Movie Review: War for the Planet of the Apes
I want everyone out there to know how improbable this was. Planet of the Apes didn’t have any real reason to reboot itself; the story …
Thriller
Movie Review: It Comes At Night
It Comes At Night does not contain the same “it” as It Follows. It is more metaphorical in this case: that thing that you feel …
Movie Review: Life
For a movie called Life, there sure is lots of death. The “definitely not Alien” alien in space horror movie reinvents the wheel because it …
Movie Review: Fifty Shades Darker
Drop your pants everyone! Fifty Shades Darker is here to fulfill your desperate suburban sexual repression. It’s so stupid that its kinda fun at times …
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: 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: Psycho
Generic [SPOILER ALERT], major spoilers coming… Alfred Hitchcock is the Master of Suspense, for all time. Just LOOK at his resume: Dial M for Murder, …
Movie Review: The Handmaiden
For those of you who do not know Chan-wook Park, The Handmaiden is a great start to get to know him. The Korean director is …