Movie Review: The Instigators
The Instigators is the male version of Mamma Mia! Everyone here, Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, Doug Liman, and the rest of the stacked cast look …
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Movie Review: Bones and All
Call it the Armie Hammer effect. After spending time with a vile, real life cannibal, Luca Guadagnino and Timothee Chalamet found a safe space to …
Movie Review: The Shape of Water
I never really thought of Guillermo Del Toro as anything other than a really cool sci fi director for a long time. And then I …
Movie Review: Call Me By Your Name
Call Me By Your Name is Grade A Oscar bait. It’s Moonlight‘s plot of a gay man learning about his sexuality, but set it picturesque …
Movie Review: Arrival
Have you ever found yourself trying to communicate with someone who didn’t share your language? How did you get your point across? What tools did …
Movie Review: Blue Jasmine
Yuck. The sum of Blue Jasmine’s parts – acting, character development, storytelling – are significantly greater than the whole of Woody Allen’s new film. The …
Movie Review: Lincoln
Lincoln has a lot of similarities with the Master. Both directed by great filmmakers, the films themselves aim high, but are more artistic than theatrical. …
Movie Review: Seven Psychopaths
Seven Psychopaths doesn’t sound like a movie with an intelligent script. If I had a guess, I would have said that a movie released in …
Movie Review: Men In Black III
I don’t quite understand the trend of decade long trilogies. I suppose it is because the first is a proven moneymaker, and filmmakers want to stretch …