Comedy, Film
Film: Triangle of Sadness
If Force Majeure established Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund’s bona fides as a cinema provocateur, Triangle of Sadness (2022) etches…
March 13, 2023-
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Comics, Film, Science FictionFilm: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Nobody was happier than I was when Marvel started to conquer Hollywood, but it’s been losing its mojo for…
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Drama, Film, History, Spies, Thriller, World War IIFilm: Narvik
While my interest World War II has cooled in recent years, I’m still intrigued by the era, especially when…
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Comedy, Drama, FilmFilm: Somebody I Used to Know
Dave Franco’s second directorial effort, Somebody I Used to Know (2023), isn’t quite as memorable as his first (The…
February 14, 2023 -
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Comedy, Fantasy, FilmFilm – Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
A loopy, cartoonish trailer lured me to Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013), a comedic fantasy based…
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Film, Science Fiction, ThrillerFilm: Don’t Worry Darling
Early on, it didn’t seem likely to me that Don’t Worry Darling (2022)—a major release that saw as much…
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Drama, Film, ThrillerFilm: Emily the Criminal
Further evidence of Aubrey Plaza’s acting chops is extraneous at this point, but Emily the Criminal (2022) delivers it…
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Comedy, Film, MysteryFilm – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Rian Johnson’s hit Knives Out was bound to be a tough trick to replicate, but Glass Onion: A Knives…
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Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, FilmFilm: Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022) is one of those rare films where…
December 26, 2022 -
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Drama, Film, Science FictionFilm: High-Rise
Somehow, I made it through High-Rise (2015) without knowing it was based on a J.G. Ballard novel—which, in retrospect,…
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Film, Horror, Science FictionFilm: Crimes of the Future
Writer-director David Cronenberg returns to his speculative roots with Crimes of the Future (2022), an unsettling blend of body…
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Comedy, Film, Horror, Science FictionFilm: Nope
Clearly there’s something about the artistry of Jordan Peele’s films that appeals to me, because even in the case…
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Comedy, FilmFilm: Authors Anonymous
Indie romcom Authors Anonymous (2014) has a very specific target audience, and as such might fly right over the…
October 14, 2022