The Shallows Isn’t Deep, but It Does Have Bite
If you’ve decided to watch a film about Blake Lively fighting off a giant shark, there’s little to be disappointed with herein.
Love & Friendship Is Very Yes
While it would be easy to attribute this and much of the credit for Love & Friendship’s success to the source material, doing so would not be fair.
Convoy: Ain’t She A Beautiful Sight?
Short answer: No, she ain’t.
Boy and the World Blows Your Mind, Breaks Your Heart
This is the world we have made.
The Nice Guys? They Finish Last
In which we look shallowly into the soul of a profoundly unfunny “comedy.”
Sahara: A Movie That Exists
Do you like long walks on the beach and a nice glass of merlot on rainswept evenings when the only one who could possibly save the world is Matthew McConaughey? If so, let’s Netflix and chill.
Snowden, Oliver Stone’s Hero
In which Oliver Stone makes a movie I didn’t hate. Weird.
O.C. And Stiggs: The Strange World of A Trashy ‘80s Teen Comedy As Directed By Robert Altman
A movie made for absolutely no one. You’ll love it!
Train to Busan: On the Korean Zombie Express
Train to Busan is a pleasant night out featuring the infected trying to eat a) your face, b) your daughter, and c) most of a baseball team.
Buzzkill! (Or: What I’d Call My Remake of the Fly-Revenge Film Eega)
It is a story, told to a child, about a vengeful insect and the woman who loves him.
The Frisco Kid: What, You Forgot Gene Wilder & Harrison Ford Starred In A Western?
Gene Wilder’s other western ain’t Blazing Saddles, but it is…hmm…it is a western starring Gene Wilder. So there’s that. Did I mention Harrison Ford?
In Order of Disappearance Makes a Faint Impression
I suppose if you’re the sort of person who finds revenge fun, or who enjoys watching violence without most of the actual violence or any of the consequence, this could be the film for you.
Gene Wilder Is Many Things, And All of Them Are Awesome
A brief ode.
Embrace of the Serpent and Other Critical Darlings
Every year there needs to be Best Films and buzz and pieces of cinema to enthuse over. This year Embrace of the Serpent was one of them.