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 […]
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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 […]
A Simple Favor (2018)
“Most times when a woman vanishes, she has a reason.” A classier take on the old mismatched sitcom The Odd Couple with a mystery mindset, A Simple Favor tosses genre identification straight out […]
White Boy Rick (2018)
“Make sure you can trust everyone around you.” It’s important to remember that even when a movie sells itself as a true story, there are still going to major manipulations […]
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 […]
Destination Wedding (2018)
“Anybody wanna trade seats?” A dark romantic comedy best suited for masochists, Destination Wedding celebrates the immense amount of pain that it imparts on the audience. It’s the furthest thing from romantic, […]
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (1991)
“Just do one thing at a time.” I have a hard time saying that Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead is a very good movie. Yet, at the same time, it’s […]
Flower (2017)
“I don’t care what other people think about me.” Flower doesn’t stay true to its wicked nature, and I imagine that’s because the film forgets to take the time to […]
Peppermint (2018)
“Nothing’s gonna bring your family back.” Within the first 10 seconds of Peppermint, as the camera hovers over a shaking car and eventually cuts to the inside with two people fighting […]
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