Movie Review: Cold War
World War II was a tough time for humanity. However, it was especially awful for Poland. Not only were they being invaded and eradicated by …
Drama
Movie Review: Shoplifters
It doesn’t mean it’s the greatest movie of all time, but Palme D’Or winners of the Cannes Film Festival usually do mean that that film …
Movie Review: If Beale Street Could Talk
Sometimes directors adapting specific writers make so much sense you wish they’d team up more. Michael Lewis’s The Big Short could only have been properly …
Movie Review: Ben Is Back
It feels like Ben Is Back was afraid of losing viewers after the first hour of the movie. After opening as a film about how …
Movie Review: Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Stuart vs. Elizabeth Tudor: rivalry of the Millennium. Only to be ruined by dumb men. The 2018 Mary Queen of Scots tries show us …
Movie Review: Vox Lux
When thinking about what to write about Vox Lux, the words “What the hell happened?” keep popping into my head. I thought I was getting …
Movie Review: Dumplin’
Dumplin’ is all set up to be a gigantic satire about beauty pageant culture deep in the Conservative Heartland. However, like the sweet sincere residents …
Movie Review: Roma
I wish more people would learn who Alfonso Cuaron is. The writer/director is as talented as any director working today, and as flexible. Genre doesn’t …
Movie Review: The Favourite
Critics have fallen in love with Yorgos Lanthimos since The Lobster. Personally, I have conflicted feelings about the man. The talent is obviously there, his …
Movie Review: Wildlife
Wildlife is a great example of how parents underestimate their children. I wonder what the hell happened to Paul Dano when he was a kid, …