Drama, Film, Thriller
Film: Promising Young Woman
It’s a shame we need a movie like Promising Young Woman (2020), and an even greater shame we didn’t…
October 2, 2021-
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Spies, TelevisionTV: Collateral
Points are certainly warranted for thematic ambition and thoroughly professional execution, but the four-episode miniseries Collateral ultimately can’t quite…
March 18, 2018 -
FilmFilm: Inside Llewyn Davis
Most days, I’ll take a lesser Coen Brothers movie over a better one from another director. But I probably…
April 11, 2014 -
FilmFilm: Shame
Michael Fassbender plus Carey Mulligan equals a film I will watch. Hence Shame (2011), a film I kind of…
August 7, 2012 -
FilmFilm: Drive
Drive (2011) is like a movie out of time, a twisty crime tale that cherry-picks elements from various film…
February 3, 2012 -
FilmFilm: An Education
Carey Mulligan was easily the best thing about the mostly lifeless lit’ry SF film Never Let Me Go, so…
August 30, 2011 -
Drama, Film, Science FictionFilm: Never Let Me Go
A beautifully produced romantic drama, Never Let Me Go (2010) makes for some highly disappointing science fiction. Based on…
March 27, 2011