Tag: 2018

One Cut of the Dead (2018) | Movie Review

One Cut of the Dead is abstract in the best way possible. Often times a film that subverts a formula can feel like its only serving that purpose, but the several layers to this story are what make it such a blast to watch.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) | Movie Review

How can something that’s supposed to be so magical feel like so much work to get through? Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is a very difficult-to-follow sequel to 2016’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

A Star Is Born (2018) | Movie Review

Criticism of music is interesting because people’s tastes differ so much and there’s a vast discrepancy with what everyone likes.

Mid90s (2018) | Movie Review

But the particular and very specific movement talked about in Mid90s is sort of an amalgamation of the philosophies of both the aforementioned.

Green Book (2018) | Movie Review

On paper, you can tell exactly where Green Book is going. It’s essentially a story of a white man who drives around a black man in 1962’s deep south. Prior to getting the gig, the white man, Tony (Viggo Mortensen), has his prejudices about black people. Can you guess what’s going to happen next?

BlacKkKlansman (2018) | Movie Review

Like a comedian having to explain the joke after telling it, Spike Lee apparently felt like he needed to punctuate the movie in order to exclaim what his point was. But I ask you, then what was the point of watching the movie in the first place?

Cold War (2018) | Movie Review

If you’ve ever wanted to watch movie about broken love set amidst the backdrop of the geopolitical tension in 1950s Europe, look no further than Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) | Movie Review

I like to think the idea for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was sparked by Marvel creatives sitting around a room discussing how their movies have become somewhat repetitive and formulaic. But then I also wonder what took them so long to notice.

Mary Poppins Returns (2018) | Movie Review

Prior to watching Mary Poppins Returns, we are fully aware that what made the original 1964 movie so great was Julie Andrews, herself, as the title character.