Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
“You mean well, but you’re kind of overbearing.” I remember enjoying 2009’s Zombieland because, during the utter deluge of zombie movies at the time, it was able to blend comedy and […]
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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 […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
“Do not improvise.” Before the picture begins and the origin of all things Han Solo starts to knock us over the head, Solo: A Star Wars Story wisely and sensibly brands […]
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
“Looks like we got a war on our hands.” It’s quite obvious from the onset that Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri refuses to rely on entirely one-sided characterizations. The victims of this […]
The Glass Castle (2017)
“Talking is not trying.” Roughly halfway through Jeannette Walls’ subdued, resilient memoir, the family drives their beat-up Oldsmobile lemon through Oklahoma to mining country in Welch, West Virginia. While the […]
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
“I did not start this war.” As overtly and obviously religious in tone as it is visually inspired by the Fall of the Roman Empire, War for the Planet of the […]
The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
“Why am I so grotesque?” There has to be an underlying reason as to why so many high school films exist. I mean, those developmental years – when we’re all too […]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
“Mockingjay, may your aim be as true as your heart is pure.” In my review of the previous installment in The Hunger Games franchise, I applauded its technical prowess while deriding its […]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
“No one else can do this but her.” After sitting through Mockingjay – Part 1, it’s incredibly hard to believe that quote. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), the girl on fire, […]
