Movie Review: 20 Days in Mariupol
The date is December 12, 2023, and it’s really, really bad. That’s how I would have described the documentary slate of 2023, a bunch of …
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Movie Review: Everything Everywhere All At Once
General [SPOILER ALERT], it’s best going into Everything Everywhere All At Once cold.
Movie Review: Collective
Most documentaries have an air of importance, simply by being attached to a real life issue or cause. In general, these documentaries inherently use storytelling …
Movie Review: Boyz N the Hood
Until Boyz N the Hood came out, the only way African Americans could see themselves on screen in a real, complex way was in a …
Movie Review: Parasite
It’s really fun to see an obviously talented director put it all together. Bong Joon Ho has been in and around my life for a …
Movie Review: Eighth Grade
Years of John Hughes movies prepared me to believe that high school was going to be a den of vipers for my life: that if …
Movie Review: Lady Bird
After I saw Boyhood, I was pretty sure that there would never be a possibility to watch a great coming of age story over less …
Movie Review: Back to the Future
Generic [SPOILER ALERT] Time Travel as a concept is great for storytelling. Screenwriters must love the chance to weave twisty, crazy stories that double back …
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 …