Nightmare Alley (2021)
“I’ll meet you on the other side.” In context with the above quote, and aligned with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s general approach to the nuances of noir that I’ve seen […]
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Stowaway (2021)
“We didn’t make mistakes like this.” Featuring a quick, effective open that introduces us to this world with a great deal of authenticity, Stowaway proves to be one of the rare […]
Knives Out (2019)
“I suspect foul play.” Inside this sprawling, mischievous, hilariously macabre murder mystery is a film that’s so unafraid to sprinkle in a few necessary dashes of the socioeconomic disparity prevalent […]
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
“All art is dangerous.” One of the very first scenes in Velvet Buzzsaw – a cinematic approach to Juvelian satire with playfully inventive savagery and a generous splash of acerbic […]
Hereditary (2018)
“Why are you afraid of me?” Hereditary isn’t like most modern horror flicks. We’ve gotten to a point where the genre depends on gaslighting our primitive reactions to sight and sound; Lights Out and Don’t […]
Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
“When life hands you conundrums, you turn them into art.” What I’ve always admired about movies – and what I’ve long loved about all of the many forms of art […]
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 […]
Krampus (2015)
“Nothing bad’s gonna happen on Christmas.” Apparently movies geared towards Christmas are some of the hardest to make. First this year we got the deplorable Love the Coopers, followed by the […]
Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)
“His world was tidy, uncomplicated, and he liked it that way.” Hector and the Search for Happiness asks what in my opinion is the hardest question to answer. What is […]
A Long Way Down (2014)
“Why wouldn’t I want to throw myself off of a tall building?” I have a clear memory from grade school of the class clown two years above me threatening to […]
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