ain’t in us no more.” Overlong in a way that’s neither gripping or particularly entertaining, The Highwaymen exudes a clear and competent skill set in a story that’s […]
