There’s a moment early on in The Incredible Jessica James that seals the deal for your opinion on the movie. Jessica, played by Jessica Williams, is talking to the divorced mother of one of her theater kids about why her daughter can’t come to a writer’s retreat. The mother informs her about the challenges with
The Coldest City is the name of the graphic novel that is the source material for Atomic Blonde and you would be remisced to feeling the chill after leaving the theater. Atomic Blonde is a Cold War era thriller that’s more cold than thriller, despite the deliciousness of it’s two lead performances from Charlize Theron
Dunkirk, the new film by Christopher Nolan, is…an experience, to say the least. A non-linear approach to one of the most interesting situations to come about in World War II, the film employs everything possible to keep the audience in it’s thrall. Dunkirk very much reminds me of 12 Years a Slave, and not just
We are living in a golden age of movies about women behaving badly getting greenly. That doesn’t mean that these films will be all that great. Case in point, the misfire that is The Little Hours, an R-rated take on The Decameron, which can settle into a groove enough to truly exploit and support it’s
The reving of engines and thumping of a sound track are staples of the action genre. However, by the end of Baby Driver they might as well have been nails on a chalkboard, as Edgar Wright’s newest film is a cacophony of images and sounds painted onto a very thin plot. Baby Driver tells the
What a joy it is to be able to go into a theater and root for a hero! The DC extended universe, even with my enjoyment of Man of Steel, has been bereft of heroes with strong journeys, fully formed character, and decent screenplays. Leave it to the woman to come clean up the mess,