Movie Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Yorgos Lanthimos is really painting Greece like the saddest place on Earth. His previous outing paints a bleak outlook on humanity’s future in the dating …
3 Star Reviews
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: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Valerian is Luc Besson updating the 5th Element for the kids. The 5th Element let the director go a little loopy and dig deep into …
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: 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: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The Guardians of the Galaxy injects the already pretty fun Marvel universe with a dose of wacky hijinks. In my review I called it Star …
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 Fate of the Furious
In hindsight, I’m mad at myself for not seeing the insane franchise potential of The Fast and the Furious movies. Awesome cars doing awesome stunts, …
Movie Review: Power Rangers
I watched the Power Rangers starting at 6 and for much too long afterward. The zords (giant Ranger robots) were front and center of my …
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 …