Roma (2018)
Roma (2018) There are periods in history that scar societies and moments in life that transform us as individuals. Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón’s monotone meditation on memory is a difficult film to parse.… Continue reading
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Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
Happy Death Day 2U (2019) Death makes a killer comeback. Now in its second installment, it’s a mystery why 50 Cent’s ‘In Da Club’ — with the lyrics ‘Go, shawty, it’s your birthday,… Continue reading
Lords of Chaos (2018)
Lords of Chaos (2018) Based on Truth and Lies. Oslo, Norway. The 1980s. A relatively peaceful time in a country known for its pleasant people and sometimes flamboyant traditions. However, not all of… Continue reading
The Front Runner (2018)
The Front Runner (2018) The Week America Went Tabloid On the surface, The Front Runner is about the undoing of Democratic Presidential candidate Gary Hart (Hugh Jackman), whose sure-to-win 1988 run at the… Continue reading
Hell Fest (2018)
Hell Fest (2018) Fun Getting In. Hell Getting Out. A gaggle of young twenty-something friends decides to hit up a horror theme park called ‘Hell Fest’ to celebrate both Halloween and the return… Continue reading
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) All art is dangerous. Surely somebody must have floated the title Art Attack at some point in the development process but, sadly, if they did it didn’t get far, and… Continue reading
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Alita: Battle Angel (2019) An Angel Falls. A Warrior Rises. Being a huge anime buff, chances were I was always going to flip out over Alita: Battle Angel, the manga-inspired cyberpunk sci-fi extravaganza… Continue reading
Escape Room (2019)
Escape Room (2019) You’re invited to play for your life. With low budgets and high box office returns, it’s clear that Sony head Amy Pascal and her producing buds Neal H. Moritz, Hunter… Continue reading
On the Basis of Sex (2018)
On the Basis of Sex (2018) It was a man’s world. So she changed it. In 1970, lawyer Martin Ginsburg (Armie Hammer) brings to the attention of his wife, law professor Ruth Bader… Continue reading
Cold Pursuit (2019)
Cold Pursuit (2019) Meet Nels Coxman, Citizen of the Year. Seeing Irishman Liam Neeson take vengeance on a bunch of unsuspecting adversaries (employing his particular set of skills) seems to have become an… Continue reading