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, …
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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 …
Movie Review: Paterson
It’s really hard to tell a story about a normal person where nothing happens to them. Only Richard Linklater can make movies about nothing that …
Movie Review: Requiem for a Dream
Generic [SPOILER ALERT] Make no mistake: drugs can consume people in such a way that not only is their life destroyed, but the lives …
Movie Review: Pulp Fiction
A generic [SPOILER ALERT] Few directors have as much sustained success as Quentin Tarantino. The man is 8 for 8 on directorial efforts, with each …
Movie Review: Patriot’s Day
I distinctly remember much of the Boston Marathon bombings and subsequent pursuit of the Tsarnaev brothers. It culminated in that great David Ortiz speech at …
Movie Review: 20th Century Women
A24 and Annapurna are the most intriguing movie financing/distribution companies out there right now. So my interest in 20th Century Women went up 20% simply …