Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
“You’re saying there’s a multiverse?” Set directly after the events of Avengers: Endgame, the aptly titled sophomore Spidey effort Far From Home has the unfair task of being the conclusion […]
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Avengers: Endgame (2019)
“”I know I said no more surprises, but I was really hoping to pull off one last one.” To say that I’ve never seen another film quite like Avengers: Endgame would […]
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 […]
Captain Marvel (2019)
“You struggle to show your emotions.” Nowadays the origin story for a new superhero character has become an unenviable and arduous task. Most of Marvel’s mainstays have gotten the similar […]
Glass (2019)
“Maybe this will all make sense if I explain who I am.” As the final chapter in M. Night Shyamalan’s makeshift, stucco superhero trilogy, Glass builds an inspired and often beautiful […]
Life Itself (2018)
“Life brings you to your knees.” What are we to do when we experience a tragic, untimely, shattering loss of love? How do we fill the empty void, mend the […]
Incredibles 2 (2018)
“We have to adapt.” As joyfully thoughtful and stubbornly uncooperative as it is earnestly political, the innocent Incredibles 2 is the kind of family film that serves up so much laughter and […]
The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017)
“Why are we always yelling?“ The Hitman’s Bodyguard is deafening, delirious, and a handful of dumb fun all at once. There’s really not much to the film to even assess from […]
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
“That was an unconventional encounter.” In more ways than one, Kong: Skull Island serves as a direct counterpoint to 2014’s dark and grounded Godzilla. This is an extremely loud film, both in its levels […]
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
“The things I do for my country.” Spy movies used to be rather sterile. Gunfire, conspiracies, mysteries to be solved. I’m mostly referring back to the older Bond films plus the likes […]
