Whatever your political proclivities may be, Boys State is likely to make you laugh, make you angry, or even inspire you, sometimes within the span on a single speech.
[su_dropcap size="5"]B[/su_dropcap]lack Panther connects with a rare one-two punch by featuring one of the friggin' coolest comic book characters of all time, while also building a lively, intelligent, and socially-aware superhero movie around him. Ryan Coogler's film proves that a story can be important without being preachy, and fast-paced without chucking logic out the…
The Truth may not have the punch for a great film, but it does end up being very good one.
[su_dropcap size="5"]"T[/su_dropcap]here is no present or future–only the past, happening over and over again–now.” Eugene O’Neill’s words perfectly apply to BlacKklansman, a broiling, billowing, blisteringly funny film that marks Spike Lee’s best work in over two decades. Lee bookends his story with the acidic hiss of hate speech from two different eras: At the…
[su_dropcap size="5"]S[/su_dropcap]putnik will feel familiar to anybody who's even casually acquainted with the works of John Carpenter, Ridley Scott, George Romero and many others. What's truly impressive is how the filmmakers use these references to create something altogether new. An intelligent, quietly audacious little film, Sputnik will keep you thoroughly compelled from start to finish. And yet,…
Tesla was a bizarre, brilliant figure, driven by some unknowable well of inspiration. This film bottles his enigmatic energy probably as well as any ever could.
"Angels and minsters of grace, defend us."
Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
[su_dropcap size="5"]M[/su_dropcap]y notes for The Tax Collector represent a rapid spiral into madness. The first red flag appears at the top of the page, where I scribbled: "Like the Fast and Furious movies, only not as smart. Or funny." Yikes. From…
Yes, there’s a movie tucked into all these gorgeous vistas, and it’s not half bad.
[su_dropcap size="5"]A[/su_dropcap]n American Pickle is yet another film that takes a home run premise, bloops it to shallow centerfield, and contentedly trots to first base. So...my heart, well, it's just a mess of confusion: Do I pat this movie on the head and award it a gold star for being mostly decent? Or, do I slap…
W hen I watched JFK in eighth grade, it blew my little mind on two equally important fronts: First off, it's a balls-out cinematic masterpiece that deploys just about every visual trick in the book to keep it compelling for over three hours. On top of that, Oliver Stone directs his magnum opus with the frenzy of…
