Movie Review: The Big Sick
In the early 1990’s if you were a comedian on the rise, you were given a TV show to cultivate, Jerry Seinfeld being the best …
Drama
Movie Review: Okja
Bong Joon Ho is in a war with Chan-wook Park for the title of best living director from Korea. Park stormed out of the gate …
Movie Review: War Machine
Within War Machine is a great movie…somewhere. I could be wrong. Perhaps bureaucracy of war will never be as captivating or potent as a battle. …
Movie Review: Win It All
It’s easy to see why Joe Swanberg found his muse in Jake Johnson. Both share a Northside Chicago upbringing, an affinity to dive bar drinking, …
Movie Review: The Lost City of Z
Millennials might not know what Apocalypse Now is. But back in the day, that movie used the Vietnam War as an allegory for an American …
Movie Review: Colossal
Colossal is the unholy offspring of an Asian monster movie and an indie “back to the hometown” flick. Wait….unholy is incorrect. What’s the word? Unexpected, …
Movie Review: T2 Trainspotting
I liked T2 better when Arnold Schwarzenegger was involved. The sequel to Trainspotting is wholly unnecessary for everyone involved. Danny Boyle, Ewan McGregor, and co. …
Movie Review: Personal Shopper
Twilight really made lots of non tween girls angry, for many reasons. For me the biggest gripe is the simplification of Kristen Stewart as “the …
Movie Review: Elle
Paul Verhoeven must have a fascinating inner life. The dude brought to life really interesting movies like Starship Troopers, Basic Instinct and Robocop, but also …
Movie Review: The Salesman
Asghar Farhadi is in the current director pantheon, in my opinion. Farhadi, Richard Linklater, Park Chan-wook, and Adam McKay are on the Mt. Rushmore of …