Movie Review: The Thursday Murder Club
As one sun sets, another also rises. With Downton Abbey nearing its grand finale, Anglophiles have become worried what will replace that sensation. Enter Netflix, …
Drama
Movie Review: Eden
The Garden of Eden is the aspiration of humanity whether or not you believe in it: a paradise where you have no fears and live …
Movie Review: The Knife
I like to think The Knife started with The League. Here’s Mark Duplass, Pete on the show, playing his own fantasy football team. He’s elated …
Movie Review: Eephus
After high school/college, it gets really hard to make friends. In Chicago, one of the great glue groups is the Chicago Sport and Social Club, …
Movie Review: Highest 2 Lowest
The great director cycle continues. John Ford’s westerns of the 30s and 40s as well as William Shakespeare inspired Akira Kurosawa, the great Japanese director, …
Movie Review: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
There’s plenty of movies about racism and racial politics. But not many of those are viewed through the lens of small children, for obvious reasons. …
Movie Review: 40 Acres
I walked in to 40 Acres knowing the premise was made a year ago, starring Halle Berry and Alexandre Aja. Read: I did NOT have …
Movie Review: Sorry, Baby
Sorry, Baby is why I love movies so much. I knew nothing about this film, other than A24 was distributing it, usually a strong sign …
Movie Review: The Luckiest Man in America
I remember watching clips of Press Your Luck as a kid. The dreaded Whammy acting like the Bankrupt from Wheel of Fortune, taking everyone’s money …
Movie Review: Materialists
A couple years ago, I deleted all my dating apps. Once I learned that the top 10% “good looking” people (definitively NOT me) were getting …